BSE sensex hits 20,000 mark
Monday saw the Sensex hit the 20,000 mark for the first time in its history. It took the Sensex 11 trading sessions to cross the thousand-point distance from 19 to 20,000.
 

The journey has been tedious though, with the government demonstrating apprehensions about the tremendous influx of money from FIIs and going ahead to curb p-note participation.

This time round, 50 per cent of the rally was led by L&T and ICICI bank.

The bull charge became intensive, ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's mid-term review of annual policy, which is scheduled to happen on Tuesday.