Nifty ends near 20,000-mark; Sensex zooms 528 pts amid broad rally

Stock market highlights: Defying the downbeat sentiment across the globe, a broad-based rally took the Nifty50 index to record high levels on Monday. The broader 50-share index hit an all-time high of 20,008, surpassing the previous high of 19,991.85. It, eventually, closed at 19,996, up 176 points or 0.89 per cent. 

The BSE Sensex index, meanwhile, reclaimed the 67,000-mark and ended at 67,127, up 528 points or 0.79 per cent.

Adani Ports (up 7 per cent), Adani Enterprises (up 4 per cent), Apollo Hospitals, Hindalco, Power Grid, UPL, HDFC Life, Maruti Suzuki, Axis Bank, HCL Tech, Hero MotoCorp, SBI, NTPC, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Bajaj Auto, and RIL were ruling the winners' chart.

In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and Small Cap indices, too, claimed their new record high peaks in the intraday trade. The indices ended 1.2 per cent and 0.7 per cent higher, respectively.

Among sectors, the Nifty PSU Bank index surged 3 per cent, followed by the Nifty Metal and Auto indices (up 1.7 per cent each), and the Nifty Bank and FMCG indices (up 0.9 per cent each).