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The rupee fell to a two-year low of 64.84 against the US dollar.
Most large fund houses, such as HDFC MF, ICICI Prudential AMC, Reliance MF, Reliance MF, Birla SunLife MF and SBI MF, have the backing of large banks or financial institutions, giving them reach and understanding, they say.
ONGC was the top performer while private banking major ICICI Bank extended gains
Financial shares were the top losers.
The continuing stress faced by corporate India has weakened their debt-servicing capability and this is reflected in the banks' books, as yet-burgeoning bad loans.
Bharti Airtel, HDFC, ONGC, ITC and CIL emerged as the top gainers.
TCS, Power Grid and Infosys are among the top S&P BSE Sensex gainers
Iran signed a $3 billion deal with Boeing, backed Qatar against the Saudis, scored a big victory in Syria and reached out to Hamas. Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar examines how the Qatar versus Saudi Arabia standoff is quickly changing alignments in the Middle East.
Next set of Q4 FY16 earnings, progress of monsoon along with election poll outcome will dictate market trend this week
the Sensex lost 23 points to close at 28,185 levels and the Nifty shed 7 points to end at 8,515 mark.
Major global indices like CAC 40, DAX Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng, Nikkei, Straits Times, Sensex, Nifty have lost 1% - 10% in a week
RBI has cited at least 10 areas where it has no control over PSBs.
Sun Pharma was by far the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 8.13 per cent, followed by Dr Reddy's at 4.92 per cent.
Markets under pressure; IT financials grab spotlight.
Most of the session's gains for both the indices were wiped out as investors rushed to book profits ahead of F&O expiry on Thursday and also due to concerns over stretched valuations.
Muted global trend after a report that US President Donald Trump was preparing to impose more tariffs on China hurt trading sentiments.
Among the gainers, Sun Pharma topped by rising 3.03 per cent as the weak rupee tempted buyers to accumulate shares of pharma exporters.
Sensex firm on favourable GDP numbers for FY16.
Markets closed in the red on domestic worries.
The Union Budget 2016-17 has cheered the NBFC sector
Pharma shares were the top gainers led by Lupin after the company received EIR from USFDA for its Goa facility
The NSE 50-share Nifty spurted 97.25 points, or 0.92 per cent, to 10,715.50
Reliance ADAG, Tech Mahindra among top recruiters at IIM-A
Sun Pharma was the best gainer among Sensex components, surging 6.91 per cent
Investors widened their bets on optimism that upcoming general budget -- to be unveiled next month - would contain incentives for corporates, which will help boost the economy
The broad-based NSE Nifty rose 52.80 points, or 0.50 per cent, to end at 10,530.70
Market breadth was weak with 1239 losers and 1078 gainers on the BSE.
Profit-booking and selling pressure on below-normal monsoon forecast, marred sentiments, traders said.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have performed better than the front-liners
BSE Mid-cap index ended lower by over 2.5% and BSE Small-cap index tumbled over 3%.
The Sensex and Nifty remained above their key levels of 36,000 and 10,900 throughout the session, indicating strong investor optimism after a prolonged spell of caution.
Bond issuances dipped 31.4% during January-June
Bajaj Auto was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 3.95 per cent followed by Maruti Suzuki at 2.69 per cent.
Goldman Sachs forecasts real GDP growth to accelerate to 7.9 per cent in FY17 from a projected 7.5 per cent in FY16.
The 50-share NSE Nifty slipped below the 8,200-mark to touch a low of 8,154.45, but settled at 8,170.80, down 90.95 points, or 1.10 per cent
The 30-share Sensex surged 299 points to close at 28,736 and the 50-share Nifty gained 90 points to end at 8,723.
Sensex ended strong, Tata Steel, HUL climb higher.
Infosys, Bharti Airtel and ICICI Bank are the only companies who have managed to score 100% on a Composite Disclosure Index
Mixed global cues and decline in crude oil prices further dent the sentiments.
