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Sensex ends down 502pts; ICICI, Reliance weigh

Sensex ends down 502pts; ICICI, Reliance weigh

Rediff.com25 Jul 2008

Sensex opened with a negative gap of 325 points at 14,452. The index barely managed to touch a high of 14,484, and then started slipping deeper into red.

Sensex down 74pts; Bharti drops 7%

Sensex down 74pts; Bharti drops 7%

Rediff.com17 Dec 2004

Reliance, ITC, Infosys, Wipro, Satyam, HDFC, SBI, Bharti down. Zee gains. Nifty loses 21 points @ 2012.

Sensex ends up 301pts; HDFC gains 6%

Sensex ends up 301pts; HDFC gains 6%

Rediff.com17 Jun 2008

Fresh buying in banking and realty stocks helped the index to touch a day's high of 15,733 - up 375 from day's low.

Sensex sheds 40 pts; tech stocks decline

Sensex sheds 40 pts; tech stocks decline

Rediff.com11 Oct 2004

The Sensex closed 40 points lower at 5,718. The Nifty shed 10 points to close at 1,808.

Sensex soars 91pts; Maruti zooms 5%

Sensex soars 91pts; Maruti zooms 5%

Rediff.com4 Oct 2004

The Sensex ended with a huge gain of 1.6% or 91 points at 5,766, and the Nifty closed 36 points higher at 1,806.

Sensex closes 127 pts down; extends 4-day losing streak

Sensex closes 127 pts down; extends 4-day losing streak

Rediff.com11 May 2012

Brokers said the market had its biggest weekly loss this year as Index of Industrial Production falling in March dampened investor sentiment amid worries over weakness in the economy.

Sensex ends up 20pts, REL drops 4%

Sensex ends up 20pts, REL drops 4%

Rediff.com27 Feb 2008

The Sensex finally ended with a marginal gain of 20 points at 17,826. The Nifty was down two points at 5,268.

Markets slip on global slump; Sensex down 150 pts

Markets slip on global slump; Sensex down 150 pts

Rediff.com11 Aug 2010

The Nifty ended at 5420, down 40 points. The market breadth was weak. Out of 3059 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1208 advancing stocks as against 1739 declines.

Sensex ends up 156pts, Infosys gains 3%

Sensex ends up 156pts, Infosys gains 3%

Rediff.com26 Feb 2008

The BSE market breadth was positive - out of 2,785 stocks traded, 1,650 advanced, 1,076 declined and 59 were unchanged on Tuesday.The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 156 points at 17,806. The NSE Nifty gained 69 points at 5,270

565 pts! 2nd largest Sensex fall

565 pts! 2nd largest Sensex fall

Rediff.com17 May 2004

The market closed with the largest ever fall of 564 points on Monday in the worst-ever volatility even as the BSE authorities suspended the trading twice during the first half of the session in a bid to mitigate the damage.

Markets gain on IT stocks; ends up 46 pts

Markets gain on IT stocks; ends up 46 pts

Rediff.com16 Jul 2010

The Nifty ended up 15 points at 5,394.

Another volatile day: Sensex ends down 875 pts

Another volatile day: Sensex ends down 875 pts

Rediff.com22 Jan 2008

The NSE Nifty lost 300 points to close at 4899.

Sensex ends down 687pts, Ranbaxy gains 5%

Sensex ends down 687pts, Ranbaxy gains 5%

Rediff.com18 Jan 2008

Following yesterday's late selling, the Sensex opened with a negative gap of 121 points at 19,580

Sensex ends down 167pts; RIL drops 3%

Sensex ends down 167pts; RIL drops 3%

Rediff.com17 Jan 2008

The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 105 points at 19,973 and hit a high of 20,026 in early deals

Sensex ends down 477pts, Bharti drops 6%

Sensex ends down 477pts, Bharti drops 6%

Rediff.com15 Jan 2008

The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 108 points at 20,836 and touched a high of 20,873 in early deals. The index slipped into negative zone soon, and exhibited a weak trend for the rest of the trading day.

Sensex sheds 25 points at close

Sensex sheds 25 points at close

Rediff.com18 Oct 2006

The markets opened flat on the back of weak Asian and US cues

Sensex slips 467 pts as Eurozone crisis takes toll

Sensex slips 467 pts as Eurozone crisis takes toll

Rediff.com19 May 2010

The situation on the bourses seems to be getting gloomier with every hour. Just when it seemed that we were over with the day's selling activity and the Nifty seemed to be stabilising around the 5000 level came the clincher in the form of the European markets.

Sensex ends down 111pts, Infosys drops 6%

Sensex ends down 111pts, Infosys drops 6%

Rediff.com7 Nov 2007

The BSE IT index plunged 4.3% to 4343. The Bankex declined 1.5% to 10,620, and the Realty index slipped 1% to 10,291. The market breadth was negative - out of 2,779 stocks traded, 1,674 declined, 1,028 advanced and 77 were unchanged today.

Sensex ends flat at 7,347

Sensex ends flat at 7,347

Rediff.com19 Jul 2005

The market was extremely sluggish with a negative bias as stocks moved in a range-bound mode for better part of the trading session today.

Sensex closes at all time high of 7145

Sensex closes at all time high of 7145

Rediff.com22 Jun 2005

The market witnessed another round of strong performance today. After opening marginally higher over its last close at 7,080, the index soon pierced the 7,100-mark in early trades. \n

Sensex sheds 67 pts; Zee down 5%

Sensex sheds 67 pts; Zee down 5%

Rediff.com19 Nov 2003

The Sensex slipped in early deals to open with a loss of 23 points at 4,868. Further correction in the markets dragged the index to a low of 4,843.

