Stock Market LIVE: Nifty climbs above 24,400 led by ICICI Bank, HCL Tech, Infosys | News on Markets

Stock market LIVE updates on Thursday, July 4: The Sensex topped the 80,300-mark in opening trade on Thursday, while the Nifty50 surpassed 24,350 levels, extending their record hitting run amid supportive global cues.

The BSE benchmark hit a record high of 80,375, and was trading at 80,315, up 326 points. The Nifty50, on the other hand, hit a fresh lifetime high of 24,401, and was trading at 24,382 levels, up 96 points.

HCL Tech, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors, M&M, TCS, Bajaj Finance, Tata Steel, and Tech M were the leading large-cap stocks on the frontline indices, rising up to 1.35 per cent. 

In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap, and SmallCap indices advanced 0.36 per cent and 0.57 per cent, respectively.

Sectorally, the Nifty IT index was the highest gaining index (up 1 per cent), while the Nifty FMCG index was the top laggard (down 0.06 per cent).