The breadth was neutral with 1,329 advances and 1,320 declines.
Banking and real estate stocks rise up to 5% on further rate-cut hope.
Rate-sensitive sectors like banks, auto and realty witnessed strong buying demand in trades today
Sensex catapults 1,241 points and Nifty vaults 382 points in two sessions in a row.
The Survey shows fiscal consolidation despite slowdown in growth.
However, IT stocks fell on weak growth forecast by Gartner
Surprisingly, RIL scrip also fell by 2.73 per cent to 1,029.15, becoming the second biggest loser in the index
Financials were the top losers while oil shares also declined amid weak crude oil prices.
The S&P BSE Sensex shed 286 points to close at 24,539 and the Nifty50 lost 100 points to end at 7,456.
Maruti Suzuki posted a marginal increase in January and the likes of Hyundai, Ford and Mahindra & Mahindra reporting a single-digit growth.
Telecom shares rallied on hopes that they would hike tariffs after huge investments to acquire spectrum.
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Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
Sun Pharma stock has appreciated at 35% a year for 20 years
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
Caution prevailed across the bourses ahead of the Union Budget.
TVS should be prepared for a rough ride as Bajaj Dominar, Mahindra Mojo, Royal Enfield Classic 350 and many others are stepping on the gas for a slice of this category.
Index heavyweights were the top losers along with bank shares.
More than half the Sensex companies have declared their results for the third quarter and there are more positive surprises than disappointments.
The 30-share Sensex ended 79 points lower at 26,909 and the 50-share Nifty closed 25 points lower at 8,102.
Markets climb higher tracking global cues.
The Sensex ended up 380 points at 27,888 and the Nifty advanced 111 points to end five points shy of 8,400.
The higher rate cut by RBI is positive for rate-sensitive sectors in the medium to long term.
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HDFC twins, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and SBI from the financial space gained between 1-2.7%.
Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.
With more firms now offering stock options to their chief executives, the salaries of these managers are sky-rocketing.
OIL, IOC, HPCL, BPCL slipped between 0.1-1.5% each while the oil producing companies such as ONGC (0.1%), RIL (1.5%), GAIL(2.6%) also edged lower.
Financials ended mixed despite the status-quo on key rates by the RBI. SBI, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank ended up 0.4-2.5% each.
RIL, HDFC twins, M&M, Infosys among the top losers for the day.
The upcoming July derivatives expiry later in the week would also add some volatility to the market proceedings.
On a weekly basis, the Sensex climbed 749.86 points or 2.69 per cent and the NSE Nifty soared 237.10 points or 2.76 per cent
IT majors along with metal names Sesa Goa and Hindalco buck trend.
Sensex seems to be under pressure on weak cues.
Tata Motors, ONGC, HDFC and TCS were the top gainers.
The 30-share Sensex lost 54 points at end at 27,086 and 50-share Nifty shed 19 points to close at 8,096.
The Sensex ended above 27,000 for the first time while the Nifty topped 8,100.
Monsoon is expected to be normal in June.
Sun Pharma was the top gainer after SPARC received Sebi nod to raise up to Rs.250 crore through a rights issue
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