Stock Market Hits Fresh Life-Time High; Sensex Tops 69,000-Level

New Delhi: The stock market rally continued for the second day today buoyed by the strong macroeconomic data, responded positively to BJP's victory in three assembly polls.

Sensex zoomed 169.94 points to get fresh record high of 69,035.06 in early trade while Nifty climbed 52.60 points to hit record high of 20,739.40.

The stock market rally catapulted the market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms by Rs 2.4 lakh crore to Rs 345.88 lakh crore in morning deals on Tuesday, from Rs 343.48 lakh crore on Monday.

Among the Sensex firms, Adani Enterprises and Adani Ports traded higher by 4.40 per cent and 4.37 per cent, respectively. BPCL, Axis Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra and SBI were the other major gainers.

Equity investors became richer by Rs 2.4 lakh owing to the surge in stock market.