Sensex hits 31,700 for first time; NSE above 9,750 after trading resumes

Sensex rose as much as 408 points to hit 31,768 while Nifty gained as much as 116 points to hit 9772

Sensex continued trading higher in the afternoon deals, with both Sensex and NIfty hitting their all-time highs tracking global markets.

In another development, NSE shut trading in cash and F&O segment due to a technical glitch on Monday morning but later resumed trading after over 2 hours. It shut down trading in the futures & options (F&O) segment at 9:55am.

In intra-day trade, Sensex rose as much as 408 points to hit the record high of 31,768, surpassing its previous milestone of 31,522 hit on June 22 while Nifty gained as much as 116 points to hit 9772,