Check out: Best and worst Sensex performers since 2008

The Indian markets hit a record high today after five years and ten months.The stock index today surged to an all-time high just after the opening bell, smashing its earlier record set in January 2008.

The Sensex set a new all-time high record of 21,266.97 today while Nifty had hit 6,326 at its day’s high, nearly 30 points away from its record high of 6,357.10.

[caption id=“attachment_968595” align=“alignright” width=“450”]  Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Chief Executive N. Chandrasekaran. Reuters[/caption]

Foreign funds pushed up the Sensex to all-time high as they continued buying pharmaceutical, information technology and auto sector stocks. A reasonably good earning season and the abundant global liquidity are the reason for the new highs for the Indian shares.

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According to CNBC-TV18, here’s a list of the best performing stocks since 2008:

Sun Pharma -+ 456%

TCS : + 315%

ITC :+ 187%

Hero MotoCorp : + 200%

HUL: + 160%

And here’s a list of the worst performing stocks since 2008:

BHEL: -72%

Tata Steel: -65%

RIL: -42%

L&T: -35%

Bharti Airtel: -27%

The market seems to be hitting new highs supported by sectors that got a boost from the weak rupee. IT and pharma sectors are expert oriented and a weak rupee has boosted their earnings in July-September.