Samvat 2070 was a great year for top Indian conglomerates in the stock markets.
Financial shares were the top losers.
Nifty September F&O series ended lower after seven consecutive positive series with Metal Index falling the most
Benchmark share indices ended at record closing highs, amid a volatile trading session on Monday, with IT majors leading the gains.
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The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively
Coal India topped the losers' list in the Sensex pack on Tuesday, falling 2.36 per cent, followed by Bharti Airtel at 2.16 per cent.
Muted quarterly earnings, mixed cues from global markets and unabated foreign fund outflows added to the volatility
Stock market investors on Friday became richer by over Rs 1 lakh crore as the share market rose and the benchmark Sensex galloped to a new closing high enthused by the clear win of Narendra Modi-led BJP in Lok Sabha polls.
Surprisingly, RIL scrip also fell by 2.73 per cent to 1,029.15, becoming the second biggest loser in the index
Most of the index heavyweights are yet to declare their results.
The sentiment got support from better-than-expected earning results by select companies and continuous buying by domestic financial institutions.
Market breadth was weak with 1239 losers and 1078 gainers on the BSE.
The year gone by saw the high and mighty of the corporate world face the music in the Delhi High Court which held that the telecom majors are amenable to CAG audit and Mukesh Ambani's RIL struggling hard to get rid of an FIR lodged on gas pricing by the 49-day-old AAP regime.
Sensex, Nifty end the day in red on unfavourable cues from global markets.
The Nikkei share average rose 2.6% to close at 15,195.77 points, more than recouping Tuesday's losses.
Investor sentiments remained upbeat tracking global developments as the US, China geared up for trade talks due this week.
Creating history, leading exchange BSE on Wednesday peaked above Rs 100-trillion mark to scale a new record in terms of market wealth of all listed firms.
BSE Midcap index outperformed the benchmark indices to end with 0.4% gains.
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A recovery in rupee, buying by domestic institutional investors, encouraging earnings by select blue-chips and stock specific buying helped the market get back on its feet
Markets end in the red, midcaps in focus
Markets opened marginally higher helped by a rebound in index heavyweights
Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in Indian equities worth Rs 277.92 crore on Tuesday
About 1,556 shares have advanced, 1,211 shares declined, and 182 shares are unchanged.
Market breadth continued to remain strong, with 1899 gainers and 674 losers on the BSEs.
Growth concerns on China, which has already seen the yuan getting devalued twice in August, have rattled global financial markets, including that of India.
BHEL down around 2.4% and Bharti Airtel down around 1.6% were other major losers.
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In absolute terms, the year closed with the market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies rising by Rs 45.5 lakh crore to Rs 152 lakh crore, or an increase of 42.8 per cent, compared to the closing value on December 30, 2016, says Pavan Burugula.
Market ended lower for the third straight session led by IT stocks amid downgrade by Citigroup.
Broader market outperformed the headline indices with BSE Midcap and Smallcap finishing the day 1.22%, and 1.54% higher, respectively
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Markets recorded their biggest single-day fall since August 1 amid growth concerns in the euro zone.
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IT majors weakened ahead of the September US jobs data and telecom stocks ended lower
ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank down between 0.2%-1.4% each.
Brokerages expect Nifty50 firms to post 11.8% growth in net profit in Q1 but sales may decline
