Sensex, Nifty slightly upbeat, midcaps to rule markets this week.
Metal stocks lose ground with Hindalco, Tata Steel, Sesa Sterlite down 4-10%.
More than 10% (40 of 498 companies) have lost at least half their market value.
Market breadth on the BSE ended firm as 1,908 shares advanced and 1,156 shares declined
Sensex slumped 518 points to end the day at 25,582 and the Nifty slipped 164 points to close at 7,623.
Reliance Industries and ONGC were down 4-6% each contributing the most to the Sensex losses
The broader markets were marginally higher with mid-caps and small-caps gaining 0.1-0.4 per cent on the BSE.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have performed better than the front-liners
Sensex ended up 11 points at 25,561 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points to end at 7,640.
HDFC twins, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and SBI from the financial space gained between 1-2.7%.
Markets ended in green on rate cut hope.
Sensex was up 184 points at 25,580 and the Nifty added 71 points to end the day at 7,654
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In the Sensex kitty on Wednesday, Tata Motors emerged as the top loser falling 3.01 per cent, followed by Vedanta shedding 2.92 per cent. Other laggards include HUL, Kotak Bank, NTPC, Infosys, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Hero MotoCorp, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank, HDFC, IndusInd Bank and PowerGrid, falling up to 1.77 per cent.
In the broader market, BSE midcap and BSE smallcap indices underperformed the larger counterparts and ended flat with a negative bias.
The broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 90 points at 19,429 after hitting an intra-day low of 19,398 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 40 points at 5,881 after touching an intra-day low of 5,871.
Sensex gained over 100 points and ended at 26147.33 while the Nifty ended 27 points higher at 7,795.75.
ITC, Sun Pharma, HDFC and Coal India were among the top gainers.
Markets ended lower on Tuesday, snapping a two-day winning streak, as investors turned cautious and booked profit in financials.
Fresh buying by domestic institutional investors and better-than-expected June quarter results from some blue-chip companies boosted investor sentiment
Nifty, which has struggled around 8550-8560 levels managed to blast past this resistance and close above the psychological mark of 8600.
Sensex lacklustre, bluechips in focus.
The main losers on the Sensex were Tata Steel, Hero Moto, BHEL, ONGC & Maruti Suzuki.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 190 points up at 23,382.
Investors booked profits in recent gainers
The broader Nifty too fell for the second straight session and closed with a loss of over 62 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 11,520.30, after hovering between 11,496.85 and 11,602.55.
Investors lost around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in market valuation on Friday.
The 30-share Sensex and the 50-share Nifty ended flat at the mark of 27,403 and 8,248 respectively.
In the Sensex pack, ICICI Bank emerged as the top gainer by rising 0.97 per cent, while Tata Steel advanced 0.92 per cent.
Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex closed 30 points lower at 21,140 levels.
ICICI Bank, ONGC and Tata Motors contribute to nearly 50% gain seen on the Nifty.
US stocks rose more than 1% on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 coming less than 2% below its record peak set last month.
The Nifty finished the day at 10,265.65, a hefty gain of 98.95 points, or 0.97 per cent, after shuttling between 10,270.85 and 10,195.25.
Benchmark share indices trimmed intra-day gains after global crude oil prices resumed their downward trajectory after sharp gains on Friday.
Sensex is trading firm; FMCG, real estate going strong.
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.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
Banks and realty among the most hit on account of high borrowing costs.
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