Mumbai Aug 17 (IANS) Broadly positive global cues lifted the key Indian equity indices on Friday with the NSE Nifty50 ending at a record closing high of 11 470.75 points.
According to market observers healthy buying activity was witnessed in banking metal and healthcare stocks.
At 3.30 p.m. the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange provisionally closed at 11 470.75 points up 85.70 points or 0.75 per cent from its previous close.
The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex which had opened at 37 898.60 points closed at 37 947.88 points up 284.32 points or 0.75 per cent from previous close of 37 663.56 points.
It breached the 38 000 mark during the day and touched an intra-day high of 38 022.32 points and hit an intra-day low of 37 840.16 points.
The major gainers on the Sensex were Yes Bank State Bank of India Vedanta Hindustan Unilever and Tata Motors while Hero MotoCorp ONGC Maruti Suzuki Coal India and Power Grid were the major losers.

--IANS rrb-ravi/pgh/sed