The markets had a good day and ended strong on broad based buying in scrips across sectors. It was an all time high close for Sensex, Nifty, CNX midcap and BSE smallcap index. Barring technology all the sectors participated in the rally. Power, metal, realty, infrastructure stocks led the uptrend.

Asia ended in green and even Europe was trading reasonably in the positive terrain.

Broader markets have continued to outperform the benchmark indices, giving markets an excellent breadth.

GMR was the star performer, the stock was up nearly 14% at Rs 952.

Hindalco, Reliance Energy , BHEL, Reliance Comm , HDFC, ICICI Bank are among the top gainers on Sensex.