Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty scaled fresh record high levels on Thursday, driven by unabated foreign capital inflows and intense buying in banking and FMCG stocks.

The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 474.46 points or 0.71 per cent to settle at its fresh all-time closing high of 67,571.90.

The benchmark recovered all its early lost ground during the afternoon trade.

During the day, it rallied 521.73 points or 0.77 per cent to hit its lifetime intra-day peak of 67,619.17.

The NSE Nifty climbed 146 points or 0.74 per cent to end at its record closing high of 19,979.15.

During the session, it soared 158.7 points or 0.80 per cent to reach its fresh a record high of 19,991.85.

ITC was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rising nearly 3 per cent, followed by Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, Maruti, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Axis Bank, Reliance Industries, Hindustan Unilever and JSW Steel.

On the other hand, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, HCL Technologies, Bajaj Finserv, Larsen & Toubro, Titan, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro were the laggards.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) continued their buying activity as they bought equities worth Rs 1,165.47 crore on Wednesday, according to exchange data.

In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong ended lower.

Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.13 per cent to $79.56 a barrel.

Following are the major milestones reached by the Sensex in recent years:

• July 20, 2023: Sensex hits fresh all-time closing high of 67,571.90 points; scales record intra-day peak of 67,619.17 points
• July 19, 2023: Finishes at new closing peak of 67,097.44 points; reaches all-time intra-day high of 67,171.38 points
• July 18, 2023: Ends at fresh record closing high of 66,795.14 points; hits the 67,000-mark for the first time in intra-day trade
• July 17, 2023: Ends day at new all-time closing high of 66,589.93 points; hits lifetime intra-day peak of 66,656.21 points
• July 14, 2023: Ends above the 66,000-mark for the first time; hits record intra-day peak of 66,159.79 points
• July 13, 2023: Hits the 66,000-mark for the first time in intra-day trade
• July 3, 2023:  Breaches and settles above the 65,000-mark for the first time
• June 30, 2023: Ends day above the 64,000 level
• June 28, 2023: Touches a new peak of 64,000 in intra-day trade
• November 30, 2022: Hits the 63,000-mark for the first time
• October 19, 2021: Goes past the 62,000-mark during intra-day trade
• October 14, 2021: Breaches the 61,000-mark for the first time in intra-day and at settles above that level
• September 24, 2021: Breaches and settles above the 60,000-level during intra-day and close of trade
• September 16, 2021: Touches and settles above 59,000-mark for the first time
• September 3, 2021: Scales the 58,000-mark during intra-day trade and closes above that level
• August 31, 2021: Goes past the 57,000-mark in intra-day trade and closes above that level
• August 27, 2021: Ends above the 56,000 level for the first time
• August 18, 2021: Goes past the 56,000-mark for the first time intra-day
• August 13, 2021: Goes past the 55,000-mark and closes above that level
• August 4, 2021: Hits the 54,000-mark for the first time in intra-day trade and closes above that level
• July 7, 2021: Settles above 53,000 level at the end of trade for the first time
• June 22, 2021: Touches the 53,000-mark during intra-day trade
• February 15, 2021: Goes past the 52,000-mark
• February 8, 2021: Ends above 51,000 points for the first time
• February 5, 2021: Goes past the 51,000-mark during intra-day trade
• February 3, 2021: Ends above 50,000 points for the first time
• January 21, 2021: Reaches the 50,000-point milestone in intra-day trade.