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.
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.
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.
The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.40 per cent higher in yesterday's trade.