The benchmark Nifty50 on Thursday settled the expiry of March futures & options at record high after the government moved a step closer to implementing a nationwide goods and services tax (GST) from July.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 29,647, up 116 points, while the broader Nifty50 closed at 9,173, up 30 points. The 50-share Nifty had hit its previous record closing high of 9,160 level on March 17.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Midcap and S&P BSE Smallcap indices also hit a fresh lifetime high by rising 0.4% and 0.9%, respectively.
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