<div align="justify">Benchmark Sensex soared over 310 points today to close above the 35,000-mark for the first time ever, while the broader Nifty too ended at a fresh life-time high on unabated buying by participants.<br /><br />The 30-share Sensex jumped 310.77 points, or 0.89 per cent, to end at a new peak of 35,081.82, breaking its previous record of 34,843.51 reached on January 15.<br /><br />Intra-day, it climbed to 35,118.61, bettering its previous intra-day high of 34,963.69 reached on January 15.<br /><br />It took 17 sessions for the index to scale the 35,000 mark from 34,000 level reached on December 26.<br /><br />The broader Nifty surged 88.10 points, or 0.82 per cent, to close at a new peak of 10,788.55, breaking its previous record of 10,741.55 hit on January 15.<br /><br />It also touched an intra-day record of 10,803, surpassing its previous high of 10,782.65 hit on January 15.<br /><br />Brokers said sentiment got a lift after the government today lowered the additional borrowing requirement for the current fiscal to Rs 20,000 crore from Rs 50,000 crore estimated earlier.<br /><br />Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 693.17 crore while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) had sold equities worth a net Rs 246.38 crore yesterday, as per provisional data.</div>
<div align="justify">Benchmark Sensex soared over 310 points today to close above the 35,000-mark for the first time ever, while the broader Nifty too ended at a fresh life-time high on unabated buying by participants.<br /><br />The 30-share Sensex jumped 310.77 points, or 0.89 per cent, to end at a new peak of 35,081.82, breaking its previous record of 34,843.51 reached on January 15.<br /><br />Intra-day, it climbed to 35,118.61, bettering its previous intra-day high of 34,963.69 reached on January 15.<br /><br />It took 17 sessions for the index to scale the 35,000 mark from 34,000 level reached on December 26.<br /><br />The broader Nifty surged 88.10 points, or 0.82 per cent, to close at a new peak of 10,788.55, breaking its previous record of 10,741.55 hit on January 15.<br /><br />It also touched an intra-day record of 10,803, surpassing its previous high of 10,782.65 hit on January 15.<br /><br />Brokers said sentiment got a lift after the government today lowered the additional borrowing requirement for the current fiscal to Rs 20,000 crore from Rs 50,000 crore estimated earlier.<br /><br />Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 693.17 crore while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) had sold equities worth a net Rs 246.38 crore yesterday, as per provisional data.</div>