The stock opened at Rs 515 and touched a low of Rs 514 in early morning deals on NSE. A combined 5.94 million shares changed hands on the counter so far on NSE and BSE.

These three sectors now account for a little more than a third of the combined market capitalisation (free-float) of the National Stock Exchange’s Nifty50 index, compared with 31 per cent at the end of May this year. The only exception in this pack has been ITC, whose stock is languishing due to the current health minister’s strong anti-smoking stance. The defensive stocks’ share on the index had peaked to around 37 per cent in October last year.

The 30-share index, which had gained over 705 points in the previous eight sessions, gathered another 129.51 points, or 0.47 per cent, to trade at a new peak of 27,148.90, surpassing its earlier record of 27,082.85 touched yesterday (intra-day).

In similarly-worded circulars, BSE and NSE said “United Spirits Ltd has not submitted financial results for the year ended March 31, 2014 and quarter ended June 30, 2014 as required under Clause 41 of the listing agreement.”

That marks its fourth record high this week, surpassing the previous all-time high on Wednesday

"The market direction is likely to remain positive going forward. We believe investors will be willing to give a premium for growth potential, especially as cyclical economic recovery starts manifesting in data points...therefore we maintain our Nifty target for end-2014 at 8000," UBS analyst Gautam Chhaochharia said in a note.

On Thursday, the US markets cracked after Argentina announced that it had defaulted on its debt. The Dow Jones closed 1.88% lower, while Nasdaq ended 2.09% lower on Friday.

The 50-issue NSE Nifty index regained the 7,800-level for the second time this month by surging 41.35 points, or 0.53 per cent, to trade at an all-time high of 7,809.20, surpassing its previous intra-day high of 7,808.85 touched on July 8.