Mumbai: Scaling fresh intra-day records, equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty inched higher in early trade on Thursday.
After touching its lifetime intra-day high of 46,778.51 in the morning session, at 10:12 am, the 30-share BSE index was trading 140.13 points higher at 46,806.59.
Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rose 40.65 points to 13,723.35. It hit a high of 13,713.55 in early trade.
UltraTech Cement was the top gainer in the Sensex pack followed by Sun Pharma, IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries and HDFC.
On the other hand, ITC, HCL Tech, L&T, HUL and SBI were among the laggards.
