Nifty ends above 8,400; TCS, HDFC surge 2%, Bajaj Auto dips 2%.
Index heavyweight RIL surged 3% to end above Rs 1,000 mark while IT majors were also the top gainers.
An exercise to rationalise coal linkages which will optimize transport of coal and reduce cost of power is underway.
Custodian banks are selling dollars for their foreign fund clients.
Reliance Industries Ltd on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the Delhi government's decision to probe the Centre's policy on gas pricing was a "peculiar" and "absurd" situation.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 46 points at 26,360 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points at 7,891.
A billion dollars in renewable energy is huge.
The broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices.
The 30-share Sensex was up 188 points at 28,415 and the 50-share Nifty was up 58 points at 8,584.
Benchmark share indices ended at record closing highs, amid a volatile trading session on Monday, with IT majors leading the gains.
The upcoming July derivatives expiry later in the week would also add some volatility to the market proceedings.
The trend was visible in the early trade on Thursday as investors indulged in trimming their bets after the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's September meeting indicated a possible rate hike this year.
The index had risen over 585 points in the previous three sessions.
Jindal Steel and Power was the top loser down 10% followed by Hindalco, Tata Steel, Tata Power which ended down between 0.5-3% each.
The trouble is largest FDI projects in India have had a tragic history.
The Nifty had hit its third successive record high of 7,922.70 today.
FIIs pump in Rs 2,075 crore in past three trading sessions.
IT majors along with metal names Sesa Goa and Hindalco buck trend.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 414 points at 25,481 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 119 points at 7,603.
Auto stocks Hero MotoCorp and Mahindra & Mahindra gained 1-2 per cent on the back of strong sales in the month of September.
For the seven months since February 2014, the benchmark index surged nearly 27%.
The 30-share Sensex ended 271 points higher to end at 28,930 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 76 points to close at 8,776.
BSE Realty index zoomed by almost 7% followed by counters like Metal, Oil & Gas, Auto, Banks, Auto, Healthcare and Power, all surging between 1-5%.
Infosys, Wipro and HUL among the top losers for the day.
Shares of ING Vysya Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank rallied by up to 6% on the BSE on reports that Kotak Mahindra Bank in final stages to buy the bank.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is to be congratulated for imposing a large fine, of nearly Rs 1,800 crore (Rs 18 billion), on Coal India Ltd for alleged abuse of its monopolistic position.
The Sensex had bounced back with gains of 94 points or 0.3%
Markets end higher ahead of Fed outcome, China stimulus
Sensex closed the day 416 points higher.
Power firms can pass on burden to consumers, stocks rise up to 2%
The BSE IT sector, however, failed to snap a three-day losing streak and closed around 0.14 per cent lower.
All investors are value investors. Or they at least like to believe this. So let us see why VI is so difficult to achieve, even though philosophically it is easy to understand.
Surprisingly, RIL scrip also fell by 2.73 per cent to 1,029.15, becoming the second biggest loser in the index
Investors booked profits at higher levels despite the growth oriented Budget.
ONGC, Sesa Sterlite, Tata Steel, RIL and HDFC emerged as the biggest losers
The government is seeking to keep its fiscal deficit within the budgetary target of 4.8 per cent of GDP.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Thursday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head -- Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, discussed the best stocks to put the investors' money in.
The New Year 2015, however, may see shares worth over Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) being put on the table by the government, including by way of part-sale of its holdings in PSUs and its residual minority stakes in some private sector entities.
Pooling will also kick-start projects of Reliance Power, Torrent, Lanco.
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