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.
Rate-sensitive sectors like banks, realty and auto witnessed heavy selling pressure ahead of the RBI Monetary policy which is scheduled on September 29.
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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.
That resulted in a 50-basis point improvement in operating profit margins on a sequential basis.
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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.
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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%.
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
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.
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The Nifty and Bank Nifty ended at record closing high of 7,913 and 15,865 respectively.
Auto and realty shares were among the top Sensex gainers.
Sensex ended at 26,272 up 125 points and Nifty ended at 7,831 up by 35 points.
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Sensex is under pressure due to concerns in the global market.
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Markets across the globe gained after China Securities Regulator removed its four-day-old circuit-breaker system.
The analysis covers BSE 200 Index's 171 companies for which data on the compensation to the boards of directors for FY14 and FY13 are available.
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Jindal Steel and Power was the top loser down 10% followed by Hindalco, Tata Steel, Tata Power which ended down between 0.5-3% each.
Benchmark share indices ended at record closing highs, amid a volatile trading session on Monday, with IT majors leading the gains.
The 30-share Sensex closed down 115 points at 28,444 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 31 points at 8,524.