Market Highlights, Aug 29: Sensex, Nifty end at record; RIL to invest Rs 75k cr in new energy biz

Stock Market Highlights Today, Thursday, Aug 29: The BSE Sensex ended 349 points higher at 82,135 level, while the Nifty50 closed 100 points higher at 25,152

Stock Market Highlights, Thursday, August 29, 2024: Indian benchmark indices BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 closed near their record highs on Thursday, with the Nifty 50 closing higher for the 12th straight session.  

Meanwhile, investors in the domestic market were focussed on the 47th Annual General Meeting of Reliance Industries that included a number of significant announcements from the promoter family.

The BSE Sensex, pared some of the gains from its fresh all-time high of 82,285.83, to close at 82,134.61, up 0.43 per cent or 349 points. Similarly, the Nifty 50, which had touched a new all-time high of 25,192.90 intraday, closed 99.6 points or 0.4 per cent higher at 25,151.95.

Tata Motors, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, HCL Tech, ITC, and Reliance Industries were the top gainers on the Sensex index, rising between 1.5 per cent and 4 per cent.

The Nifty MidCap and Nifty SmallCap indices, meanwhile, declined for the second session on Thursday.

Among sectors, the Nifty FMCG index gained 0.7 per cent, the Nifty Auto 0.5 per cent, and the Nifty IT 0.47 per cent.