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By the end of 2020, India will lay 32,737 km across the length and breadth of the country. It needs to lay down and comply with strict safety standards especially since some of these pipes will go through areas of dense habitation, says Rashme Sehgal.
The broader NSE Nifty too fell below the 10,100 level by dropping 100.10 points to end at 10,094.25
L&T, ONGC and banking scrips power gains in today's trade
The sentiment-driven rally also got support from stock specific earning results and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's statement that the Centre will step up reforms to attract more investment and fill up infrastructure deficit.
Sensex ended at 26,272 up 125 points and Nifty ended at 7,831 up by 35 points.
BSE Midcap index outperformed the benchmark indices to end with 0.4% gains.
The NSE 50-share Nifty spurted 97.25 points, or 0.92 per cent, to 10,715.50
Shares of L&T Technology Services, an arm of engineering giant Larsen and Toubro, made a decent debut on the bourses
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was to give away the awards but he could not attend because he was travelling.
Sensex ended strong, Tata Steel, HUL climb higher.
8 out of 12 sectoral indices closed in red with BSE IT and Healthcare indices losing 0.5%.
This was the biggest single-day fall for the benchmark index since August 10 when it had fallen by 310 points.
Domestic market is losing its trend to rate sensitive stocks post the announcement of the new RBI governor who is likely to maintain a cautious stance on interest rate cut
Sectoral performance was mixed with media and PSU banking stocks attracting buyer interest and healthcare, FMCG and metal stocks bearing the brunt of the bears
Investors indulged in profit booking at attractive and higher valuations
After touching a fresh all-time low against the US dollar on Thursday, the rupee jumped 27 paise to end at 68.46.
The 30-share Sensex surged 299 points to close at 28,736 and the 50-share Nifty gained 90 points to end at 8,723.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices underperformed the largecaps and ended over 1% lower.
The top gainers on the Sensex are Gail(India), HDFC, Infosys.
Top gainers among the S&P BSE Sensex include GAIL, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Bharti Airtel, all edging up by 1% in late morning deals
Several Sensex stocks hits 52-week low in intra-day trade on Monday with financials leading the decline.
Tracking gains in bluechip stocks, investors were also seen building up position in broader markets, lifting the small-cap and mid-cap indices by 0.83 and 0.15 per cent
Sensex remained volatile through the day.
Of these, three stocks belong to the automobile pack and two are from the pharma.
The NSE 50-share index, after moving between 10,469.90 and 10,395.25, finally concluded at 10,458.65, up 41.50 points
Markets snapped their 8-day winning streak.
Telecom stocks fell after Mukesh Ambani extended Reliance Jio's free offers till March 2017.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 90 points at 19,429 after hitting an intra-day low of 19,398 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 40 points at 5,881 after touching an intra-day low of 5,871.
Broader markets broke the winning streak and ended lower, underperforming the benchmark indices
The 30-share Sensex is up 253 points at 29,263 and the 50-share Nifty has gained 68 points at 8,829.
The Sensex has hit its lowest level since August 29, 2016 whereas the Nifty hit its lowest level since Sep 12, 2016
The rape of a young woman in New Delhi by Uber cab driver has raised the disturbing question of women's safety all over again.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 538 points at 26,781 and 50-share Nifty ended down 152 points at 8,067.
Ends the August F&O series on a high tracking gains in RIL, HDFC and ITC.
All sectoral indices, led by realty, PSU, oil & gas and banking, were in positive zone with gains of up to 1.25 per cent.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, ITC, NTPC, L&T and HDFC, all up 2% each
The manifesto was unveiled by Jayalalithaa at a public rally, in a departure from usual practice of release at party headquarters in Chennai.
Bank of Baroda ended flat after sharp gains in the previous session.
HDFC, TCS, RIL, ITC and ICICI Bank dragged the Sensex by over 100 points.
