New Delhi (CNN Business) A landslide victory for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi briefly sent the country's stock markets to record highs as the results started to come in. gave Modi's party and its allies a big lead. The country's other major stock index, the Nifty, also hit record highs. India's benchmark index, the Sensex , surged 900 points to cross 40,000 for the first time ever Thursday morning after early poll counts in the country's massive electiongave Modi's party and its allies a big lead. The country's other major stock index, the Nifty, also hit record highs.

Source: CNN May 23, 2019 08:15 UTC