The Sensex had bounced back with gains of 94 points or 0.3%
Sensex catapults 1,241 points and Nifty vaults 382 points in two sessions in a row.
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
Private lenders HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank were the top gainers along with index heavyweights
Financials were the top gainers lead by private lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank
The 30-share Sensex ended down 245 points at 28,799 and the 50-share Nifty closed down 81 points at 8,750
Weak monsoon forecast rekindled fears of higher inflation.
Global cues lift Sensex 364 points; Nifty ends above 8,650.
Markets ended lower for the third straight day on Tuesday weighed down by profit taking in rate sensitives with bank shares leading the decline after hopes of rate cut by the central bank faded.
Gains in auto shares helped offset losses in select index heavyweights led by Infosys.
Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
Banking shares saw a renewed buying interest on the hopes of a rate-cut by the central bank post the easing of macro-economic data.
Investors will remain cautious ahead of F&O expiry.
Investors were seen in a cheerful mood and widened their positions in frontliners as well as midcap and smallcap stocks to mark the beginning of their new accounts
Top 5 losers include Lupin, Cipla, Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy's Lab and GAIL down 1.6%-11%.
Urjit Patel as the new RBI governor whose focus is on taming inflation has lowered the probability of interest rate cut soon
BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended in line with their larger counterparts and closed marginally up 0.2% and 0.4%, each
Textile and telecom shares have gained ahead of the Cabinet meet later today which is likely to announce new measures for both the sectors.
ONGC was the top performer while private banking major ICICI Bank extended gains
Infosys, Tata Motors, ONGC, TCS and GAIL are the top 5 losers.
Infosys was the top Sensex loser along with other index heavyweights ITC and HDFC.
Sensex, Nifty end lower on global concerns.
The 30-share Sensex ended 79 points lower at 26,909 and the 50-share Nifty closed 25 points lower at 8,102.
The 30-share Sensex ended lower by 46 points at 27,842 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 17 points to trade at 8,378.
The Sensex ended up 380 points at 27,888 and the Nifty advanced 111 points to end five points shy of 8,400.
Markets ended weak tracking the expiry of April derivative contracts.
Markets climb higher tracking global cues.
Among key stocks, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Dr Reddy's Labs and ICICI Bank, all up between 1%-3%
BSE Metal and Capital Goods indices plunged over 2% followed by counters like Consumer Durables, Auto, Banks and Realty, all falling down between 1-2%.
The broader markets, however, outperformed the benchmark indices -- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended up 0.6%-1%.
Broader markers outperformed their larger peers.
Metals bucked the trend and shone across the board.
Reliance Industries was the top Sensex gainer up 5.6% after the company reported better-than-expected net profit growth at 12% in the second-quarter aided hby higher gross refining margins.
Since the Budget announcement on July 5, FIIs have been busy unloading their stock.
ICICI Bank was the top gainer after stable rating for its senior unsecured bonds by S&P Global Ratings.
On the sectoral front, rate-sensitive sectors such as Bankex and Auto gained by 1% and 0.7% respectively while BSE Consumer Durables gained 1.4%.
SBI plunged over 3% after posting a 34.57% fall in net profit to Rs 2,538 crore for the quarter ended September 2016 on rise in provisions for non-performing loans.
The 30-share Sensex ended down by 59 points at 27,027 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 7 points at 8,087.
The 30-share Sensex ended 117 points higher at 26,560 and the 50-share Nifty gained 31 points to end at 7,936.
Sensex, Nifty end the day in red on unfavourable cues from global markets.