<p>Mumbai: Stock market benchmark indices climbed in early trade on Wednesday, with the Sensex hitting its fresh all-time high level, but soon equities faced volatile trends and were trading flat amid the emergence of profit-taking.</p><p>The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 134.64 points to hit a new all-time high of 78,188.16 in early trade. The Nifty went up by 28.2 points to 23,749.50.</p><p>However, later both the benchmark indices encountered volatile trends and were trading between highs and lows.</p>.Worsening water crisis can weigh on India's sovereign credit strength, Moody's says.<p>Among the 30 Sensex companies, UltraTech Cement, ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Kotak Mahindra Bank, NTPC, Bajaj Finance and Tata Motors were the biggest gainers.</p><p>Mahindra & Mahindra, HDFC Bank, Tata Steel and JSW Steel were among the laggards.</p><p>In Asian markets, Seoul and Tokyo quoted with gains while Shanghai and Hong Kong traded lower.</p><p>US markets ended mostly higher on Tuesday.</p><p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.41 per cent to $85.36 a barrel.</p><p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 1,175.91 crore on Tuesday, according to exchange data.</p><p>The BSE benchmark jumped 712.44 points or 0.92 per cent to settle at a new closing peak of 78,053.52 on Tuesday. The Nifty went up by 183.45 points or 0.78 per cent to settle at a record closing peak of 23,721.30.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Stock market benchmark indices climbed in early trade on Wednesday, with the Sensex hitting its fresh all-time high level, but soon equities faced volatile trends and were trading flat amid the emergence of profit-taking.</p><p>The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 134.64 points to hit a new all-time high of 78,188.16 in early trade. The Nifty went up by 28.2 points to 23,749.50.</p><p>However, later both the benchmark indices encountered volatile trends and were trading between highs and lows.</p>.Worsening water crisis can weigh on India's sovereign credit strength, Moody's says.<p>Among the 30 Sensex companies, UltraTech Cement, ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Kotak Mahindra Bank, NTPC, Bajaj Finance and Tata Motors were the biggest gainers.</p><p>Mahindra & Mahindra, HDFC Bank, Tata Steel and JSW Steel were among the laggards.</p><p>In Asian markets, Seoul and Tokyo quoted with gains while Shanghai and Hong Kong traded lower.</p><p>US markets ended mostly higher on Tuesday.</p><p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.41 per cent to $85.36 a barrel.</p><p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 1,175.91 crore on Tuesday, according to exchange data.</p><p>The BSE benchmark jumped 712.44 points or 0.92 per cent to settle at a new closing peak of 78,053.52 on Tuesday. The Nifty went up by 183.45 points or 0.78 per cent to settle at a record closing peak of 23,721.30.</p>