The markets in India scaled their fresh lifetime highs despite trading with meagre gains in today's( 8th December 2020) early deals, on the back of a mixed set of global cues.
The S&P BSE Sensex gained 150 points, or 0.3 percent, at 45,216 levels and the Nifty50 index surpassed the 13,300-mark. ONGC (up 3%) was the top Sensex gainer, followed by Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, and Bharti Airtel was up 1 per cent, each.
IRCTC, meanwhile, rose as high as 7 percent while Adani Ports hit a fresh lifetime high.
The Nifty sectoral indices were trading largely in the green, led by Nifty PSU Bank index, up 0.8 percent.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indexes were trading 0.3 per cent and 0.8 percent higher, respectively