Most of the session's gains for both the indices were wiped out as investors rushed to book profits ahead of F&O expiry on Thursday and also due to concerns over stretched valuations.
Karnataka pacer Abhimanyu Mithun picked a five-wicket haul in their Group B match against UP. While Delhi's Ricky Bhui put his team in a good position against Andhra. A round-up of Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday.
Gains in key IT, capital goods, healthcare and metal stocks, after consistent buying by domestic and foreign investors, helped both the key indices to scale new peaks.
Dr Sanjoy Mukherjee tells you why marriages break and what you can do to prevent it.
Indian Space Research Organisation's plan to soft land Chandrayaan-2's Vikram module on the Lunar surface did not go as per script in the early hours of Saturday, with the lander losing communication with ground stations during its final descent.
Tata Steel was the day's worst performer in the Sensex pack, plunging 3.25 per cent, followed by Bharti Airtel at 3.05 per cent.
Investors lost around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in market valuation on Friday.
The BSE gauge Sensex fell 73.88 points to 35,548.26 and the NSE Nifty slid 17.85 points to 10,799.85, taking cues from tumbling global shares.
'When you look at it from the point of view of science, Chandrayaan 2 is a big success.'
'India has got a unique opportunity to get more and more business from outside as India is cost-effective and reliable.'
Out of 30 Sensex shares, 19 ended lower while 11 gained
Flirting, persistence and longingness comes alive in Mani Ratnam's Kaatru Veliyidai, feels Divya Nair.
This was the biggest single-day fall for the benchmark index since August 10 when it had fallen by 310 points.
Domestic market is losing its trend to rate sensitive stocks post the announcement of the new RBI governor who is likely to maintain a cautious stance on interest rate cut
They made history for India and the world.
Participants are keeping an eye on the Winter Session of Parliament, which started today, and US fiscal policies to be followed by President-elect Donald Trump
The NSE 50-share index, after moving between 10,469.90 and 10,395.25, finally concluded at 10,458.65, up 41.50 points
This surpassed its previous record close of 29,974.24, reached on April 5.
Tata Group shares were among the top losers while Adani Ports emerged as the top gainer
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices added 0.6% and 1.3%, respectively to touch their fresh lifetime highs.
The BSE benchmark Sensex surged about 241 points to end at 35,165.48 and the NSE Nifty gained 84 points to close at 10,688.65.
Tracking gains in bluechip stocks, investors were also seen building up position in broader markets, lifting the small-cap and mid-cap indices by 0.83 and 0.15 per cent
'There could be some aberrations here and there. This has nothing to do with the government or the ruling party. The government machinery is put in action when atrocities take place. They are not sitting silent.' 'Beyond making sensational news, what purpose does returning the awards serve?'
Broader markets outperformed with BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap adding 0.23% and 0.45%, respectively
Sensex,Nifty to remain under pressure through the week.
Telecom stocks fell after Mukesh Ambani extended Reliance Jio's free offers till March 2017.
'No one has ever heard of a thulabharam scale collapsing before.' 'I was very fortunate to have escaped with a head injury, which could have been a lot worse if my optic nerve was hit or say if the hook had landed on my neck.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'When I give advice to my Indian relatives they are shocked.' 'I tell them to eat butter again and eggs and all that stuff.' And eat only so much rice.' 'Instead of having three chapattis, have one.' A must-read interview!
Investors turned cautious ahead of the US Fed meet outcome later today and July F&O expiry.
Gauri Shinde's film moves at its own pace, but will stun you with its life lessons, says Divya Nair.
Unlike the LDF and NDA nominees who are at ground zero and campaigning hard every day, the Congress candidate's campaign is undertaken in absentia, dependent on an army of local and imported from the rest of Kerala Congresswomen and men.
Pallavkumar Das (55) and Amit Verma (57) came up with twin fifties as Assam grabbed a crucial first innings lead over defending champions Karnataka after posting 194 all out on the second day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match in Guwahati.
Payal Taori, Mumbai University's MA topper this year, shares her journey.
...But ends up being oddly moving, says Sreehari Nair.
Directors Rajesh Touchriver and Sunitha Krishnan reveal the challenges and difficulties they faced in the writing, production and distribution of Naa Bangaru Talli.
'If the Nairs split between Shashi Tharoor and the BJP candidate, O Rajagopal and the Nadars combine with the Leftists and the Christians to vote for the CPI candidate, Bennet Abraham, what would happen to Tharoor. It is presumed that the voters do not cast their votes, they vote their castes,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan
'If they were really serious (about conferring the Bharat Ratna on Savarkar) what were they doing for the last five years?' 'Why do they have to take so long?' 'Gandhi himself never got the Bharat Ratna so it does not really matter.'
'In each hartal, enormous amount of public money is wasted. The entire state comes to a standstill. How long can this go on?' 'Every year 3 crore people sit at home not because they support hartals, but because they are forced to do so.' 'This is part of a larger measure to curb democratic rights.'
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