The Bombay Stock Exchange’s main index SENSEX roared to 20000 to begin this week with a relentless strength and closed at 19977.67 with a gains of 734.50 Points and NIFTY closed at 5905.90 with gains of 203.60 Points. The strength was seen coming from all sectors. The Asian Market cues were motivating the Indian Markets to rise and rise and the peer Asian indexes to close in Green with gains of 1% to 3%.

This made Mukesh Ambani the Richest person on Earth who is valued at Rs:2,49,000 Crores which includes Rs:2,10,000 Crores from RIL (50.98% Stake), Rs:37,000 Crores from RPL (37.5%) and Rs:2,100 Crores from RIIL (46.23%)

The top 6 stocks contributed 90% to the latest 1000 point rally from 19000 to 20000 and L&T and ICICI Bank were top among it contributing 50% of the last 1000 Point rally. The star performers among the large caps were L&T, SIEMENS, RPL, BHEL, HDFC, HDFC Bank and BHEL to mention a few. About 1700 shares were Advanced, 1288 shares were Declined and 70 were Unchanged.

Previous Memories of SENSEX growth:

  • 1000-July 25th 1990
  • 2000-January 15th 1992
  • 3000-February 29th 1992
  • 4000-March 30th 1992
  • 5000-October 8th 1999
  • 6000-February 11th 2000
  • 7000-June 20th 2005
  • 8000-September 8th 2005
  • 9000-November 28th 2005
  • 10000-February 6th 2006
  • 11000-March 21st 2006
  • 12000-April 20th 2006
  • 13000-October 30th 2006
  • 14000-December 5th 2006
  • 15000-July 6th 2007
  • 16000-September 19th 2007
  • 17000-September 26th 2007
  • 18000-October 9th 2007
  • 19000-October 15th 2007
  • 20000-October 19th 2007 TODAY