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Broader markets broke the winning streak and ended lower, underperforming the benchmark indices
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
Caution prevailed across the bourses ahead of the Union Budget.
Investors turned cautious ahead of the US Fed meet outcome later today and July F&O expiry.
The 30-share Sensex ended 79 points lower at 26,909 and the 50-share Nifty closed 25 points lower at 8,102.
The 30-share Sensex ended lower by 46 points at 27,842 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 17 points to trade at 8,378.
Financials declined amid profit taking while energy shares fell after the government hiked excise duty on transport fuels.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, ITC, NTPC, L&T and HDFC, all up 2% each
Pharma shares extended losses after the government's ban on combination drugs.
BSE Mid-cap index ended lower by over 2.5% and BSE Small-cap index tumbled over 3%.
The S&P BSE Sensex shed 286 points to close at 24,539 and the Nifty50 lost 100 points to end at 7,456.
Market breadth on the BSE ended firm as 1,908 shares advanced and 1,156 shares declined
ONGC was the top gainer which surged over 4% followed by Axis, SBI, CIL
The 30-share Sensex ended down 39 points at 26,265 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 1 point at 7,954.
Rate-sensitive sectors like banks, auto and realty witnessed strong buying demand in trades today
Sensex closed over 118 points down on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he regrets not being able to learn the world's oldest language Tamil during his long political innings as a chief minister and prime minister.
Describing the trial as "fully successful", the sources said, the sophisticated missile travelled for 19 minutes and covered 4,900 km.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 339 points at 28,119 and the 50-share Nifty closed 100 points lower at 8,438.
The S&P BSE Sensex gained 115 points to end at 24,338 and the Nifty50 climbed 42 points to close at 7,404.
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The 30-share Sensex ended 117 points higher at 26,560 and the 50-share Nifty gained 31 points to end at 7,936.
The broader markets underperformed benchmark indices as the BSE Mid-cap and Small-cap tumbled over 2%.
Sensex ended up 11 points at 25,561 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points to end at 7,640.
Reliance Industries and ONGC were down 4-6% each contributing the most to the Sensex losses
Markets end in the red, midcaps in focus
The death toll climbed to 15,301 with 407 new fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data.
The 30-share Sensex closed at 27,112 up by 481 points whereas the Nifty ended higher by 139 points at 8,115.
Benchmark share indices ended lower on profit taking after they touched record highs in the previous session.
For the seven months since February 2014, the benchmark index surged nearly 27%.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 46 points at 26,360 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points at 7,891.
Sensex ended at 26,272 up 125 points and Nifty ended at 7,831 up by 35 points.
On the last day of FY!5, the Sensex ended lower by 18.37 points at 27,957.49.
The 30-share Sensex ended 50 points lower at 28,112 and the 50-share Nifty declined 12 points to close at 8,531.
The pandemic is set to become even more challenging, with migrant workers returning home, relaxations in lockdown rules, and the approaching monsoon. However, states are looking at community participation to ramp up testing and home treatment of patients
The Sensex ended 290 points higher at 29,095 mark and the Nifty gained 94 points to close at 8,806 levels.
Sensex ended strong, Tata Steel, HUL climb higher.
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 30-share Sensex ended down 414 points at 25,481 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 119 points at 7,603.
Benchmark share indices ended at record closing highs, amid a volatile trading session on Monday, with IT majors leading the gains.
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