India's benchmark equity index Sensex touches record high

People walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai, India, April 1, 2019. India's benchmark 30-share equity index Sensex touched a record high of 39,000-mark for the first time on Monday on the expectation of easing global economic slowdown, revival in India's corporate earnings and a possible rate cut by the central bank later this week. (Xinhua/Stringer)