Volatility can be the order of the day
Sun Pharma stole the show in the Sensex pack, spurting 3.91 per cent, followed by M&M at 2.87 per cent.
The index touched a low of 14,026, before settling with a loss of 168 points at 14,041.
NSE Nifty, after shuttling between 10,809.60 and 10,725.90, finished 30.95 points, or 0.29 per cent lower at 10,741.10.
The NSE Nifty ended at 5,695, up 78 points. All the sectoral indices, too, finished with sharp gains today. The BSE Bankex zoomed 352 points (3.5%) to 10,538. The BSE MidCap Index gained 168 points (2.1%) to 8114.
The markets opened on a strong note due to continued optimism on the back of expected robust third quarter corporate performances
Yet another weak start for the market, which opened in red, continuing the ongoing carnage in the Dalal Street but became volatile
The markets continue to consolidate at the higher levels and ended the day on a flat note with selective buying seen in index pivotals.
The Sensex finally closed with a loss of 114 points at 12,623. The Nifty closed at 3,657, down 26 points.
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.
The NSE Nifty ended at 4,356, up 10 points.
Sectors like the BSE IT, Bankex, FMCG, Healthcare and Oil indices, which gained sharply today, were obviously the ones that drove the Sensex to 12K.
The Sensex closed at 11,893.79 up 233 points. The Nifty gained 66 points to close at 3,455.
Sensex ended up 110.10 points at 11,660.79, while Nifty closed up 24 points at 3390.
The NSE Nifty also gained 53 points, or 0.49 per cent, to settle 10,855.15 after shuttling between 10,870.40 and 10,749.40.
The 30-share Sensex stayed in the green for the better part of the session and hit the day's high of 38,297.70 as buying pace gathered momentum towards the fag-end.
The markets opened the first trading day of 2007 on good note
The markets opened the last week of 2006 in green
The markets have opened the week in the positive terrain, traders are bullish on auto, power, bank up. In the morning session, selling pressure was witnessed in IT.
The markets have opened in the positive terrain on the first day of december, traders have shown their faith in construction, IT, steel, capital goods. The selling pressure was witnessed in oil, auto, telecom stocks.
The markets have opened in the positive terrain in line with global peers on account of buying interest seen in construction, pharma, banking and capital goods
The markets have opened in the green in line with global peers and buying was seen in oil, pharma, capital goods and technology stocks.
The markets have opened the week with positive note as Asian markets
The markets opened strong on account of buying seen in select index pivotals
At 11.58 am IST, the Sensex is up 59.24 points or 0.47% at 12682.52, and the Nifty up 8.10 points or 0.22% at 3665.4.
The Sensex closed at 12,365.83 down 7 points. The Nifty was down 3 points to close at 3,567.
ICICI Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 4.64 per cent, followed by Axis Bank at 3.86 per cent and SBI 2.53 per cent.
Among Sensex constituents, HCL Tech suffered the most by diving 2.26 per cent, followed by HDFC shedding 2.10 per cent.
Reflecting the bearish mood, all sectoral indices, led by metal, teck and healthcare, ended in the negative zone.
The Sensex opened on a flat note at 7,616, and touched a high of 7,640 in early deals.
While lending rates have been jacked up on an average of 5-10 bps by private sector lenders like HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Yes Bank since January, almost all the PSBs have been increasing their bulk deposit rates in the range of 15 bps to 125 bps.
The NSE Nifty after shuttling between 10,397.60 and 10,279.35 points, ended 47 points, or 0.45 per cent lower at 10,301.05.
Broader market underperformed the headline indices
The broader NSE Nifty scaled a high of 10,856.55 before closing up by 55.90 points, or 0.52 per cent
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