The broader markets were firm with mid-caps and small-caps gaining 1-1.4 per cent on the BSE.
Ends the August F&O series on a high tracking gains in RIL, HDFC and ITC.
Investors accumulated quality stocks at valuable and attractive levels.
Among the private banking majors ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were down 0.2%-0.5% each.
The Sensex ended up 380 points at 27,888 and the Nifty advanced 111 points to end five points shy of 8,400.
Sensex seems to be under pressure on weak cues.
The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said the monsoon this year is expected to be 'above normal.'
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The broader markets traded positively with mid-caps and small-caps rising 0.5 per cent each on the BSE.
Banks led the decline with Nifty Bank and BSE Bank index dropping over 3% each.
Infosys, Tata Motors, ONGC, TCS and GAIL are the top 5 losers.
Indices reversed all its losses during late trades.
The Sensex ended lower on unfavourable cues.
The rally in index heavyweight ITC has boosted the sentiment across the board.
Sensex closed 63.82 points higher at 26,851.05 in Muhurat trading; Nifty rises 18.65 points to end at 8,014.55.
RIL, HDFC twins, M&M, Infosys among the top losers for the day.
Bank shares were the top gainer in early trades with Bank of Baroda up over 4%.
Tata Motors, ONGC, HDFC and TCS were the top gainers.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 12 points at 28,517 while the 50-share Nifty ended nearly unchanged at 8,660.
Financials are the top gainers along with index heavyweights.
The 30-share Sensex lost 54 points at end at 27,086 and 50-share Nifty shed 19 points to close at 8,096.
The Sensex ended above 27,000 for the first time while the Nifty topped 8,100.
The benchmark Nifty rallied 1,000 points or 17% from 7,000 in 78 trading sessions since May 12, till date to surpass the 8,000 mark.
ICICI Bank, SBI, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank dipped between 1-2% each.
Weakness in Infosys, L&T and Hindalco cap index gains.
Broad-based buying aided sentiment and the market registers record turnover at Rs 6.86 lakh crore
The 30-share Sensex ended down 159 points at 27,425 and the 50-share Nifty closed down 24 points at 8,299.
ONGC was the top gainer which surged over 4% followed by Axis, SBI, CIL
The banking, oil and metal sectors were the top sectoral losers on the BSE, while IT stocks rendered support at lower levels.
Markets snapped two-day losing streak and ended flat with a positive bias on Tuesday as gains in auto shares helped offset losses in IT majors.
IT majors along with metal names Sesa Goa and Hindalco buck trend.
The 30-share Sensex and the 50-share Nifty ended flat at the mark of 27,403 and 8,248 respectively.
Markets across the globe are rallying on hopes that the US Federal Reserve won't lift interest rates until 2016.
BHEL down around 2.4% and Bharti Airtel down around 1.6% were other major losers.
Markets end in green with auto, banks on a steady climb.
Capital goods, IT, auto and pharmaceuticals lead gains for the financial year
The Indian rupee also trimmed most of its early gains and was trading at Rs 61.28 compared to its Wednesday's close of Rs 61.31 to the US dollar.
The Sensex ended at at 27,676, lower by 210 points and the Nifty broke the psychological level of 8,400 to end at 83877 down 70 points.
Market ended lower for the third straight session led by IT stocks amid downgrade by Citigroup.
Markets rebound with financials leading the gains on hopes of a peaceful solution to the turmoil in Ukraine
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