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Shares of heavyweight companies from the information technology (IT) sector, private banks along with Reliance Industries (RIL) and Hindustan Unilever (HUL) have helped the S&P BSE Sensex hit a record high of 36,463 on Thursday. The benchmark index surpassed its previous high of 36,2443.98 recorded on January 29, 2018.
Nifty 50 index, which touched high of 11,015.45 in intra-day trade today, is 1.4% away from its all-time high of 111,71.55 recorded in January this year.
Besides Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys from the IT pack, a rally in Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank and HDFC Bank from private banking space, Asian Paints and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) are some of the stocks that helped the S&P BSE Sensex record a new high today.
While Kotak Mahindra Bank, M&M, TCS and HUL have rallied in the range of 21% to 26%, Asian Paints, IndusInd Bank and Infosys have moved up 11% to 19% from their January 29 levels. RIL and HDFC Bank gained 9% and 8%, respectively, during the period.
However, out of the 31 stocks that comprise the S&P BSE Sensex, over half (19 scrips) were trading well below their January 29 levels.
Vedanta, Tata Motors and Tata Motors DVR have tanked more than 30%, while Tata Steel, ICICI Bank and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) down between 23% and 25% on the BSE during this period.
Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Midcap (at 15,753 levels) and the S&P BSE Smallcap index (at 16,539 levels) are still14% and 18% away from their respective all-time highs. The midcap index hit record high of 18,321 on January 9, 2018, while the small cap index touched an all-time high of 20,183 on January 15, 2018 in intra-day trade on the BSE.
| Price on BSE in Rs | |||
| CO_NAME | 29/01/2018 | LTP | % chg |
| Kotak Mah. Bank | 1113.5 | 1398.2 | 25.6 |
| Hind. Unilever | 1397.3 | 1728.0 | 23.7 |
| TCS | 1597.6 | 1970.5 | 23.3 |
| M & M | 763.8 | 925.9 | 21.2 |
| Asian Paints | 1154.5 | 1374.7 | 19.1 |
| Infosys | 1181.5 | 1319.5 | 11.7 |
| IndusInd Bank | 1740.8 | 1933.6 | 11.1 |
| Reliance Inds. | 963.8 | 1053.0 | 9.2 |
| HDFC Bank | 1999.6 | 2161.2 | 8.1 |
| Yes Bank | 357.6 | 377.2 | 5.5 |
| ITC | 275.7 | 276.4 | 0.3 |
| H D F C | 1953.3 | 1945.0 | -0.4 |
| Maruti Suzuki | 9634.5 | 9498.9 | -1.4 |
| Hero Motocorp | 3640.0 | 3555.7 | -2.3 |
| Sun Pharma.Inds. | 587.1 | 565.0 | -3.8 |
| Bajaj Auto | 3362.1 | 3174.2 | -5.6 |
| Power Grid Corpn | 194.2 | 182.8 | -5.9 |
| NTPC | 171.0 | 153.6 | -10.2 |
| Larsen & Toubro | 1428.3 | 1278.1 | -10.5 |
| Axis Bank | 605.4 | 540.6 | -10.7 |
| Coal India | 300.6 | 267.1 | -11.1 |
| Wipro | 312.0 | 272.3 | -12.7 |
| Adani Ports | 436.6 | 372.6 | -14.7 |
| St Bk of India | 311.1 | 262.6 | -15.6 |
| Bharti Airtel | 440.6 | 363.4 | -17.5 |
| O N G C | 205.0 | 158.1 | -22.9 |
| ICICI Bank | 357.3 | 272.0 | -23.9 |
| Tata Steel | 745.8 | 558.6 | -25.1 |
| Tata Motors-DVR | 226.1 | 155.1 | -31.4 |
| Tata Motors | 399.3 | 268.9 | -32.7 |
| Vedanta | 345.8 | 218.4 | -36.9 |
| LTP : Last traded price at 09:28 am | |||
