Mumbai, Dec 1 || Indian benchmark indices opened the new month at new all-time high on Monday, amid investor optimism around strong Q2 GDP growth at 8.2 per cent.
As of 9.30 am, the Sensex advanced 291 points, or 0.34 per cent at 85,997 and the Nifty added 86 points, or 0.33 per cent to 26,289.
The broadcap indices performed in line with the benchmarks, with the Nifty Midcap 100 up 0.28 per cent and the Nifty Smallcap 100 adding 0.58 per cent.
SBI, Trent and Tata Steel were among the major gainers in the Nifty Pack, while losers included Tech Mahindra, Tata Consumer, Titan Company and Bajaj Finance.
All the sectoral indices on NSE were trading in except Nifty FMCG (down 0.31 per cent) and Nifty chemicals (down 0.08 per cent). Nifty Metal up 1.02 per cent and Nifty auto up 0.63 per cent were the top gainers.