A bronze bull statue stands at the entrance to the Bombay Stock Exchange building in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan /Bloomberg)
The Sensex crossed the 60,000-mark for the first time on Friday, rising 25% since the beginning of the year, backed by improving financials of the index's constituents. That boosted the benchmark's financial ratios. Here's a look at how the bourse's key indicators have fared: