Sectorally, metal and banking stocks rallied the most, while FMCG and realty stocks came under selling pressure.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Rana Kapoor, Founder and Chief Executive Officer YES Bank, believes further opening up of India's banking sector to foreign players will be mutually beneficial.
The amount you can raise via a gold loan is higher than you can get via a personal loan.
'Modi has presided over an ultra-nationalism that has stunted India's growth, been unable to change the country's external situation, brought foreign intervention into Indian affairs,' explains Aakar Patel.
Inteview with Senior vice-president (equity research), Anand Rathi
Lesser expenses on health care is a parameter indicating that the state has hygienic conditions, which are conducive for a healthy living, according to a study jointly conducted by industry chamber Assocham and YES BANK.
Long-distance runner Lalita Babar was named Sports Person of the Year at the India Sports Awards 2015 in New Delhi on Monday.
The weakness in the rupee and broader markets has led to evaporation in the market cap.
The project is scheduled to be completed by March 2019, while work is expected to start by this financial year.
'Given the emerging trends, it may be time for India to embrace digital banking,' notes Pradipta Bagchi.
Pharma major Sun Pharma remained the worst loser in the Sensex pack for the second day in a row after reports that regulator Sebi may reopen the insider trading case against the company.
Monday saw the Sensex post its weakest closing since July 11 when it settled at 36,265.93. In the previous four sessions the index had lost 1,249.04 points.
According to a joint study by Assocham and Yes Bank at present the industry employs less than 4 lakh (400,000) people. In 2008-09, it attracted capital investments of $5.3 billion.
Bank Nifty has recovered nearly 300 points at 10,968 from intra-day low of 10,669 touched in early morning deals.
'We get to know secrets such as some of India's top-rated firms do not always make payments when due and many State-owned, listed, enterprises that borrow in bond markets default regularly.' 'Without naming the bank, he says that ever-greening of poor loans by a part of India's shadow banking lay at the doorstep of India's banking, notably 'one private bank'.' Viral Acharya's Quest for Restoring Financial Stability in India won't be music to many ears, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
In the past few months, 45 companies have signalled their intent to raise money through the institutional placement route.
TCS is the country's most valued firm with a market capitalisation of Rs 687,123.96 crore
The broader NSE Nifty ended at 10,888, a gain of 0.77 per cent or 83 points, after shuttling between 10,900.35 and 10,844.85.
Following the October 24 Supreme Court order, the department of telecom estimated that the total liability of 15 telecom companies, including penalties and interest, would be Rs 1.47 lakh crore.
Sebi said Thapar-promoted and -related entities owed Rs 1,723.19 crore as receivables to the company, while connected parties owed another Rs 462.74 crore.
Low cost of funds and low credit growth have meant unprecedented levels of capital adequacy ratios (CARs) for banks.
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.
The broader NSE Nifty, after shuttling between 10,600.25 and 10,491.45 points, ended the last session of Samvat 2074 with a rise of 6 points, or 0.06 per cent, to end at 10,530.
Sun Pharma was the biggest loser among Sensex components, plunging 3.94 per cent, followed by Tata Steel falling 3.12 per cent.
Vodafone to invest 1.3-billion pounds in upgrading and expanding its network in India.
'Common sense says if one can afford, servicing the loans during this period is a better bet than postponing it by three months,' says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Market sentiment suffered a jolt after other Asian markets closed with widespread losses and European markets dropped in early trade
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
Top gainers in the Sensex pack included Hero MotoCorp, Maruti, M&M, Bajaj Auto, HUL, HCL Tech, Bajaj Finance, ITC, HDFC and L&T, rising up to 7.51 per cent.
Moreover, all her existing and future entitlements such as any unpaid amounts, unpaid bonuses or increments, unvested and vested and unexercised stock options, and medical benefits will be revoked.
'There is lack of demand because people have no jobs, and no income.' 'Lakhs of people have lost their jobs and they have no income which has led to no demand in the market.'
Soon after RBI's decision, three banks namely Yes Bank, HDFC Bank and Union Bank reduced the benchmark prime lending rate by 50 basis point each. SBI had last month slashed benchmark prime lending rate by 75 basis points to 13 per cent.
Recovery in bluechips and gains in European markets helped the rally.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the magnitude of the alleged black money transfer through state-owned BoB will only be known after completion of the multi-disciplinary probe.
Some major private sector banks, such as Deutsche Bank, Yes Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and financial institution Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) are in the race to buy the Rs 500-crore standard loan assets and investments of the Industrial Investment Bank of India (IIBI).
Traditionally, issuance from Chinese companies dominate the green bond market, but other emerging market economies are coming up fast
Since January this year, RBI has cut the repo rate - at which it lends to commercial banks -- to a gross of 1.25 per cent.
In the largest deal in the domestic information technology (IT) space, MindTree Consulting is set to acquire mid-tier outsourcing product development (OPD) and testing player, Aztecsoft, for around Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion). Both are Bangalore-based firms. Aztecsoft has over 2,200 employees and caters to the North American, European, Indian and Australian markets.
Prof Ananth Narayan, well known financial expert who works as a faculty member at the SP Jain Institute of Management and Research and the RBI's nominee director on the board of Yes Bank, expects a double-digit contraction in India's GDP this fiscal year. In the first of a two-part interview to Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com, Prof Narayan, below, says, "Giving liquidity and loan to cover the cash flow problem is not sufficient because you are essentially increasing the debt of many of these companies. And they might not be able to bear the burden."
