Sensex crosses 66000 for first time; Nifty breaches 19,500 mark

BSE Sensex is up almost 600 points in a ferocious rally to close in on the 66,000 points milestone powered by positive cues from the US market. Sensex was up 586 points at 65,980 points during the Thursday morning trade. IT stocks powered the Sensex rally with TCS, Infosys, Tech Mahindra up by more than 2 per cent.