Goldman Sachs raises Nifty target to 9,000 for September 2015

Goldman Sachs raised the target for the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty index to 9,000 points for September 2015. Its previous target was 8,600 points for June 2015.

The financial services major says earnings sentiment remains positive for the overall market.

The 50-share barometer, which touched a fresh all-time high of 8,145.15 on Monday, is the best performing equity index in Asian markets, up 32.6 per cent in US dollar terms for 2014 so far.