<p>Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty hit their fresh lifetime high levels in early trade on Tuesday, amid a rally in global markets and buying in IT stocks.</p><p>The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 379.68 points to hit a record peak of 79,855.87 in early trade. The Nifty climbed 94.4 points to hit a lifetime high of 24,236.35.</p><p>Among the Sensex pack, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank and Power Grid were the biggest gainers.</p> .Rupee falls 12 paise to 83.56 against US dollar in early trade.<p>Tata Motors, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank and ICICI Bank were among the laggards.</p><p>The benchmark indices opened on a bullish note and hit all-time high levels, but soon profit booking emerged, the indices pared early gains and were trading in the negative territory.</p><p>The BSE Sensex was trading down 77.93 points, or 0.10 per cent, to 79,398.26 points. The broader NSE Nifty fell 25.65 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 24,116.30 points.</p><p>On Monday, the BSE benchmark settled higher by 443.46 points or 0.56 per cent at an all-time high of 79,476.19. The Nifty climbed 131.35 points or 0.55 per cent to settle at a fresh lifetime high of 24,141.95.</p><p>In Asian markets, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading in the positive territory on Tuesday, while Seoul quoted lower.</p><p>US markets ended in the green on Monday.</p><p>India's gross GST collection increased 8 per cent to Rs 1.74 lakh crore in June, sources said on Monday.</p><p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.23 per cent to USD 86.80 a barrel.</p><p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 426.03 crore on Monday, according to exchange data.</p>
<p>Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty hit their fresh lifetime high levels in early trade on Tuesday, amid a rally in global markets and buying in IT stocks.</p><p>The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 379.68 points to hit a record peak of 79,855.87 in early trade. The Nifty climbed 94.4 points to hit a lifetime high of 24,236.35.</p><p>Among the Sensex pack, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank and Power Grid were the biggest gainers.</p> .Rupee falls 12 paise to 83.56 against US dollar in early trade.<p>Tata Motors, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank and ICICI Bank were among the laggards.</p><p>The benchmark indices opened on a bullish note and hit all-time high levels, but soon profit booking emerged, the indices pared early gains and were trading in the negative territory.</p><p>The BSE Sensex was trading down 77.93 points, or 0.10 per cent, to 79,398.26 points. The broader NSE Nifty fell 25.65 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 24,116.30 points.</p><p>On Monday, the BSE benchmark settled higher by 443.46 points or 0.56 per cent at an all-time high of 79,476.19. The Nifty climbed 131.35 points or 0.55 per cent to settle at a fresh lifetime high of 24,141.95.</p><p>In Asian markets, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading in the positive territory on Tuesday, while Seoul quoted lower.</p><p>US markets ended in the green on Monday.</p><p>India's gross GST collection increased 8 per cent to Rs 1.74 lakh crore in June, sources said on Monday.</p><p>Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.23 per cent to USD 86.80 a barrel.</p><p>Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 426.03 crore on Monday, according to exchange data.</p>