The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have performed better than the front-liners
Most of the session's gains for both the indices were wiped out as investors rushed to book profits ahead of F&O expiry on Thursday and also due to concerns over stretched valuations.
Sensex seems to be under pressure on weak cues.
Above normal monsoon forecast and strength in Asian equities lifted sentiments.
Stellar rally in ITC shares along with strength in the Asian equities capped the downside.
The Sensex swung over 660 points both ways on alternate bouts of selling and buying before closing the day higher by 97.39 points, or 0.28 per cent.
Sensex climbs higher at close, bluechip stocks in focus.
The Sensex ended down 251 points at 27,351 and the Nifty shed 65 points to close at 8,228.
Sensex closed the day 416 points higher.
Investors turned cautious ahead of the US Fed meet outcome later today and July F&O expiry.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 162 points at 28,338 and the 50-share Nifty was down 67 points at 8,463.
A steep decline in the Asian equities after crude oil fell to its lowest since September 2003 dented sentiments.
Sensex in green, JSW climbs higher.
Sensex was up 184 points at 25,580 and the Nifty added 71 points to end the day at 7,654
Roadshows will be held in Singapore, Hong Kong, London, New York and Boston, NTPC gained close to 1%.
Rebound in IT majors TCS and Infosys in late trades helped markets end higher.
IIP for November 2015 and CPI for December 2015 will be announced today.
Participants are eyeing the Bihar elections.
The Sensex ended up 244 points at 28,504 on strong global cues.
The top losers from the Sensex pack are ONGC, Coal India, Vedanta, Reliance Inds and L&T.
Asian Paints was the top gainer after the paints major posted robust first quarter earnings.
The Sensex soared 402 points higher to end at 25,720 and the Nifty surged 130 points to close at 7,819.
Markets end higher ahead of Fed outcome, China stimulus
Markets ended lower amid volatile trade with Sun Pharma leading the decline.
Sensex eneded 374 points higher on rate cut expectation from the RBI.
n the broader market, both the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices, were up 1.2% and 0.7% each.
The government is scheduled to release index of industrial growth for November and consumer price inflation for December later today.
The Sensex and the Nifty had touched a low of 27,921 and 8,349 respectively.
Metal stocks lose ground with Hindalco, Tata Steel, Sesa Sterlite down 4-10%.
Nifty ends above 8,400; TCS, HDFC surge 2%, Bajaj Auto dips 2%.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 46 points at 26,360 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points at 7,891.
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