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Patna: UPA-Left presidential contender, Pratibha Patil, Tuesday showed assurance about her triumph regardless of the opponent attacks to tarnish her reflection.

While addressing a meeting for her campaigning, she told, “I have faced a number of challanges in the 50 years of my public life. An attempt is being made to besmirch my image, but my commitment to the glorious traditions of democracy and to the people of India remains unshaken.”

The BSE Sensex or Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index, or more popularly SENSEX surged by over 60 points to scale yet another high of 15,106.25 points in early trade today on sustained buying by funds in heavy-weight stocks.

Closed at 15,045.73 gaining over 81 points yesterday, The BSE-30 share Sensex gathered another 60.52 points to rise to the record intra-session high of 15,106.73 in the first five minutes of trading.

The stock market broadened and saw new peaks as projected and creating history by reaching the historical 15000 mark.

Now the market is trading in blue sky territory. Technically the tendency is still unbroken and there is no symbol of failing though the stock market is in a extended terrain. The other logical technical target in the days to come is 15379.

Today, the shares of Mumbai-based construction company Roman Tarmat listed (July 9) on the NSE and the BSE.

Shares of the company opened up at a premium of Rs 120.00, or 68.57%, at Rs 295.00, greater than the issue price of Rs 175.00, at the Bombay Stock Exchange. The overall volume of shares traded was 1,667,036.

The 30-share BSE Sensex continues to trade firm after opening positively at 15,018.71. It touched a high of 15,075.30. The stocks from IT and auto led the advances.

Asian markets boosted in the early trading sessions on signs of rising economic growth in Japan and South Korea and also because of the increase in the prices of oil.

The BSE Sensex made 313.61 points during last week.