Sensex hits all-time high of over 55,000

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Aug 13, 2021 at 11:59 AM Updated On : Aug 13, 2021 at 12:01 PM

Mumbai: The Indian stock market climbed to new highs on Friday with the BSE Sensex crossing the 55,000-mark for the first time.

Sensex has hit an all-time high of 55,199.42 and the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange touched a record high of 16,468.45.

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On Thursday, the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for June showed a rise of 13.6 percent from a decline of (-) 16.6 percent reported for the like month a year ago

Further, data furnished by the National Statistical Office (NSO) showed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) slipped to 5.59 percent last month from 6.26 percent in June.

Around 11.10 a.m., Sensex was trading at 55,196.80, higher by 352.82 points or 0.64 percent from its previous close of 54,843.98.

It opened at 54,911.95 and touched an intraday low of 54,905.49 points.

The Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange was trading at 16,467.40, higher by 103.00 points or 0.63 percent from its previous close.

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