Benchmark Sensex closed above the historic 84,000-mark for first time while Nifty settled at a new record high on Friday, powered by a rally in frontline bank stocks along with upbeat trends in the US

India's NSE Nifty 50 and S&P BSE Sensex are trailing only Wall Street's Nasdaq and S&P 500 as top-performing indexes this year, with analysts expecting the rally to extend into 2025.

Domestic stock market benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty, hit fresh record highs on Friday amid positive investor sentiments following a 50 basis points cut by the US Federal Reserve. In the last two days, the Sensex has gained nearly 1600 points and Nifty has added 413 points.

The 30-share BSE Sensex surged 439.75 points to 83,624.55 in early trade, while the NSE Nifty rose 132.05 points to 25,547.85. Among the top gainers from the 30 Sensex firms were JSW Steel, Tata Steel,

Sensex hits record high post US rate cut, M&M leads gainers, market bullish on global cues, potential for further gains.

Twelve of the 13 major sectors logged gains, with metals leading sectoral gainers with a 1.75% climb and all 15 of its constituents were in the green

Indian headline indices smashed fresh record highs on Friday catapulted by heavyweights ICICI Bank and HDFC bank which had the biggest contribution to the respective index. They took positive cues from global and Asian markets amid the onset of a monetary easing policy by the US Fed.

Indian markets, Sensex and Nifty, surged in early trade following a global rally after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates. JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Mahindra & Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, Bajaj Finserv and Maruti were top gainers.

Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex ended the previous trade session higher. Nifty 50 closed at 25,415.80, while Sensex ended at 83,184.80. Overnight, Wall Street indices witnessed gains, with S&P 500 and Dow Jones closing at record high levels.