<p>Continuing its record-breaking spree, the benchmark BSE Sensex hit another lifetime high of 22,869.85 today as stocks of capital goods, IT, healthcare and auto sectors led the rally on capital inflows amid a firming trend overseas.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The NSE Nifty also maintained its rising trend by gaining 46.25 points, or 0.67 per cent, to hit a new all-time high of 6,861.60 points, surpassing its previous intra-day high of 6,838.00 touched in yesterday's trade.<br /><br />Stock brokers said besides widespread buying by funds and retail investors on the back of encouraging Q4 earnings by bluechip companies, covering-up of pending outstanding short positions by speculators on the last session of April month expiry in the Derivatives segment, helped the key indices -- Sensex and Nifty -- to continue their record-breaking spree.<br /><br />Further, a mixed trend in other Asian markets and overnight gains in US markets on good earnings reports, influenced the trading sentiments here, they said.<br /><br />Among other Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei gained 0.57 per cent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 0.61 per cent in early trade today.<br /><br />The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.40 per cent higher in yesterday's trade. <br /></p>
<p>Continuing its record-breaking spree, the benchmark BSE Sensex hit another lifetime high of 22,869.85 today as stocks of capital goods, IT, healthcare and auto sectors led the rally on capital inflows amid a firming trend overseas.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The NSE Nifty also maintained its rising trend by gaining 46.25 points, or 0.67 per cent, to hit a new all-time high of 6,861.60 points, surpassing its previous intra-day high of 6,838.00 touched in yesterday's trade.<br /><br />Stock brokers said besides widespread buying by funds and retail investors on the back of encouraging Q4 earnings by bluechip companies, covering-up of pending outstanding short positions by speculators on the last session of April month expiry in the Derivatives segment, helped the key indices -- Sensex and Nifty -- to continue their record-breaking spree.<br /><br />Further, a mixed trend in other Asian markets and overnight gains in US markets on good earnings reports, influenced the trading sentiments here, they said.<br /><br />Among other Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei gained 0.57 per cent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 0.61 per cent in early trade today.<br /><br />The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.40 per cent higher in yesterday's trade. <br /></p>