Index heavyweights Reliance Industries and ITC were the top losers along with ICICI Bank and SBI
The New Year 2015, however, may see shares worth over Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) being put on the table by the government, including by way of part-sale of its holdings in PSUs and its residual minority stakes in some private sector entities.
The NSE Nifty too recovered over 100 points, or 0.96 per cent, to end at 10,576.85.
The Union Budget 2016-17 has cheered the NBFC sector
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The services sector, which plays the biggest role in shaping the economy, is facing loads of issues currently. The largest segments, financial and real estate, are struggling to cope with bad debts and low demand for houses.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 208 points at 27,057 and the 50-share Nifty closed 59 points lower at 8,094.
'In India foreign policy is generally handled by the prime minister.' 'One can clearly see the Vajpayee stamp on all this.' 'Only a person with poetic imagination can weave such a complex web,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
There's surplus liquidity and RBI, with plentiful forex reserves, is ready to pump whatever extra is needed
BSE Sensex ended at 25,549.72 up by 321 points or 1.27% and the Nifty ended 7624.40 up by 97.75 points or 1.30%.
Unified Payments Interface launched to simplify mobile banking.
Dream rally: Investors' wealth doubled in 5 years in India's equity market on Friday.
Sandeep Shanbhag, a chartered accountant and director of Wonderland Consultants, a tax and financial advisory firm, discussed the impact of Budget proposals in a chat with Rediff.com's readers.
The broader markets are trading inline with the larger peers with BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices up 1.5% each.
In the broader markets, the mid and smallcap indices were up 0.3% each, underperforming the BSE benchmark index which gained 0.5%.
The broader Nifty of National Stock Exchange scaled the 10,200 mark intra day before closing at 10,184.85, showing a sizeable gain of 38.30 points, or 0.38 per cent.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 261 points at 27,177 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 91 points at 8,214.
IIP for November 2015 and CPI for December 2015 will be announced today.
Removal of mark-ups to be paid by Maruti, other changes could raise funding need to Rs 6,000 crore.
Since its peak, the S&P BSE Sensex has dropped nearly 3,000 points.
The Sensex ended at a fresh record closing high of 28,889 while Nifty ended at a fresh record closing high of 8,730.
Bank shares were the top gainers led by ICICI Bank.
Assessing the shape of the Indian economy just a couple of days ahead of the Union Budget for 2016-17, Saugata Bhatacharya, senior vice president and chief economist, Axis Bank, speaks about his budget wishlist and suggests measures that can help finance minister Arun Jaitley achieve the targeted fiscal deficit of 3.5 per cent of India's gross domestic product.
Diversification and asset allocation can reduce uncertainty
Rate-sensitive sectors like banks, auto and realty witnessed strong buying demand in trades today
The 30-share Sensex ended down 604 points at 28,845 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 181 points at 8,757. The Bank Nifty ended down 602 points at 19,146.
Markets were left high and dry last week, as the 'Monsoon Effect' played havoc on trader sentiment.
In the metal pack, Tata Steel was up 3.7% while Vedanta was up 1.8% .
On the last day of FY!5, the Sensex ended lower by 18.37 points at 27,957.49.
India's five leading wilful defaulters are Winsome Diamonds & Jewellery Ltd and associate Forever Precious Jewellery & Diamonds, Zoom Developers, Kingfisher Airlines, Beta Naphthol and Raza Textiles
The Nifty had hit its third successive record high of 7,922.70 today.
Sensex ends 134.91 pts down at 28,709.87; Nifty falls 44.70 pts at 8,712.05.
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The 30-share Sensex closed down 115 points at 28,444 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 31 points at 8,524.
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Markets ended tad lower with financials declining the most ahead of RBI policy review tomorrow.
The Nikkei share average rose 2.6% to close at 15,195.77 points, more than recouping Tuesday's losses.
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Banking as we know it will stand on its head in the next 10 years.
'By not letting bankrupt banks fail, we have discouraged ordinary folk from taking precautions while choosing their bank or at least when they hear bad news about their bank,'says S Muralidharan, former MD, BNP Paribas.
Markets ended lower following expiry of July F&O contracts and sales by foreign funds.
Most adult Indians should have access to bank deposits, credit and remittance facilities as well as insurance and mutual fund products in the next decade, and technology will play a big role in this transformation, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
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