Silver, platinum and palladium all declined.
India's share of 2015 emerging market allocations will be driven by FII perceptions on likely growth and reform.
'By the time the goods that were sent from December onwards reached stores in Europe, they became dead inventory as the stores there were closed by then.' 'Those that were in the warehouse there also became dead inventory. Those that reached the ports there also became dead inventory.' 'And what Tirupur produced in March is still here, and they have also become dead inventory.'
S&P BSE Midcap shed 0.8% while S&P BSE Smallcap tumbled 0.6%
Taking a cue from neighbouring Gujarat and its successful Vibrant Gujarat summit, Maharashtra has organised a conclave -Transforming MMR into a Global Financial, Commercial and Entertainment Hub - on February 6.
Experts say while the increasing demand for a ban on Chinese goods might make for good optics, the reality is that India is still heavily dependent on that country in a wide range of industries like electronics, mobile devices, auto, pharma, telecom equipment, and fertilisers.
Market breadth continued to remain strong, with 1899 gainers and 674 losers on the BSEs.
What will be the impact on the Euro itself? Will it devalue and to what extent?
Sensex falls at close; metals, banks perform well.
Exports dipped 1.6 per cent to 8.95 trillion yuan.
Select companies in infra, capital goods, private banks, auto, oil & gas, and mining could be considered by investors.
Substantial gains can still be made with good policies and initiatives.
While Manmohan Singh had to deal with high oil prices, inflation and trade deficit, Narendra Modi is lucky as major threats have receded, says T N Ninan.
Private lenders were among the top losers along with RIL.
There are already some signs of stress in this market.
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%.
Banks stocks continued to trade weak along with FMCG major ITC.
'At this point, it does not appear to be a Lehman Brothers kind of crisis, which had a domino effect on the financial system.'
The Nikkei share average rose 2.6% to close at 15,195.77 points, more than recouping Tuesday's losses.
Fund raising by Indian companies through the offshore debt market is expected to rise in 2015.
Sensex lacklustre, bluechips in focus.
Those who have a long-range mission of true nation-building will pay close attention to World Bank's new action plan for fairness in all matters of land use, says Rajni Bakshi.
Among key stocks, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Dr Reddy's Labs and ICICI Bank, all up between 1%-3%
Several Sensex stocks hits 52-week low in intra-day trade on Monday with financials leading the decline.
However, volatility is likely to be on the rise, said Benjamin Yeo, MD & CIO (Asia & Middle-East) for Wealth & Investment Management, Barclays.
The FMCG index gained more than 1% on the back of stellar gains in ITC.
With 75 per cent of votes counted, the ND party was leading with 39.6 per cent of total votes heading towards a majority in the 300-member Greek Parliament, while Tsipras' leftist Syriza was behind with 31.6 per cent of total votes, CNN reported.
Some investors warned of a coming British or even global recession as sterling collapsed to hit its lowest since 1985.
Major global indices like CAC 40, DAX Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng, Nikkei, Straits Times, Sensex, Nifty have lost 1% - 10% in a week
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
"You will see further improvement after an immediate reaction and the markets will calm down," says Vikas Khemani.
'The hardliners in Delhi are in for a big disappointment,' predicts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Gold has pushed lower as a result of Chinese selling.
He added that the risks can increase if the Chinese slowdown gathers more speed.
Experts said equity raising was also hampered due to flight of capital from foreign investors. FIIs have sold more $500 million (Rs 3,200 crore) in October.
We have to move from E-governance to M-governance. M-governance does not mean Modi governance. It means Mobile governance, the PM said.
An estimated $344 billion has been illegally removed from the Indian economy between 2002 and 2011
The optimism in global markets could help India as the rebound in GDP is expected to continue and get more broad-based.
'Markets should be driven more or less by earnings growth.'