NEW DELHI: Sensex climbed 236.77 points to reach its all-time high of 73,982.12 in early trade during special trading session. Nifty went up by 81.5 points to hit its record peak of 22,420.25.
BSE and NSE are conducting a special trading session in the equity and equity derivative segments on Saturday to check their preparedness to handle major disruption or failure at the primary site.
The special live trading session will have intra-day switch over from Primary Site (PR) to Disaster Recovery (DR) site.
Trading today is divided into two sessions, the first one from 9:15 am to 10 am and the second one from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.
“Trading members are requested to note that the exchange will conduct a special live trading session with intraday switch over from Primary Site (PR) to Disaster Recovery Site (DR) on Saturday, March 2, in equity and equity derivatives segments,” BSE and NSE said in separate circulars.
Tata Steel, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Motors, and State Bank of India saw gains, while Mahindra & Mahindra, Titan, ICICI Bank, and NTPC experienced losses in Sensex.
Most of the Nifty sectoral indices saw a rise, with Nifty Media experiencing a growth of over 1 percent, during early trade of the special trading session.