D-St smashes records yet again: Sensex zooms 621 pts, Nifty scales 23,869 on RIL, ICICI Bank rally

Of the 16 sectoral indices on the NSE, 9 ended in the green with the Nifty Oil & Gas index ending up as the top performing index with 1.4% gains. It was followed by Nifty Private Bank index and Nifty Bank. Among the laggards were Nifty Auto, Nifty Metal and Nifty Consumer Durables which fell up to nearly 1%.