Sensex at fresh record high; Nifty breaches 7,600 mark

The wide-based 50-issue CNX Nifty of the NSE also breached 7,600 mark for the first time.

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: BSE benchmark Sensex on Monday surged 183 points to hit another record high of
25,579.72

The wide-based 50-issue CNX Nifty of the NSE also breached 7,600 mark for the first time.

Increased buying by foreign funds, onset of the southwest monsoon, although few days late, likely hike in natural gas prices after July 1 and examining of raising import tax on sugar by the government to support local prices boosted the overall sentiments in the market last week.

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