In its report 'Global Top Picks', Barclays expects the current bull market in global equities to continue, generating a total return of 9 per cent in 2015.
Among Sensex components, shares of Reliance Industries, India's largest company by market value, stole the show by surging 1.61 per cent to their highest in over three months.
The markets opened firm with tech, bank and pharma scrips making steady gains.
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The Sensex, after moving in a narrow-range throughout the trading session, ended 10 points lower at 3,612.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 1 point at 27,459 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 1 point at 8,341.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 165 points at 29,044 and the 50-share Nifty gained 54 points to close at 8,834.
Telecom shares rallied on hopes that they would hike tariffs after huge investments to acquire spectrum.
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Of the 23 Indian billionaires mentioned in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, only one saw a reduction in net worth, with the companies owned by most of them outperforming the Nifty 50 index by a big margin.
Buying at lower levels in most of the sectors lifted the index to a high of 5,377. The Sensex is now up 50 points at 5,366.
The Sensex opened with a gain of 23 points at 4,845. Steady buying across the board pushed the index to a high of 4,861.
Top losers in the Sensex pack included M&M, SBI, Yes Bank, Asian Paints, HDFC, Tata Steel and L&T, shedding up to 2.55 per cent. The broader NSE Nifty settled 79.80 points, or 0.72 per cent, down at 10,996.10.
The BSE Midcap index has declined 5.7% thus far in May 2018. In comparison, the S&P BSE Small-cap index has lost 5.6%
The Sensex declined 67 points to 4,782. While 20 index scrips slipped, 9 moved up and one was flat on Tuesday.
Banking shares saw a renewed buying interest on the hopes of a rate-cut by the central bank post the easing of macro-economic data.
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The Sensex gained 29 points to close at 4,007, while the Nifty finished with a loss of 4 points at 1,278.
Kotak Mahindra Bank was the biggest gainer on both the indices, ending nearly 9 per cent higher following reports that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc was planning to pick up stake in the private sector lender.
The markets displayed volatility in the opening bell. After opening nine points higher over its yesterday's close at 6,317, the index moved up to touch an early high of 6,330.
Of these, three stocks belong to the automobile pack and two are from the pharma.
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Rise in crude oil price and rally in global equities aided the sentiment
Sensex ends 134.91 pts down at 28,709.87; Nifty falls 44.70 pts at 8,712.05.
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The 30-share Sensex gained 117 points to end above 29,000 at 29,006 while the 50-share Nifty gained 32 points to close at 8,761.
The combined market valuation of top six Sensex companies surged by Rs 26,346 crore last week, with Reliance Industries and HDFC contributing the most to the gains.
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Markets finished lower for the sixth consecutive day as hopes of the Goods and Services tax (GST) bill being passed in the current session of the Parliament faded considerably.
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BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended in line with their larger counterparts and closed marginally up 0.2% and 0.4%, each
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 11 points at 5,381, it slipped marginally to touch an intra-day low of 5,380.
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ITC, TCS and HDFC Bank emerged as the biggest gainers during the period.
'You can put 25 per cent right now; put another 25 per cent when Nifty corrects another 500 points.' 'At 13,500 put another 25 per cent and at 13,000 one can get fully deployed.'
Indian markets ended on a lower note after the stimulus announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to meet expectation.
