The BSE Sensex closed the day at 35,319, up by 103 points, or 0.29 per cent.

Crude oil prices zoomed past USD 76 per barrel mark amid foreign capital outflows and depreciating rupee.

Nifty Metal index cracked over 1 per cent, with APL Apollo Tubes, Hindustan Copper and NALCO as the top drags.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 23 were trading in the green, while 27 were in the red.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 18 points up at 11,102, while BSE Sensex was 71 points up at 36,211 around 10:55 am (IST).

Overall, 37 shares were trading in the green on the Nifty50 index while 12 lost.

Equity benchmarks extended gains for the third session on continued foreign fund inflows amid encouraging quarterly results.

The NSE Nifty index was trading 79 points up at 10,867, while the BSE Sensex was 359 points up at 35,441 around 10:30 am(IST).

The Nifty50 index closed 74 points up at 10,463, while BSE Sensex settled 235 points up at 33,837 on Tuesday.

NSE Nifty50 was trading 34 points up at 10,423, while the BSE Sensex was 105 points up at 33,707 around 11.20 am (IST).

In the Nifty 50 index, RIL, Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech and YES Bank were among the top gainers on NSE.

Couple of stocks defied market trend and surged up to 20 per cent during the trade.

In the BSE 500 index, 271 stocks were trading in green, while 225 stocks were in the grip of bears.

Overall, 19 shares were trading in green in Nifty50 index, while 31 were trading in red in the morning trade.

Both Nifty50 and Sensex touched their fresh record highs of 10,340.55 and 33,117.33, respectively.

The new limits, effective tomorrow, will ensure stock prices do not go up or down beyond a prescribed level during a session.

BSE and NSE have decided to shift a total 50 companies to the restricted trading segment from May 10 to ensure safety of investors in the c...