BENGALURU: India’s benchmark Nifty 50 and Sensex indexes opened at new record highs on Wednesday, led by consumer and information technology stocks.

Energy stocks power India’s blue-chip indexes to new highs

The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 rose 0.52% to 21,565.75 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.54% to 71,817.11, as of 9:17 a.m. IST.