Mumbai July 24 (IANS) The benchmark BSE Sensex touched a new record high of 36 869.34 points on Tuesday morning with healthy buying in banking consumer durables and metal stocks.
The Sensex had opened at 36 859.69 points which itself was a fresh high and at 9.22 a.m. it traded at 36 831.61 points (9.22 a.m.) -- up by 113.01 points or 0.31 per cent -- from its previous session s close of 36 718.60 points. It touched an intra-day low of 36 790.42 points
The wider Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange traded at 11 124.85 points up 40.10 or 0.36 per cent from its previous close.

--IANS rrb/in