ITC, HDFC Bank and six other Sensex stocks scale fresh 52-week highs

SBI, the top gainer among the Sensex stocks, was up 8 per cent to Rs 337 at 02:25 pm, surpassing its previous high of Rs 332 touched on February 2, 2020

Shares of State Bank of Bank (SBI), ITC, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), UltraTech Cement, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Auto, and Bajaj Finserv were among the eight stocks from the 30-share S&P BSE Sensex hitting their respective 52-week highs on Tuesday, as the Indian markets extended their historic Budget-day rally and surged as much as 3 per cent in intra-day deals.

The benchmark index hit an intra-day high of 50,154.48 today, just 30 points shy from its all-time high level of 50,184.01, touched on January 21, 2021.

SBI, the top gainer among the Sensex stocks, was up 8