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Top firms will have enough firepower to go for foreign M&As, given their balance sheet growth, say bankers.
The NSE Nifty ended at 4,084, down 94 points.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The Sensex slipped into negative territory, after opening 14 points up at 7,765.
The 50-share Nifty bounced 83.35 points, or 0.86 per cent, to 9,794.15 at close.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 190 points up at 23,382.
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.
Leading IT companies i-flex Software and Satyam Computers have made their way to Forbes Global's list of 100 'best under a billion' companies in Asia Pacific.
Indian companies may be able to make generic copies of Roche's anti-influenza drug Tamiflu with its patent still pending in the country.
According to industry estimates, the sector's revenue would increase eight-10 per cent in 2013-14, against 12 per cent in 2012-13.
The markets opened in green tracking its Asian peers
The Sensex opened past the 8,200-mark at 8,208 as against Wednesday's close of 8,189 and later rallied smartly to a high of 8,252.
00 hours. The overall investors' wealth, measured in terms of valuation of all listed stocks, was down by nearly Rs 6 lakh crore in early morning trade, from nearly Rs 111.44 lakh crore at the end of Tuesday's trade.
With rains once again lashing Mumbai, the Sensex opened weak and is now down 20 points at 7616. Nifty is down 8 points at 2304.
The top gainers on the Sensex were Cipla, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, Hero Moto & Sesa Sterlite.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The Sensex has zoomed by 109 points to close at a new high of 11,747.
At $2.6 trillion, the Indian economy is currently ranked sixth in the world behind the US, China, Japan, Germany and the UK.
BSE IT index was the biggest sectoral loser, down 1.5% dragged by TCS
The markets opened firm with tech, bank and pharma scrips making steady gains.
Buying towards the close saw the Sensex close with a loss of 37 points at 10,045 - off its intra-day low of 9959.
After exhibiting high volatility in early trades, the Sensex closed with a marginal loss of 22 points at 9,849.
Asian shares ended higher following a relief rally in global equities after centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the French presidential election.
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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.
Sentiments turned somewhat weak towards the middle of the session as profit-booking emerged as investors turned cautious on disappointing quarterly earnings by some bluechip companies
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 19 points at 11,326. It is now down 46 points at 11,261.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 46 points at 10,996.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 11 points at 10,852
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