MUMBAI:  Continuing its upward journey, the benchmark BSE Sensex spurted by nearly 276 points in opening trade on sustained fund inflows on hopes of a stable government at the Centre after the BJP-led NDA’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections.

Sectoral indices led by realty, PSUs, capital goods and bankings stocks continued to trade in the positive territory with gains up to 2.54 per cent.

The 50-share NSE Nifty also gained 65.40 points, or 0.91 per cent, to 7,268.40.

The 30-share Sensex zoomed by 275.82 points, or 1.14 per cent, to trade at 24,397.56. The gauge had rallied by over 216.14 points after touching an intra-day record high of 25,375.63 in trade.

Brokers said sentiments turned extremely bullish, following sustained capital inflows by foreign funds at the domestic bourses and widespread buying by retail investors on the victory of Narendra Modi-led BJP in Lok Sabha polls.

Further, a firming trend in other Asian markets buoyed the trading sentiments, they said.

Among other Asian markets, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.17 per cent while Japan’s Nikkei gained 0.24 per cent in early trade.

The U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.27 per cent in trade.