Sensex ends up 378pts, Infosys zooms 4%

Sensex ends up 378pts, Infosys zooms 4%

Rediff.com10 Oct 2007

The BSE Capital Goods index soared over 4% to 16,631, and the IT index surged over 3% to 5049. The Metal index was up 2.5% at 14,444. The market breadth was marginally negative - out of 2,806 stocks traded, 1,417 declined, 1,325 advanced and 64 were unchanged on Wednesday.

Sensex zooms 789 pts, ends above 18K

Sensex zooms 789 pts, ends above 18K

Rediff.com9 Oct 2007

The last 1,000-point rally took just eight trading days, while the last 2,000 points have come in a short span of 13 trading sessions.

Sensex ends above the 6,900-mark

Sensex ends above the 6,900-mark

Rediff.com15 Jun 2005

The market continued to downplay the serious monsoon threat, as the Sensex made further advancement in today's trades by breaching the 6,900-mark levels.

Sensex up 23 points at 6,781

Sensex up 23 points at 6,781

Rediff.com7 Jun 2005

The Sensex opened marginally weak at 6,757 and inched lower to touch an early low of 6,737 on selective selling pressure.

Sensex gains 52 points to 6,715

Sensex gains 52 points to 6,715

Rediff.com31 May 2005

The Sensex resumed on a flat note at 6,666. While early selling pressure in select stocks saw the index slip into the red to touch a low of 6,648, the market reverted into positive territory by mid-morning trades as steady buying commenced in most of

Indian 4x400m relay team wins gold in Samorin Meet

Indian 4x400m relay team wins gold in Samorin Meet

Rediff.com5 Jun 2016

The Indian 4x400m women's relay team, led by Jauna Murmu, Ashwini Akkunji, Anilda Thomas and MR Poovamma, clocked 3.31.39sec to win the gold medal at the PTS Athletics Meeting in Samorin, Slovakia. Only 16 countries are eligible to compete in the relay events of track and field at the Rio Olympics, and as a result of their performance in Slovakia last night, India has improved its 4x400m women quartet's world ranking to 15th position which is a step towards that goal. As per the IAAF regulations, the 2016 OG qualification standards has to be attained between the period, January 1, 2016 to July 11, 2016. The Samorin performance is the Indian relay quartet's second fastest timing and improves its average from two-fastest races to 3:30.24sec.

Indian women relay team remains in hunt for Rio qualification

Indian women relay team remains in hunt for Rio qualification

Rediff.com5 Jun 2016

The Indian women 4x400m relay quartet of Jauna Murmu, Ashwini Akkunji, Anilda Thomas and M R Poovamma enhanced its Rio Olympic Games qualification chances by winning a gold medal at the PTS athletics Grand Prix with an impressive timing of 3:31.39.

Sensex gains 12 points at close

Sensex gains 12 points at close

Rediff.com12 May 2005

Bajaj, Maruti, Tata Motors, Hero Honda, SBI, HDFC Bank, Wipro up. Nifty is up 9 points to 1,995.

Sensex zooms 109 points at close

Sensex zooms 109 points at close

Rediff.com20 Apr 2005

The Sensex opened with a strong gain of 35 points at 6,170, and exhibited a fluctuating trend during the intra-day trades today.

Sensex ends flat; ICICI Bank up 3%

Sensex ends flat; ICICI Bank up 3%

Rediff.com4 Apr 2005

The Sensex opened 12 points higher over its last close at 6,617. Steady buying in select heavyweights pushed the index to a high of 6,636

Sensex drops 77 points to 6,670

Sensex drops 77 points to 6,670

Rediff.com17 Mar 2005

The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 28 points at 6,719. After moving to a high of 6,737 (down 10 pts from the last close) in early trades, the markets thereafter were under the grip of a bear hug through the trading session on Thursday.

Sensex gains 24 pts; Satyam up 8%

Sensex gains 24 pts; Satyam up 8%

Rediff.com23 Jul 2003

The Sensex is holding on to its gains on steady gains in techs, PSUs and heavyweights, and is now up 32 points

Sensex zooms 59 pts; Infosys up 11%

Sensex zooms 59 pts; Infosys up 11%

Rediff.com10 Jul 2003

Backed by strong gains in tech, select PSUs, heavyweights and cement stocks, the Sensex finally finished with a gain of 59 points to 3,680.

Sensex gains 57 points at close

Sensex gains 57 points at close

Rediff.com25 Jan 2005

The Sensex has pared losses and is now in the positive region.

Sensex ends up 16pts at 13,782

Sensex ends up 16pts at 13,782

Rediff.com9 May 2007

The Sensex opened a tad higher at 13,772 - up seven points.

Sensex ends down 55pts, tech stocks decline

Sensex ends down 55pts, tech stocks decline

Rediff.com7 May 2007

The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 110 points at 14,044.

Sensex ends down 69 pts at 13,114

Sensex ends down 69 pts at 13,114

Rediff.com12 Apr 2007

The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 55 points at 13,183.

Sensex ends flat after smart recovery,down 35 pts

Sensex ends flat after smart recovery,down 35 pts

Rediff.com15 Oct 2009

The NSE Nifty ended at 5,109, down nine points. The market breadth is marginally positive, out of 2,836 shares traded, 1,401 advanced and 1,357 declined on the BSE.

WTA rankings: Venus becomes oldest woman to enter top 10

WTA rankings: Venus becomes oldest woman to enter top 10

Rediff.com10 Nov 2015

American tennis ace Venus Williams has entered the top ten of latest WTA ranking following her victory in the Zhuhai Masters in China.