The sensex today hit a new high of 21,293.88 by gaining over 129 points in opening trade on sustained foreign fund inflows in banking, auto, metal and realty sectors.
One of the prime suspects in the Patna serial blasts on Friday succumbed to injuries in a hospital. He had been in coma at the city's Indira Gandhi Medical Institute since then.
Squeezed by government rules meant to curb a surge in gold imports, India's bullion industry is shrinking, with banks and others opting to redeploy personnel for now but possibly facing big job cuts in coming months.
The PIL, filed by Association for Democratic Reforms and ex-bureaucrat EAS Sarma, has asked for a court-monitored investigation as foreign funding of political parties is prohibited by at least two laws.