Heavyweights like Reliance, L&T, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, TCS, ONGC and SBI among the draggers.
Reliance Industries among key gainer, ADAG group shines.
Index heavyweights and financials drag.
Yes Bank, Wipro, Kotak Bank, M&M, Sun Pharma, Maruti, HDFC, Hero MotoCorp, Infosys, TCS, L&T, Bajaj Auto and HUL were among the top gainers, rising up to 6 per cent.
BSE Consumer Durable, Realty, IT, Oil & Gas indices declined between 1-2%.
Markets pared early gains to end lower weighed down by selling pressure in FMCG, oil and auto shares.
Top losers in the Sensex pack included TCS, Yes Bank, ITC, Sun Pharma, Reliance, Coal India, Asian Paints, SBI, Maruti, HUL, HCL Tech and ICICI Bank, falling up to 2.91 per cent.
Market breadth ended weak with 1,688 losers and 1,205 gainers on the BSE.
Market breadth was marginally lower with 1,474 losers and 1,395 gainers on the BSE.
The market breadth in BSE ended unhealthy with 1,203 shares declining and 894 shares advancing.
Among top losers that dragged down key indices were Infosys, TCS, Reliance, SBI, Tata Steel and ITC, falling up to 2.15 per cent.
Realty, pharma and FMCG shares buck trend.
The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), fell from 52.1 in February to a five-month low of 51.0 in March, indicating the slowest improvement in operating conditions recorded by the survey since last October.
Sector-wise, banking, IT, pharma and realty indices drove the market momentum.
BSE Auto index has surged by almost 2%
Top gainers in the Sensex pack were TCS, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Axis Bank, L&T, ITC, PowerGrid, HCL Tech and Tata Steel, ending up to 2.39 per cent.
In the Sensex pack, Axis Bank, HCL Tech, M&M, TCS, HDFC, Kotak Bank, PowerGrid, Hero MotoCorp and Vedanta were among the top gainers, rising up to 1.91 per cent. Sun Pharma was the biggest loser, cracking 5.78 per cent.
In the Sensex pack, Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank, Infosys, ICICI Bank, TCS, SBI, Reliance Industries, ONGC, Axis Bank and NTPC rose up to 2.66 per cent.
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IT shares show continued weakness, Mid-cap index outperforms with 1.5% gains.
Other losers in the Sensex pack included IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors, TCS, Yes Bank and L&T, falling up to 3.26 per cent.
ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank help the upmove.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump talked by phone for about 50 minutes Friday morning and agreed to 'strengthen cooperation' on fighting the novel coronavirus, but did not discuss postponing the Olympics or holding them without spectators, Japanese officials said.
Losses largely came from the metal index, followed by power, infrastructure, realty, PSU, oil and gas, capital goods, FMCG, healthcare, auto and banking.
ITC was among the top Sensex losers which ended down 3.6%.
In his opening remarks at a ministerial meeting in Tokyo of the Quadrilateral coalition, also known as 'Quad', External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India remained committed to a rules-based world order, respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, and peaceful resolution of disputes.
The markets have opened marginally higher tracking subdued global cues.
BSE Realty index and BSE Bankex indices surged by over 2%.
The biggest gainers in the Sensex pack were Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, Vedanta, Yes Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC, Tata Motors, HCL Tech, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank, rising up to 2.98 per cent.
Infosys shares drag key indices after company lowers dollar revenue guidance for FY13
The biggest gainers on both bourses were Bharti Airtel, HDFC duo, L&T, Bajaj Auto, Kotak Bank, Reliance Industries, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI, ITC and Bajaj Finance, rising up to 4 per cent.
The 30-share Sensex ended at 19,414 up 161 points or 0.84% and the 50-share Nifty ended at 5,863 up by 45 points or 0.77%.
Market breadth continued to remain positive with 1,730 gainers and 1,116 losers on the BSE.
Power, oil and gas, PSU, metal, banking, auto, capital goods, infrastructure and healthcare sector stocks witnessed heavy buying through the session.
Losers included Bharti Airtel, SBI, Wipro, Vedanta, Maruti Suzuki, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and Reliance Industries, falling up to 2.18 per cent.
BSE FMCG and PSU indices gained by almost 1 per cent each.
