The Sensex, which moved past the 19,000 mark in intra-day trades on 15 October 2007, has hit a new peak past the coveted 20,000 mark this afternoon.

The Sensex, which took just five sessions to vault from 18,000 to 19,000 but has taken a comparatively longer period for its next 1,000 point jump. However, considering the fact that it had plunged to as low as 17,171.45 on 22 October 2007, a week after scaling the 19k peak, its feat is simply incredible, to say the least. From that low on 22 October 2007, the Sensex has spurted over 2800 points in a short span of six sessions.