Finance Minister Arun Jaitley makes a point in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi. Pic/PTI

Markets continued to gain ground and inch towards a new life-time high on the BSESENSEX, while NIFTY is trading at an all-time high. Markets saw a sharp correction on Friday induced by the missile attack that the US launched on Syria. It was a short week with a holiday on Tuesday. The BSESENSEX clocked gains of 86.11 points or 0.29 per cent to close at 29,706.61 points while NIFTY gained 24.55 points or 0.27 per cent to close at 9,198.30 points. The broader indices like the BSE100, BSE200 and BSE50 gained 0.43 per cent, 0.48 per cent and 0.64 per cent respectively. BSEMIDCAP was up 0.97 per cent while BSESMALLCAP was up 1.72 per cent.