Adani Ports, Glenmark Pharma, 26 other scrips hit all time high

The broader market mirrored gains in the benchmark indices - the CNX Nifty Junior, Midcap and the Smallcap indices rallied over 2 percent each to 21,250, 13,918 and 5,657, respectively.

Aug 14, 2015 10:08 IST India Infoline News Service

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Abbott India, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, Adani Transmission, Bajaj Holdings & Investment, CEAT, Dr.Reddy's Laboratories, Excel Realty, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Infosys, Jindal Poly Films, Lambodhara Textiles, Maruti Suzuki, PNC Infratech, Sandesh, Shyam Century Ferrous and Torrent Pharmaceuticals were some of the prominent stocks to log a fresh 52-week high.

The BSE benchmark index, the Sensex, had opened with a positive gap of 118 points at 27,668. The index touched a low of 27,643, before resuming its uptrend for the day. Frenzied buying in the second half of the trading session saw the BSE index soar to a high of 28,101. The Sensex finally ended with a solid gain of 518 points at 28,067.

The NSE Nifty opened with positive gap of nearly 50 points at 8,402, and rallied past the 8,500-level to a high of 8,530 towards the end of the trading session. The Nifty eventually settled with a huge gain of 163 points at 8,519.

The India VIX (Volatility) index slumped nearly 6 percent to 16.02.

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