Everyone expects the FM to distribute sweet savoury. However, the key challenges ahead of FM that will need immediate action would be to arrest the dwindling GDP growth, addressing the agrarian distress and fixing the financial sector woes.

While the market barometers indeed touched the historic milestones on the D-day, these were not the highest intraday gains bourses registered

At 10:44 am, Sensex was trading 964 points higher at 40,074 level. Nifty rose 2.52% or 296 points to 12,034 points. The record run has been fuelled by exit polls predicting Modi government to return at the Centre.

For the financial year 2018-19, the commodity broking accounts rose by 6 per cent to nearly 1.08 lakh; assets under management stood at Rs 3,983 crore in FY19

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Going ahead, the equity market will remain volatile ahead of the general election in the first half of 2019.

The ED and CEO of Reliance Securities says the market is facing huge headwinds of tightening of global liquidity, resulting in compression of valuations.

At 9:56 am, the Sensex was trading 117 points higher at 38,004 level.  Meanwhile, the Nifty inched closer to the 11,500 level,  rising 45 points from its previous close. It hit all time high of 11,495 level.

Intra day, the Sensex hit an all-time high of 37,931 and Nifty touched 11,459 level for the first time. Market heavyweight Reliance Industries added 2.85% or 35 points to close at 1217 level . The stock touched a fresh 52 week high of 1222.

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