Nifty crosses 9,600 mark for first time

Mumbai May 26 (IANS) The wider 51-scrip NSE Nifty touched the 9 600-mark for the first time in history during the mid-afternoon trade session on Friday.

Around 3 p.m. the NSE Nifty traded at 9 600.05 points -- up 90.30 points or 0.95 per cent.

A strong rupee along with surge in metal and automobile stocks helped the key index to touch an intra-day new high of 9 601.20 points.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE too crossed the 31 000 mark for the first time to touch a new high of 31 066.83 points in intra-day.

--IANS
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