Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Broadly positive global cues and healthy buying in consumer durables, capital goods and automobile stocks buoyed the Indian equity markets on Wednesday and both the key indices touched new 52-week intra-day highs as well as new closing highs.
The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), after opening at a record high of 9,264.40 points, provisionally closed at 9,265.15 points -- up 27.30 points or 0.30 per cent.
The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 29,996.03 points, provisionally closed at 29,974.24 points -- up 64.02 points or 0.21 per cent from the previous close at 29,910.22 points.
The Sensex touched a new 52-week high crossing the 30,000-mark during intra-day trade. It touched a high of 30,007.48 points and a low of 29,817.69 points.
The BSE market breadth was bullish with 2,000 advances and 934 declines.
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