Sensex crossed 9000-mark
The Sensex crossed the 9000-mark and after touching an intra-day historic high of 9005.63, ended at a new closing peak of 8994.94 points at the BSE on frantic buying activity by FIIs.
Operators and retail investors also made heavy buying, giving the index further boost. The BSE 30-share sensitive index opened firm at 8905.68 as against last Saturday’s close of 8889.03 and thereafter skyrocketed to 9005.63.