Sensex crosses 10,000-points mark for first time since January 2009

Mumbai, Mar 26 (ANI): The Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex on Thursday crossed 10,000-points marks for the first time since January 2009.

At 3 p.m., Sensex was at a high of 10,010.42 points, up 3.54 percent or 342.52 points.

The National Stock Exchange's Nifty also rose by 73.95 points to 3058.30 points.

The BSE Midcap Index was up 1.27 per cent and the BSE Smallcap Index rose 0.8 per cent.

Biggest index gainers were Tata Power (6.59 percent), Tata Motors (6.44 percent), Larsen and Toubro (6.18 percent), Tata Consultancy Services (6.13 percent) and ITC (5.86 percent). (ANI)