Tuesday, December 13 2005 14:07 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: The benchmark sensex zoomed to set a new high peak over 9200 points level at mid-session on the Bombay Stock Exchange as funds continued their buying in blue chip stocks.

The sensex was higher by 70.66 points at 9204.33 at 1300 hrs as foreign and domestic funds picked up pivotal in auto and banking sector.

The second wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty zoomed by 17.10 points at an all-time high of 2793.30.

The major support to the market came in from stocks such as Housing Development Finance Corp., State Bank, ICICI Bank, Reliance Ind., Reliance Capital, Hero Honda, Maruti, Mahindra and Mahindra, Tata Motors, Infosys and Satyam Computers.