Kotak Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, ending 4.31 per cent higher. PowerGrid, TCS, ICICI Bank, SBI, HCL Tech, NTPC, Infosys, Bajaj Finance, HDFC duo, ONGC, Vedanta and IndusInd Bank too rose up to 2.84 per cent.
In the broader market, the BSE Midcap was down 0.2%, while BSE Smallcap fell 0.1%.
Sectorally, telecom, realty, auto and banks were among the top losers, shedding as much as 2.22 per cent.
The market breadth in BSE remains healthy with 1,476 shares advancing and 828 shares declining.
Since the Budget announcement on July 5, FIIs have been busy unloading their stock.
Markets surged to end over 2 per cent higher on Friday, amid strong global cues after ECB's bond buying programme, led by index heavyweights. The 30-share Sensex provisionally ended up 337 points at 17,684 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 104 points at 5,342.
Benchmark share indices ended lower on Friday dragged by rate-sensitive shares as hopes of a rate cut remained elusive after better-than-expected Apr-Jun GDP data. Selling pressure in index heavyweight Reliance Industries also dampened sentiment.
In Friday's market rally post the corporate tax cut, the country's top business promoters recouped more than two-thirds of the losses that they suffered in the post-Budget sell-off in equity markets.
In the broader market, BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices mirrored the gains in headline indices and rose 1% and 0.9% respectively.
Investors sinking lump sum money in equities seem to have applied the brakes.
In the first eight months of 2019, 70 per cent stocks in the BSE 500 universe were down. These stocks account for 94 per cent of India's total market capitalisation.
Key benchmark indices closed for the day marginally higher amidst volatile trades with the Sensex closing up 37 points at 17,463 and the Nifty added 15 points to end the day at 5,302. The ones leading the gains were banks and metal scrips.
Benchmark shares indices end flat on Tuesday, amid a volatile trading session, as gains in financials and telecom shares were erased by losses in FMCG and IT stocks. The 30-share Sensex ended up 27 points at 17,426 and the Nifty added nine points at 5,288.
Pharma shares were the top gainers led by Lupin after the company received EIR from USFDA for its Goa facility
Sectorally, metal and banking stocks rallied the most, while FMCG and realty stocks came under selling pressure.
Broader markets slump; Realty, Capital Goods among the top sectoral losers.
These firms owe Rs 13 trillion to lenders and account for 55% of all non-financial corporate debt.
Broader market outperformed the headline indices with BSE Midcap and Smallcap finishing the day 1.22%, and 1.54% higher, respectively
The weakness in the rupee and broader markets has led to evaporation in the market cap.
The BSE Midcap and the BSE Smallcap indices pared all intraday gains to end 0.3% and 0.5% lower
The broader market outperformed the benchmark indices as focus shifted to value buying in mid-cap and small-cap shares after the sharp gains on Friday. The Sensex was down 31 points at 17,399 and the Nifty closed flat at 5,278.
The S&P BSE Midcap and S&P BSE Smallcap indices hit a new lifetime high
The market breadth was weak. Out of 2902 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1116 advancing stocks as against 1660 declines.
The market breadth was weak. Out of 2873 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1311 advancing stocks as against 1446 declines.
Out of 2948 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1008 advancing stocks as against 1836 declines.
Hopes of revival and earnings growth in 2020, surprise tax cuts, and robust foreign flows - thanks to easy global monetary policies - are a few reasons why the markets have managed to digest the low GDP footprint. Select bluechips such as Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, and ICICI Bank have gained sharply this year. On the other hand, YES Bank, Zee Entertainment, and Indiabulls Housing have seen a sharp fall.
...helped by a Wall Street rally after the US Federal Reserve yesterday pledged to keep US interest rates low at least through mid-2013.
The Nifty ended at 5833, down 34 points.
The Nifty dropped 10 points to close the day at 5,874.
The Nifty ended at 5650, up 23 points. The market breadth was positive. Out of 2964 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1768 advancing stocks as against 1073 declines
S&P BSE Midcap index and S&P BSE Smallcap were down 2% and 1.3% respectively
Out of 3018 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 956 advancing stocks as against 1946 declines.
The NSE Nifty settled with a loss of 29 points at 5,526.
The Nifty lost 45 points to settle for the day at 5,348, up 19 points from the day's low of 5,329.
The Nifty shed 18 points to end at 5,420.
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