Bank shares were the top gainers led by ICICI Bank.
The S&P BSE Sensex plunged 128 points to end at 25,102.
There is polarisation among sectors with IT and healthcare receiving the lion's share of FPI money in the past two quarters.
The decline was led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries along with ITC and HDFC.
SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Dena Bank, Central Bank of India ended down 3%-12% each.
Metal shares were the top gainers with Hindalco up over 5%.
The top gainers on the Sensex are Gail(India), HDFC, Infosys.
The progress of the GST Bill in Parliament is also likely to remain in focus
Sensex is trading firm; FMCG, real estate going strong.
Sensex closed over 118 points down on Thursday.
Sensex ended strong, Tata Steel, HUL climb higher.
Oil tanked to a 7-year low as OPEC decided to maintain production.
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
India's GDP for the three-month period ended September 30 grew 7.4%.
Investors sinking lump sum money in equities seem to have applied the brakes.
BSE Power, Healthcare, Capital Goods, FMCG and Metal indices gained between 0.6-1%.
The 30 share Sensex ended up 183 points at 27,470 and the 50-share Nifty gained 44 points to close at 8,295.
Earning woes drag markets lower; TCS, HUL lead fall.
Sensex ended up 11 points at 25,561 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points to end at 7,640.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 159 points at 27,425 and the 50-share Nifty closed down 24 points at 8,299.
The 30-share Sensex and the 50-share Nifty ended flat at the mark of 27,403 and 8,248 respectively.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Infosys, Cipla, NTPC, ITC and Lupin
ICICI Bank and SBI were among the top Sensex gainers along with FMCG majors ITC and HUL.
Interest rate sensitive stocks gain ground post decision
The rupee fell to a two-year low of 64.84 against the US dollar.
Short-covering and the propping up of net asset values have potential to boost frontline as well as second-rung names next week
Financials and auto stocks were the top losers while energy and IT shares recovered
Among other stocks, IT firm Mphasis today reported a 15.30% increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 184.72 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2015.
Bank Nifty pared all its intraday gains to end over 1% lower led by losses in BoB, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and Bank of India
The 30-share Sensex ended up 292 points at 29,571 and the 50-share Nifty closed up 75 points at 8,910.
Participants are keenly waiting for the January IIP.
Private lenders HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank were the top gainers along with index heavyweights
RIL, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors and ONGC alone contributed to a 100 point cut seen on Sensex.
Sensex catapults 1,241 points and Nifty vaults 382 points in two sessions in a row.
ONGC, Sesa Sterlite, Tata Steel, RIL and HDFC emerged as the biggest losers
Financials were the top gainers lead by private lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank
The Sensex had bounced back with gains of 94 points or 0.3%
Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
Global cues lift Sensex 364 points; Nifty ends above 8,650.
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