Sensex gains 460pts; Nifty atop 18,450; D-Mart tanks 8%, Vedanta zooms 13%

Stock market LIVE: The markets marched higher for the seventh straight day on the back of upbeat sentiment and hopes of strong Q2 by India Inc. Metals, PSU banks and sugar stocks logged smart gains

Markets at Close (03:30 PM):

The key benchmark indices extended their winning streak for the seventh straight day, ending at fresh record highs. The BSE benchmark index, the Sensex, scaled a fresh all-time high at 61,963, and ended 460 points higher at 61,756.

The NSE Nifty touched a fresh summit at 18,542, and settled 138 points higher at 18,477. The NSE index has soared 4.7 per cent (831 points) in the last seven trading sessions.

Among the Sensex 30 stocks, Infosys surged 4.5 per cent to Rs 1,792. Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, ITC and Maruti