Sensex soars to life-time high, Nifty above 10600

Sensex soars to life-time high, Nifty above 10,600:  The BSE Sensex soared to life-time high of 34,331.85 and the NSE Nifty crossed the 10,600 level for the first time in early trade today on strong gains in pharma, IT and banking stocks amid optimism over quarterly earnings by corporates. Asian markets trading with gains after more records on Wall Street influenced the trading sentiment here. The 30-share Sensex soared by 178 points, or 0.52 per cent, to 34,331.85 points, breaching its previous record high (intra-day) of 34,188.85 hit on January 5. The gauge had gained 360.47 points in the previous two sessions. All the sectoral indices, led by realty, healthcare and infrastructure were trading in the positive zone, rising up to 1.52 per cent Major gainers that helped both the key indices to scale new highs were Sun Pharma,