The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index settled 0.49% higher at 17,916.8, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex also closed with an identical 0.49% gain at 60,067.62
The NSE Nifty 50 index ended up 0.28% at 17,945.95, having earlier risen as much as 0.82% to a record high of 18,041.95. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex firmed 0.13% to 60,135.78