Sensex Breaches Historic 84,000-Mark for First Time Ever

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MUMBAI: The BSE benchmark Sensex breached the historic 84,000-mark for first time ever on Friday morning and the Nifty also hit its new record high level, tracking a rally in global markets, after the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate after more than four years.

The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 975.1 points to scale a fresh record high of 84,159.90 in morning trade. The NSE Nifty surged 271.1 points to hit a new all-time peak of 25,686.90.

From the 30 Sensex firms, Mahindra & Mahindra, JSW Steel, Maruti, Tata Steel, Larsen & Toubro, ICICI Bank, Power Grid, Nestle, Bharti Airtel and Adani Ports were the biggest gainers.

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