Mumbai, Oct 29: The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark 30-share Sensex after breaching the 20,000-point mark on Monday for the first time, closed at 19,977, up 734 points from the previous close.

It took 10 trading sessions for the index to move from 19,000 to 20,000.

The Nifty ended the day at 5900, up 198 points.

The biggest contributors to this rally were ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Reliance Industries (RIL). (ANI)