Fag-end Buying Pushes Sensex to Record 15,700 pts Level

Fag-end Buying Pushes Sensex to Record 15,700 pts Level Pick-up in buying, mainly in capital goods and realty segment stocks, drove the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex to a new intra-day peak of over 15,700 points today. The BSE-30 share index, which had set an all-time record at 15,683.03 points on July 20, further gained 138.30 points to trade at 15,703.85 at 1500 hrs. Similarly, the second wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty added 47.10 points to touch a new high of 4,613.15.