BSE Metal and Capital Goods indices plunged over 2% followed by counters like Consumer Durables, Auto, Banks and Realty, all falling down between 1-2%.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Frantic dollar demand from corporates along with an aggressive hedging strategy adopted by importers in the wake of the currency volatility predominately took a toll on the domestic unit despite moves by the central bank to stabilise the currency.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Adequate dollar supply gave a boost to the local currency
A fascinating glimpse of the Mughal emperor, courtesy Parvati Sharma's new book Jahangir: An Intimate Portrait Of A Great Mughal.
Sri Lanka batted the 16 overs during the final 85 minutes of play on the fourth day with an aim to survive rather than play positive cricket.
The company will significantly increase its rate of patent filing.
Sensex gained nearly 0.4% or 96 points at 26087 level while Nifty ended up by 42 points or 0.5% at 7,791.40 level.
Amneal Pharmaceuticals is set to pip Sun Pharma as the fifth largest generics maker in the US, reports Sohini Das.
This has been the CM's shortest stint in power -- three days.
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is at the second place.
Since 2000, China has had the world's largest outflow of HNIs.
Inflation in India probably edged up in October as food prices climbed while weak demand is expected to have hurt factory output growth.
Zomato is far behind the numbers it promised to its investors for FY16.
Defender Gerard Pique grabbed a rare winner and Lionel Messi scored yet another beauty as Barcelona came from behind to beat Sevilla 2-1 at the Nou Camp on Sunday and reclaim an eight-point lead at the top of La Liga.
The dollar's weakness against rivals overseas supported the rupee.
The 30-share Sensex ended down by 59 points at 27,027 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 7 points at 8,087.
The death toll in Nepal's devastating earthquake on Sunday jumped to 7,040 with another 14,123 people injured.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, however, told reporters that no one would be allowed to block devotees from proceeding to Sabarimala.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Mayank Gandhi said its chief Arvind Kejriwal's resignation as Delhi chief minister would not affect the party's poll prospects, even as the party candidate from North West Mumbai parliamentary seat claimed to have an edge over his competitors in the Lok Sabha elections.
Offers 12.60% in revenue share to Cidco, while only other bidder GMR offered 10.44%.
Moni Chadha was with Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent. He counters colourful conspiracy theories with sobering facts.
The rupee has dropped by 83 paise or 1.24 per cent in three days
Sharp fall in capital goods production and manufacturing activity also dented sentiments.
The year 2014 alone witnessed 2.37 lakh road accidents on national and state highways across the country which had left at least 85,462 people dead and 2.59 lakh injured.
In the forward market, the premium for dollar moved up on fresh paying pressure corporates.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 556 points at 27,886 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 158 points at 8,444.
Progress on monsoons along with favourable base effect in 2HFY2017 continues to point towards RBI achieving its near 5 per cent inflation target by the year-end
An inquiry has been ordered by the Director General of Mines Safety and a high-level committee of experts has been constituted by Coal India to investigate the causes of the accident.
Banking and telecom will see the highest impact of this transition.
US stocks rose more than 1% on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 coming less than 2% below its record peak set last month.
Germany's Alexander Zverev won the battle of the young guns against Denis Shapovalov on Saturday to set up a Madrid Open final against Austria's Dominic Thiem.
Dina Asher-Smith seized her golden opportunity to win the World Championship 200 metres on Wednesday and become the first British woman to claim a global sprint title.
Presenting the Narendra Modi government's maiden Rail Budget, Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda announced setting up of logistic parks and private freight terminals on PPP model.
The upcoming July derivatives expiry later in the week would also add some volatility to the market proceedings.
India builds up record FX after Fed hints rate hike in future.
The broader NSE Nifty closed below the 10,600 mark by plunging 98.15 points, or 0.84 per cent, to 11,582.35 after shuttling between 11,567.40 and 11,751.80.
Hosts Chile brushed aside Bolivia 5-0 at the Copa America on Friday to finish top of Group A and ensure they remain in the capital Santiago for their quarter-final.
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