Mumbai July 10 (IANS) Positive global cues and healthy buying in banking IT and capital goods stocks pushed the Indian equity markets to provisionally close at fresh highs on Monday.
At 3.30 p.m. the wider Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) provisionally closed the day s trade at 9 763.05 points -- higher by 97.25 points or 1.01 per cent.
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE which opened at 31 510.62 points provisionally closed at 31 715.64 points -- up 355.01 points or 1.13 per cent from its previous close at 31 360.63 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 31 768.39 points -- a new record -- and a low of 31 471.41 points during the intra-day trade.
The BSE market breadth was bullish -- with 1 550 advances and 1 096 declines.
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