Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, Ashok Leyland, M&M are up 3-6% on BSE.
With RIL entering a new growth phase in telecom and retail, gen-next, say RIL executives, could soon be seen holding the reins of the firm, assisting their father, Chairman Mukesh Ambani.
he 30-share Sensex ended at 20,062 down 49 points or 0.25% and the 50-share Nifty ended at 6,095 down by 20 points or 0.32%.
BSE mid-cap index slipped 0.6% at 6,266. Small-cap index held on to gains and traded unchanged at 6,034.
The Bombay Stock Exchange IT index has dipped almost 9% or 585 points at 6,210 compared to 1.56% fall in benchmark Sensex at 0917 hours.
BSE-IT, capital goods, banks, real-estate led gains.
Markets pared early gains to end lower on Tuesday amid selling pressure in IT, FMCG and oil shares.
Market breadth ended weak with 1,688 losers and 1,205 gainers on the BSE.
Market breadth was marginally lower with 1,474 losers and 1,395 gainers on the BSE.
The market breadth in BSE remains healthy with 1,476 shares advancing and 828 shares declining.
The market breadth in BSE remains healthy with 1,476 shares advancing and 828 shares declining.
The 30-share Sensex ended at 19,414 up 161 points or 0.84% and the 50-share Nifty ended at 5,863 up by 45 points or 0.77%.
In US, automatic spending cuts were triggered on Friday as lawmakers failed to agree on a resolution to prevent them, while China's manufacturing growth cooled in February to a four-month low.
BSE Consumer Durable index surged by over 3% followed by counters like Capital Goods, Auto, Power and Metal, all gaining between 1-2%.
Sensex ends below 19,000 mark after 3 months.
BSE market breadth is neutral. Out of 2,763 stocks traded, 1,340 shares have advanced while 1,307 shares have declined.
The railway minister said the target of 700 km of new lines in the current year (2012-13) had to be scaled down to 470 km due to inadequate resources.
BSE Oil & Gas index declined by almost 2.5% followed by counters like Auto, Capital Goods, PSU and Metal, all plunging by almost 2% each. Apart from IT and FMCG, all the major BSE sectoral indices are trading in red zone.
The Budget session of the Parliament is set to begin tomorrow. This will follow the Railway Budget on February 26, Economic Survey of India on February 27 and the Union Budget 2013-14 on February 28, 2013.
The market breadth in BSE ended unhealthy with 1,203 shares declining and 894 shares advancing.