After a positive start, the Sensex briefly slipped into the red in the early hours of trade. However, it bounced back, adding gains to top the 59,000 mark for the first time and making a fresh peak of 59,204.29. The Nifty made a fresh peak of 17,644.60 in intraday trade. The Sensex closed up 418 points or 0.71 percent at 59,141.16 while the Nifty settled at 17,629.50 up 110 points or 0.63 percent. BSE Midcap and small-cap indices also hit fresh record highs of 25,384.22 and 28,456.77 respectively.
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