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The NSE Nifty too recovered over 100 points, or 0.96 per cent, to end at 10,576.85.
Healthcare, auto and financial stocks lagged.
Top firms will have enough firepower to go for foreign M&As, given their balance sheet growth, say bankers.
TCS, Bajaj Auto, Adani Ports and Cipla were the top gainers on BSE Sensex while Coal India, GAIL, Dr Reddy's and Infosys lost the most on the index.
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Nifty saw the biggest weekly gain since the first week of September and comfortably maintained its crucial 8250 levels in today's session
The 50-share NSE Nifty ended flat, up 5.80 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 10,308.95.
Investors booked profits in recent gainers
India serves as the company's R&D hub as it morphs into a health tech major.
In a surprise announcement in April, Sun and Ranbaxy -- at that time owned by Japan's Daiichi -- declared an all-stock deal to create India's largest and world's fifth-largest drugmaker in an over $4 billion deal.
Covering-up of short positions ahead of Thursday's expiry of August series in the derivatives segment gave equities a slight push
'The majority of the spread is by people coughing, or sneezing or talking loudly, in a very short distance, two metres from one another, and a mask will prevent that sort of transmission.'
Impact of the slowdown is most visible among promoter/owner-CEOs
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n the broader market, BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are trading higher by 0.3% each.
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For the second straight week, the Sensex rose, notching up a significant gain of 528.34 points, or 1.59 per cent. The Nifty was up 129.45 points, or 1.25 per cent, during the week.
Other Sensex gainers were Infosys, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Axis Bank,, Tata Steel, HDFC and Cipla.
In New York, the dollar fell against the British pound on Wednesday after the Bank of England raised its projections for UK growth in 2014. However, analysts warned that gains against the dollar could be limited.
With global markets pushing ahead, enthused by strengthening US jobs market, and also due to prospects of European rate hike, Indian markets also continued the march ahead.
The 30-share Sensex lost 22 points to close at 27,090 and the 50-share Nifty gained 7 points to end at 8,121.
Benchmark share indices trimmed intra-day gains after global crude oil prices resumed their downward trajectory after sharp gains on Friday.
Financials were among the top losers along with Sun Pharma and index heavyweight Reliance Industries
The 30-share barometer started higher, but lost its way soon after the railway budget.
Decline in the rupee coupled with a slide in the crude oil prices have dented the sentiments.
S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 2% and 1.6% respectively
The top gainers on the Sensex were Cipla, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, Hero Moto & Sesa Sterlite.
The B-school also witnessed new roles in the domain.
BSE Sensex on Monday closed nearly 34 points higher at 26,350.17 with gains in realty, power, FMCG and oil & gas stocks amid sustained buying by domestic institutional investors.
Low growth visibility and trouble with regulators have resulted in lack of interest from investors
The Sensex took less than two years to rally from the 10,000-mark it first hit in February 2006 to double that on that New Year's Eve.
The Nifty finished the day at 10,265.65, a hefty gain of 98.95 points, or 0.97 per cent, after shuttling between 10,270.85 and 10,195.25.
Sensex is under pressure due to concerns in the global market.
Sensex remained volatile through the day.
Financial shares were among the top gainers with HDFC leading the gains.
'The majority of transmission will be via people who are within two metres of one another.' 'The closer you are, the more likely that you'll be infected.'
Sensex lost 184 points to trade at 23,878 and the Nifty has dropped 55 points to quote at 7,254.
At $2.6 trillion, the Indian economy is currently ranked sixth in the world behind the US, China, Japan, Germany and the UK.
IT, pharma and FMCG stocks are the top performers in 2013.