Following Tuesday's record-breaking run, the Sensex opened with a bang at 18,473 - up 193 points from the previous close.
Unabated buying in capital goods and technology stocks saw the index rally to a fresh all-time intra-day high of 18,704. The Sensex finally ended at a record 18,658 - up 378 points.
The BSE Capital Goods index soared over 4% to 16,631, and the IT index surged over 3% to 5049. The Metal index was up 2.5% at 14,444.
The market breadth was marginally negative - out of 2,806 stocks traded, 1,417 declined, 1,325 advanced and 64 were unchanged on Wednesday.
INDEX MOVERS...
Larsen & Toubro zoomed 6.6% to Rs 3,372. BHEL soared over 4% to Rs 2,331.
Infosys and Hindalco surged nearly 4% each to Rs 2,125 and Rs 170, respectively.
ACC and Reliance Energy gained 3.5% each at Rs 1,218 and Rs 1,586, respectively.
Bharti Airtel and Satyam rallied 3% each to Rs 1,072 and Rs 484, respectively.
Wipro and Cipla advanced 2.8% each to Rs 503 and Rs 193,
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