It took seven years, seven months and seven days for the Sensex, the stock market barometer, to travel from 6,000 points to 16,000 points — making it fastest among the 10,000-point rallies of the index.
The 30-share benchmark today zoomed 653.63 points 16,322.75, registering the biggest one-day gain in its history of over 20 years.
The Sensex had hit the 6,000 level on February 11, 2000.
The previous 10,000-point journey between 5,000 and 15,000 levels was covered in a higher timespan of seven years, eight months and 28 days — the second fastest so far.
All the other 10,000-point rallies have taken more than double the time ranging between 14-16 years.
The rally between 4,000 to 14,000 levels took 14 years, eight months and five days; the 3,000-13,000 move took 14 years, three months and five days; the 2,000-12,000 rally was 14 years, three months and five days; while the longest journey was of 15 years, seven months and 26 days from 1,000 11,000 points.
The current calender year has seen just two 1,000-point milestones — 16,000 today and 15,000 on July 6.
The previous year — 2006 — witnessed the highest number of such milestones, with five 1,000-point marks between 10,000 and 14,000 levels being scaled during the period.
The years 2005 and 1992 saw three such milestones, while one each was recorded in 2000, 1999 and 1990 each.