Capital goods shares continued to trade firm in late noon despite weak market trend on the back of encouraging core sector growth in February.
Kotak Bank was the top laggard in the Sensex pack, shedding over 2 per cent, followed by ITC, PowerGrid, M&M, HDFC, Asian Paints and NTPC. On the other hand, Maruti rallied over 4 per cent. Bharti Airtel, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank and Bajaj Finance were also among the gainers.
After a strong start to the week on Tuesday, the Sensex this morning opened 15 points higher at 16,868 amid subdued global cues.
Earning numbers of blue-chips, including ITC and SBI, due tomorrow.
Among sectoral indices, telecom led the chart, spurting 3.08 per cent, followed by oil and gas.
ICICI Bank topped the Sensex gainers' chart, spurting 5.09 per cent, followed by L&T, Bharti Airtel, Vedanta and Tata Motors, rising up to 4.60 per cent.
Geopolitical concerns, earnings sees investors rush to safe haven plays post the Union Budget presentation in July.
A total of 183 stocks rallied 10 per cent, of which 32 stocks saw price appreciation of 20 per cent each.
The BSE IT sector, however, failed to snap a three-day losing streak and closed around 0.14 per cent lower.
The Sensex resumed lower at 28,566.50 and dropped further to 28,183.32 before finishing at 28,227.39, showing a loss of 490.52 points or 1.71 per cent.
The NSE Nifty ends at 4,638, down 18 points. The market breadth was negative - out of 2,793 shares traded, 967 advanced and 1,768 declined on Thursday.
The NSE Nifty ended at 4,655, up 104 points. The breadth turned negative towards the end, out of 2,831 shares traded, 1,218 advanced, 1,553 declined and 60 were unchanged on the BSE.
The rally in index heavyweight ITC has boosted the sentiment across the board.
The NSE Nifty ended at 2771, down 78 points. The market breadth was fairly negative -- out of 2,503 stocks traded, 1,712 declined, 688 advanced and the rest are unchanged.
The NSE Nifty ended at 2,948, up 55 points. The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,528 stocks traded, 1,455 advanced and 970 declined on Friday.
SBI was the biggest loser in the Sensex pack, shedding 2.40 per cent, followed by Yes Bank, Bharti Airtel, L&T, Sun Pharma, M&M, ICICI Bank, ONGC, RIL, Asian Paints, Vedanta and HUL, which lost up to 2.37 per cent.
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The 30-share Sensex ended down by 59 points at 27,027 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 7 points at 8,087.
From the 30-share pack, 18 stocks ended with gains led by SBI, which surged 27.58 per cent, and ICICI Bank 14.69 per cent.
Metal shares were the top gainers with Hindalco up over 5%.
The rupee soaring to an over fresh three-month high against the dollar during the day fuelled the upward trend.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 33 points at 27,241.78 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 27 points at 8,200.70.
Markets closed in the red on domestic worries.
The first six months of the financial year (Siemens follows an Oct-Sept calender) has not been encouraging.
After 3 weeks of consecutive rally, this week was a breather for the index, which corrected by almost 1.5%.
The NSE Nifty ended at 3,491, up 211 points. The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,672 stocks traded, 1,687 advanced, 926 declined and the rest were unchanged on Monday.
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The 30-share Sensex ended down 245 points at 28,799 and the 50-share Nifty closed down 81 points at 8,750
Banking, realty, energy and capital goods stocks were the major gainers today. The Sensex touched a high of 15,106, and finally ended with a gain of 551 points at 15,050. The BSE Realty index soared 7.3% (367 points) to 5,367, and the Bankex zoomed 6% (425 points) to 7,447.
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On the Sensex chart, HCL Tech, HDFC, Tech Mahindra, TCS, RIL, Sun Pharma and SBI were the major gainers, rising as much as 4.3 per cent. NSE Nifty gained 52.45 points to end at 18,055.75.
There are several positive reasons to invest in the NTPC offering from a three-year perspective.
Experts say going ahead data price will fall further due to competition
'Market feels this Budget will promote all-round growth and that is what is giving it confidence.'
The broader Nifty finished at 10,421.40, up 194.55 points, or 1.90 per cent.
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