Issues related with intellectual property rights, including piracy of films and software, figured prominently during the India-US CEO Forum in New Delhi attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama.
ITC, Infosys, Wipro and HDFC Bank among the major losers.
RIL, HDFC twins, M&M, Infosys among the top losers for the day.
Market participants are now awaiting Thursday's meeting of the European Central Bank
The benchmark Nifty rallied 1,000 points or 17% from 7,000 in 78 trading sessions since May 12, till date to surpass the 8,000 mark.
BHEL down around 2.4% and Bharti Airtel down around 1.6% were other major losers.
Nifty, which has struggled around 8550-8560 levels managed to blast past this resistance and close above the psychological mark of 8600.
The breadth was neutral with 1,329 advances and 1,320 declines.
Assocham told Modi policy makers needed to act fast to "bullet proof" India from global jitters.
Market ended lower for the third straight session led by IT stocks amid downgrade by Citigroup.
The total investor wealth, measured in terms of cumulative value of all listed stocks on BSE, slumped by over Rs 7 lakh crore during the torrid week.
The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said the monsoon this year is expected to be 'above normal.'
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 30 points.
Custodian banks are selling dollars for their foreign fund clients.
Above normal monsoon forecast and strength in Asian equities lifted sentiments.
BSE Mid-cap index ended at a record closing high of 10499.86 and CNX Mid-cap index ended at a record closing high of 12672.85 levels.
The 30-share Sensex jumped 729 points to end at 28,076 and the 50-share Nifty soared 217 points to end at 8,494.
Market breadth was weak with 1,260 advances and 1,597 losers on the BSE.
The 30-share Sensex ended 117 points higher at 26,560 and the 50-share Nifty gained 31 points to end at 7,936.
At 11:37 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 28 points at 27,037 and the Nifty50 was up 2 points at 8,268
Sensex ended up 11 points at 25,561 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points to end at 7,640.
Markets surged in late trades to snap five-day losing streak led by bank shares.
Capital goods, IT, auto and pharmaceuticals lead gains for the financial year
The 30-share Sensex closed down 114 points at 28,622 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 37 points at 8,686.
Markets snapped their 8-day winning streak.
ONGC, Sesa Sterlite, Tata Steel, RIL and HDFC emerged as the biggest losers
Sensex ends in green on boost from bluechip stocks.
Caution prevailed across the bourses ahead of the Union Budget.
The Sensex had bounced back with gains of 94 points or 0.3%
The broader markets underperformed benchmark indices as the BSE Mid-cap and Small-cap tumbled over 2%.
The Sensex ended 290 points higher at 29,095 mark and the Nifty gained 94 points to close at 8,806 levels.
The Sensex ended below 28,000 for the second straight day at 27,869.
Nifty ends above 8,400; TCS, HDFC surge 2%, Bajaj Auto dips 2%.
The government is scheduled to release index of industrial growth for November and consumer price inflation for December later today.
Broad-based buying aided sentiment and the market registers record turnover at Rs 6.86 lakh crore
Sensex plunges 322.39 points to over 1-month closing low of 27,797.01; Nifty tumbles 97.55 points to 8,340.70.
Sensex hit a record high of 27,225.85 and Nifty hit a record high of 8,141.90 in the intra-day trades today.
Markets ended at record closing highs for the second day in a row on institutional buying.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended in line with their larger counterparts and closed marginally up 0.2% and 0.4%, each
Weak GDP data and unfaouvrable global data has pulled down Sensex, Nifty.