More than 10% (40 of 498 companies) have lost at least half their market value.
Low fuel prices to help oil marketing and refining sectors but upstream players will stay under pressure.
The policy statement by the RBI governor is also expected to be upbeat.
Whatever the critics may say, the numbers suggest that India continues to be a favourite destination for foreign investors.
Virat Kohli may have scored a match-winning century against Pakistan in their opening game of the World Cup, but ask former Australian fast bowling great Brett Lee and he would tell you that the Indian ace should try and curb his natural affinity for aggressive strokeplay.
The banking, oil and metal sectors were the top sectoral losers on the BSE, while IT stocks rendered support at lower levels.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 159 points at 27,425 and the 50-share Nifty closed down 24 points at 8,299.
The upbeat earnings from Reliance Industries will set the tone for the truncated week ahead
Sensex ends in green on boost from bluechip stocks.
For India, it is business as usual with the government muddling along.
National Demorcatic Alliance ministry's list of assets is fairly wide -- from land and property to vehicles and, for quite a few, guns. Nivedita Mookerji reports
The crackdown in the corporate espionage case led to the arrest of another person on Monday.
Largest deal in thermal power space; Lanco to use proceeds to lower debt.
Index heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC and Infosys were the top Sensex gainers.
Sensex, Nifty end the day in red on unfavourable cues from global markets.
The same set of companies had reported 3.8 per cent annual net profit growth in the previous quarter and 7.5 per cent annual growth in the same quarter last financial year.
Cabinet may tweak Rangarajan formula; new price may be further delayed.
Indian oil and gas exploration companies work in silos.
Sensex dull at close, Infosys rules, ITC drags.
The 30-share Sensex is down 359 points at 26,378 and the Nifty has dropped 78 points to trade at 7,883
Sensex gained nearly 0.4% or 96 points at 26087 level while Nifty ended up by 42 points or 0.5% at 7,791.40 level.
Sensex ended at 26,272 up 125 points and Nifty ended at 7,831 up by 35 points.
Several Sensex stocks hits 52-week low in intra-day trade on Monday with financials leading the decline.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 71 points at 26,710 and the 50-share Nifty lost 38 points to close at 8,030.
The IMG meeting will be convened shortly.
In the December quarter, Sensex earnings had contracted 5 per cent.
Rajneesh Gupta breaks down all the facts and figures from the recent India vs Australia ODI series.
All this is happening at a time when aluminium prices in the world market are firming up.
Custom duties, a major concern for the oil sector.
For India's upstream sector that has seen no new discovery coming into production.
Shares of rate sensitive sectors such as realty, infrastructure, banking and automobiles ended higher ahead of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mid-quarter policy review on June 17.
The market could be influenced by events elsewhere in the world and regardless of what happens to India's economy
The state is trying hard to improve ease of doing business by several notches.
Rajneesh Gupta surveys the cricketing milestones from the Mohali Test.
Australia's 111-ball 60 against England in the fourth Ashes Test is the shortest all-out first innings ever in Test cricket history. Rajneesh Gupta presents other such shocking collapses on the first day of a Test in recent times.
Prakash Bhandari chalks the journey of Lalit Modi from his troubled adolescent days to his mid-life crisis, from his grand success at the India Premier League to his dramatic exit from it
A majority of India's billionaires gained wealth in the last one year in spite of the stock market decline.
India continued to enjoy the upperhand in the second and final Test against New Zealand despite a fighting unbeaten century from home team captain Brendon McCullum, who led a spirited fightback on an absorbing third day in Wellington on Sunday.
The commission asks for notification to be deferred; RIL's KG-D6 pricing issue may return to Cabinet
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