Milestones in Sensex's journey to 21,000 mark

Mumbai: Bombay Stock Index crossed 21,000 points for the first time on Tuesday, led by Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank.

Earlier in opening trade, the 30-share BSE index was up 1.13 per cent, or 236.19 points, at 21,048.84, having risen as far as 21,077.53 in early deals.

The previous record of 20,861.83 was set on Monday. The 50-issue NSE index was up 0.99 percent up at 6,340.95, having hit a record high of 6,351.45.

Following is the list of dates when stock market barometer BSE Sensex touched the various milestones on its journey to 21,000-point mark:

July 25, 1990

1000

January 3, 1992

2000

February 29, 1992

3000

March 30, 1992

4000

October 8, 1999

5000

February 11, 2000

6000

June 20, 2005

7000

September 8, 2005

8000

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November 28, 2005

9000

February 6, 2006

10000

March 21, 2006

11000

April 20, 2006

12000

October 30, 2006

13000

December 5, 2006

14000

July 6, 2007

15000

September 19, 2007

16000

September 26,2007

17000

October 9, 2007

18000

October 15, 2007

19000

October 29, 2007

20000

January 8, 2008

21000