This guide will explain the options, what NSE and BSE options are and what differentiates them from each other.
Profit-booking in IT and index-heavyweights dragged markets.
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Capital goods, realty and power stocks led from the front while losses in oil & gas heavyweights offset the gains.
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In dollar terms, the Nifty has gained 26.7 per cent in this year, while the Sensex has advanced 25 per cent during the same period.
Mini Sensex outdid mini Nifty in turnover on the first day of the New Year. It showed more turnover in terms of value than mini Nifty.
In US, automatic spending cuts were triggered on Friday as lawmakers failed to agree on a resolution to prevent them, while China's manufacturing growth cooled in February to a four-month low.
Positive Asian cues aided risk-on sentiments.
Equity funds' exceptional performance was obviously due to the stock market rally that was led by small and mid-cap stocks. Realty, banks and consumer goods companies emerged as top gainers.
After making its entry into the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark 30-share index Sensex in May
The 30-share Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange closed 86.55 points higher at 21,337.67 and the National Stock Exchange Nifty index closed at its highest closing levels in 2014, up 25.15 points at 6,338.95.
Reliance up 0.94%, Sun Pharma up 2.85, ICICI Bank up 0.76%, Bharti Airtel up 1.56% and Tata Steel up 2.2% were the top Sensex gainers today.
National Stock Exchange decided to waive off transaction charges on trades done on its new mini-Nifty, till March 31.
Last Friday's tumble on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones index falling nearly 400 points, is sure to have its repercussions on the already shaky Indian market. With both the benchmark indices, the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex and the National Stock Exchange Nifty having lost 5 per cent apiece last week, investors are already skittish.
Foreign institutional investors have been net investors to the tune of Rs 55,000 crore (Rs 550 billion) in equity markets this year so far. In contrast, domestic institutional investors have been net sellers over the past three months.
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex crossed the 21,000 level in early morning trade for the first time on Tuesday on heavy buying by funds.
'It is like a chicken-and-egg situation.' 'All these product tweaks are innovative, but traders won't move unless there is liquidity.' 'And liquidity cannot be generated until traders move.'
Jignesh Shah-promoted MCX Stock Exchange (MCX SX) will partner London-based index calculator FTSE to create new index opportunities for the Indian financial markets.
A combined 14,398 shares have changed hands on the counter and there are pending sell orders for 115,711 shares on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange.
Benchmark share indices ended lower, amid a volatile trading session, weighed by weakness among Metal, Banks and Capital Goods shares. Weak performance of the global markets also dampened the sentiments among local investors.
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BSE Metal and IT indices plummeted by almost 2%
The Nifty rose by 32.40 points to 6,135.85, after touching the day's high of 6,187.75.
In a significant decision, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has decided to set up a panel to review all records maintained by auditors on the quarterly results of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share Sensex and the National Stock Exchange 50-share Nifty.
The country's two ubiquitous financial powerhouses, HDFC and ICICI Bank, have been the darling of participatory notes, the instrument through which overseas investors invest indirectly - through foreign institutional investors - in India's stock market. Among the stocks comprising Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensitive Index and National Stock Exchange's S&P Nifty, HDFC has the highest P-Notes holding in value, 14.2 per cent, followed by ICICI Bank's 9.1 per cent.
Benchmark share indices ended lower on Wednesday weighed down by selling pressure in bank shares on concerns of rising non performing assets in wake of the economic slowdown. Selling in metal and capital goods shares also dampened market sentiment.
The market breadth in BSE ended flat with 1333 shares advancing and 1393 shares declining.
Markets ended lower on Thursday following the expiry of July derivative contracts weighed down by profit taking in FMCG shares after recent gains.
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