Mumbai, March 10 : The equity market remained on top for the third straight session on Thursday, as BSE Sensex zoomed 1595 points, breaching 56K level to open at 56,242 on positive global cues.
Falling crude oil prices too impacted the same, as crude oil prices tumbled down nearly 12 per cent on Thursday.
The Nifty too rose by 412 points at 16,757.
All the sectoral indices were in the green. Especially, Auto, Bankex and Realty climbed more than three per cent.
The Sensex registered the days high and low at 56,242.47 and 55,564.83 points respectively.
The Nifty registered days high and low at 16,757.35 and 16,593.05 points respectively.
The Mid Cap moved up 1.68 per cent and Small Cap by 1.83 per cent.
In scrips all 30 scrips were in green.
The gainers were Axis Bank by 4.55 per cent to Rs 705, SBI by 3.66 per cent to Rs 468.45, Asian Paints by 3.58 per cent to Rs 2978 and Maruti Suzuki by 3.40 per cent to Rs 7268.90.