Sensex ends at record high of 15,732.20 pts

MUMBAI: The benchmark Sensex ended at a new peak of over 15,732 points on Monday on aggressive buying by funds in blue-chip stocks in capital goods and realty sectors.

The Sensex touched an intra-session peak of 15,773.37 points and a low of 15,477.91.

Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange's index Nifty settled at 4619.35, a gain of 53.40 points, after touching an intra-session high of 4,628.45 and a low of 4547.20.

The bourses, which had commenced the day a little lower in line with weakening global stock markets, picked up in the last 30 minutes of trading, brokers said.

They said the market can reach the milestone e most by rising 526.12 points at 13,596.20, followed by realty index by 196.26 points at 8379.28. PSU index rose by 113.01 points at 7217.80, oil and gas index by 99.09 points at 8210.63 and metal index by 93.90 points at 12,305.