Stick to export-focussed plays, large-caps, say analysts
The markets closed in the positive terrain after witnessing choppy session during the day. The Sensex closed at 11,572.20 up 40 points.
Broader markets outperformed benchmark indices with BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap up 0.5% and 0.6%.
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Enforcement Directorate to file by February 8 the status report on its probe into coal scam for suspected money laundering and foreign exchange rules violations.
A weaker rupee could aid corporate earnings through its positive impact on export intensive sectors such as information technology services, pharmaceuticals and commodity producers such as metal and mining, and oil and gas companies.
Chandrakant Sompura has either planned, designed, built or renovated over a hundred temples in India and abroad.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 21 points at 10,862
Alstom Power India Ltd said it received a Rs 870-million contract by Renusagar power division of Hindalco Industries Ltd for the modernization of two of its 68 MW boilers.
The government has a two-pronged strategy for e-auction of cancelled coal blocks.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of five points at 8,314. The index could not hold the gains, and drifted into negative zone in late morning deals.
BSE Metal and Capital Goods indices plunged over 2% followed by counters like Consumer Durables, Auto, Banks and Realty, all falling down between 1-2%.
Aluminium stocks like Hindalco and Nalco have outperformed this benchmark index by a comfortable margin by logging in gains of 39% and 30%, respectively.
The Sensex ended eight points lower at 5,195. The Nifty closed at 1,631 - down 8 points.
The FMCG index gained more than 1% on the back of stellar gains in ITC.
Business India has selected Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla as the 'Businessman of the Year'
Indian aluminium producers are one of the lowest cost producers in the world, which is a significant advantage.
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Crony capitalism will of course generate investment and ensure profit for private capital, but it won't give employment or income to the people. If you can make money by selling coal or speculating in land, why produce electricity, why invest in research and development, why even set up factories, asks Praful Bidwai.
On the second day of global investment summit in Ahmedabad, industrial groups have announced plans to make investments of Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion) in Gujarat, P K Laheri, the state's chief secretary, said on Monday.
The much-awaited upturn in the stock market on Thursday added more than Rs 1.17 lakh crore to investor wealth, which had plunged by over Rs 4.35 lakh crore in the past four days amid heavy sell-offs.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 46 points at 10,996.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 11 points at 10,852
Sensex seems to be under pressure on weak cues.
The Sensex once again opened with a positive gap at 10,169 - up 45 points from its previous close
Heavy selling pressure towards the end saw the Sensex slide to a low of 9714, and closed with a loss of 101 points at 9743.
The Sensex registered a healthy gain of 29 points to open at 5,955, and spurted to a high of 5,992 on all-round buying support. The index is firm and is currently up 59 points at 5,975.
The 30-share BSE Sensex opened firm It is now up 19 points at 9637. NSE Nifty is up 6 points at 2907.
Technical rallies and short covering may arise only if the markets break this 500 point band
The Sensex has surged 41 points to 5,718. The Nifty has crossed the 1,800-mark and is up 14 points at 1,801.
The Central Bureau of Investigation will be filing a fresh case in connection with alleged irregularities in connection with allocation of coal blocks by the end of this month in which it may name a corporate and certain former officials of the Union coal ministry.
Sensex opened weak and is now down 5 points at 7811. Nifty is down 9 points at 2372.
The BSE Sensex opened with a positive gap of 10 points at 5,179. Fresh buying in the markets led the index spurt to a high of 5,204. The index is now at 5,195, up 26 points. The Nifty is up 7 points at 1,634.
The indices are moving in a narrow band. The Sensex is currently at 5183, up 13 points, while the Nifty is unchanged at 1632.
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