Analysts now expect India Inc to report a decline in both top line and bottom line for the September quarter.
On a weekly basis, the Sensex climbed 749.86 points or 2.69 per cent and the NSE Nifty soared 237.10 points or 2.76 per cent
The broader markets are trading inline with the larger peers with BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices up 1.5% each.
The higher rate cut by RBI is positive for rate-sensitive sectors in the medium to long term.
From the valuation angle, the market is showing similar signs of being over-valued without being in a bubble territory yet.
Infosys, TCS, HUL and Reliance Industries were the top gainers of the day.
Murkumbi will continue to retain his post till the stipulated notice period of 90 days or completion of open offer by Wilmar, whichever is later.
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Auto stocks are weighing on the indices.
'The world wants India to succeed. It also worries now that India over-promises and under-delivers,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 1,838 declines against 1,218 advances.
Roadshows will be held in Singapore, Hong Kong, London, New York and Boston, NTPC gained close to 1%.
The Nikkei share average rose 2.6% to close at 15,195.77 points, more than recouping Tuesday's losses.
Venture capitalists are leveraging their experience to build something new.
Rate-sensitive sectors like banks, realty and auto witnessed heavy selling pressure ahead of the RBI Monetary policy which is scheduled on September 29.
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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Most analysts expect growth in the sales of Nifty-50 companies to decelerate, albeit marginally, in the quarter ended December compared to the corresponding period of 2013-14, with metals and real estate companies pulling down earnings.
Custodian banks are selling dollars for their foreign fund clients.
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Cumulatively for the first two quarters till now, the advance tax collections from the Mumbai zone, which contributes over a third of the income tax collections nationally, have grown 11 per cent, the official said.
That resulted in a 50-basis point improvement in operating profit margins on a sequential basis.
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Markets across the globe are rallying on hopes that the US Federal Reserve won't lift interest rates until 2016.
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The 30-share Sensex ended 117 points higher at 26,560 and the 50-share Nifty gained 31 points to end at 7,936.
The same set of companies had reported 3.8 per cent annual net profit growth in the previous quarter and 7.5 per cent annual growth in the same quarter last financial year.
Sensex gained over 100 points and ended at 26147.33 while the Nifty ended 27 points higher at 7,795.75.
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BSE Sensex ended at 25,549.72 up by 321 points or 1.27% and the Nifty ended 7624.40 up by 97.75 points or 1.30%.
Nagaland-born Carol Humtsoe talks about about her journey as a model.
The progress on US debt ceiling talks, domestic inflation numbers and second quarter earnings of companies are expected to keep investors busy in the truncated trading week ahead.
Reliance Industries and ONGC were down 4-6% each contributing the most to the Sensex losses
Sarvesh Agrawal tells Shobha Warrier about how he built a start-up "of the interns, by the interns and for the interns."
The market breadth in BSE remains positive with 1,554 shares advancing and 1,196 shares declining.
Experts believe the market will fall between 1 and 3%.
Nifty ends above 8,400; TCS, HDFC surge 2%, Bajaj Auto dips 2%.
The 30-share Sensex closed at 27,112 up by 481 points whereas the Nifty ended higher by 139 points at 8,115.
Sensex hit a record high of 27,225.85 and Nifty hit a record high of 8,141.90 in the intra-day trades today.
The Nifty and Bank Nifty ended at record closing high of 7,913 and 15,865 respectively.
