Mumbai Aug 20 (IANS) Positive global cues and recovery in the Indian rupee lifted the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 to provisionally end at record closing highs on Monday.
Heavy buying activity was witnessed in capital goods metal and oil and gas stocks analysts said.
Earlier in the day both the indices -- BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 -- touched their all-time intra-day high levels of 38 340.69 points and 11 565.30 points respectively.
At 3.30 p.m. the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange provisionally ended at a fresh closing high of 11 551.75 points up 81 points or 0.71 per cent from its previous close.
The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex which had opened at 38 075.07 points closed at 38 278.75 points higher by 330.87 points or 0.87 per cent from its previous close. It touched an intra-day low of 38 050.69 points.
Sector-wise the S&P BSE Capital Goods index gained 668.41 points the metal index rose by 332.36 points and the oil and gas was up 191.82 points by the end of the day s trade.
On the other hand the IT index declined by 188.84 points the consumer durable index fell 127.24 points and the Teck (technology entertainment and media) stocks declined by 76.07 points.
The top gainers at the S&P BSE Sensex were Larsen and Toubro Tata Motors (DVR) Tata Motors ONGC and Tata Steel. On the contrary the majors losers in the day were Infosys Maruti Suzuki ICICI Bank Axis Bank and Hindustan Uniliver.
On Friday the indices traded on a positive note with the Sensex closing at 37 947.88 points and the Nifty50 at 11 470.75 points.

--IANS rrb-ravi/ksk/sed