Mumbai May 17 (IANS) The key Indian indices again surged to new highs on Wednesday as a strong rupee and healthy buying in metal and automobile stocks buoyed investors sentiments.
The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) provisionally closed at a new high of 9 518.35 points -- up 6.10 points or 0.06 per cent.
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE which opened at 30 616.53 points provisionally closed at 30 658.77 points (at 3.30 p.m.) -- up 76.17 points or 0.25 per cent from its previous close at 30 582.60 points.
Besides during intra-day trade the NSE Nifty scaled a new high of 9 532.60 points and the BSE Sensex of 30 692.45 points.
On Tuesday the NSE Nifty had closed at a high of 9 512.25 points and an intra-day high of 9 517.20 points while the BSE Sensex had closed at a high of 30 582.60 points and intra-day high of 30 591.55 points.
--IANS
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Sensex, Nifty hit fresh highs, metal stocks surge (Third Lead)
