Sensex, Nifty Hit Record Highs In Early Trade

Domestic share markets registered new record highs on Wednesday, with the S&P BSE Sensex index touching the 48,600 mark for the first time ever, continuing a rally that entered an eleventh straight day on optimism around COVID-19 vaccines and foreign fund inflows. The 30-scrip index opened 178.88  points, or 0.37 per cent, higher at an all-time high of 48,616.66, and the broader NSE Nifty 50 benchmark added 41.45 points (0.29 per cen...