But big brokerages see no problem with Sebi panel's recommendations.
The Sensex ends up 16 points to end at 20,514.
Without naming Adani group specifically, the capital markets watchdog said in a statement that unusual price movement in the stocks of a business conglomerate has been observed in the past week.
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.
The Bombay Stock Exchange has re-entered the trillion dollar club worldwide.
The country's first Islamic index was launched in 2010, also by the BSE, tracking the 50 largest and most liquid stocks.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has asked the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange to provide data of scrips traded on April 10 to analyse the reasons for the crash of the information technology scrips on that day.\n\n\n\n
BSE-IT, capital goods, banks, real-estate led gains.
Exchange to launch mutual fund trading platform; BSE set to follow.
Asia's oldest bourse, Bombay Stock Exchange on Wednesday launched currency derivatives segment (BSE-CDX) that would enable participants to hedge their currency risks through trading in the US dollar-rupee future platform.
In May, MFs were the net sellers in several PSUs, as they deployed Rs 47,600 crore in equities during the month.
Orders were executed at 9.15 am after initial order matching, while the markets will function as usual for other stocks.
The National Stock Exchange listed the Dow Jones Industrial and S&P 500 on its platform last week.
Overnight, the Wall Street closed on a flatter note.
'Like all long-term bull markets, the Indian stock market will continue to climb the proverbial wall of worry.'
The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share Sensex closed at 18,401 up 405 points. The National Stock Exchange's 50-share S&P CNX Nifty closed at 5,409 up 124 points.
BSE Metal and IT indices plummeted by almost 2%
The special trading session would be conducted to pay obeisance to Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity.
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.
USEIL, promoted by 11 banks, MMTC, and a large brokerage firm Jaypee Capital has received in princial approval from Sebi for commencing contracts in currency derivatives.
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, 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.
Glimpses of the celebrations as the BSE Sensex on Friday crossed the 60,000 mark for the first time.
"We will launch futures trading on the Chicago futures exchange in a month or two. The trading on Sensex futures will be for 23 hours a day," says Rajnikant Patel.
BSE Metal, IT and Consumer Durable indices surged by nearly 2% each. However, BSE FMCG index declined by nearly 1%.
The trades done on February 6 would be settled on February 9 as a separate settlement.
Indiabulls Financial Services has fixed the price of a $45 million Global Depository issue which is expected to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
After the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Brokers Forum, the Association of National Stock Exchange Members of India (ANMI) has decided to approach the government and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on extension of trading hours from January 4.
BSE-FMCG, consumer durables, pharmaceuticals led declines.
'The Pakistan establishment keeps him well protected.'
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is looking at picking up stakes in regional exchanges, which have to demutualise by August-September 2007.
A BSE spokesperson, confirming the resignation, told PTI in Mumbai that that BSE board has accepted his resignation and he would be relieved of his responsibilities from end-this month.
BSE-real-estate, bankex, auto lead gains on BSE.
