Sensex may remain under pressure this week due to weak global factors.
With Raghuram Rajan not 'really there', the FinMin has decided to keep a watch on market developments this week with all key officials on the job.
In the broader markets, BSE Midcap index slipped 0.3% whereas the BSE Smallcap index inched up by 0.2%
Custodian banks are selling dollars for their foreign fund clients.
Markets ended at record closing highs for the second day in a row on institutional buying.
Mark Mobius, executive chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets Group, is positive on India and believes the Indian economy is on a strong footing
'Experts are not ruling out further pain as global factors cannot insulate India from the aftermath.'
It's easy to say investors should focus on fundamentals but this risk can have a significant and lasting impact
Financials were among the top losers along with Sun Pharma and index heavyweight Reliance Industries
While information technology companies will benefit, firms with high foreign borrowings or heavy dependence on imports will be hurt.
During deleveraging the income falls more than reduction in debt due to the austerity measures.
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ITC, Infosys, Wipro and HDFC Bank among the major losers.
Inflation is down and there's every chance that crude prices will be subdued through the next year.
Roadshows will be held in Singapore, Hong Kong, London, New York and Boston, NTPC gained close to 1%.
Formula One faces its biggest shake-up in decades with the announcement on Wednesday that US cable TV mogul John Malone's Liberty Media has agreed to take control of the cash-generating glamour sport.
Analysts expect global markets to remain in consolidation mode with a negative bias over the next six months.
Shankar Acharya gives ten predictions on key politico-economic developments in the world and ten for India.
Nifty is likely to remain under selling pressure unless and until it breach the 7,700-7,720 levels on closing basis.
'The government must keep bad news out of the newspapers. If you have news about a fight everyday, it is not a climate where investment takes place.'
2016 is difficult to predict, and this uncertainty will drive volatility in global markets.
Sensex ended up 190 points at 25,519 and Nifty climbed 57 points to end at 7,626.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Broader markets underperformed the benchmark indices with BSE Midcap and Smallcap indces slipping 0.8%-1.1%
While the UK will possibly go into recession, the bigger fear is copycat referendums from other EU nations.
In dollar terms, however, gold prices jumped by 26 per cent this calendar year, following sharp jump in hedge funds' long position
Tehran plans to lift exports by 500,000 barrels per day
The S&P BSE Sensex shed 286 points to close at 24,539 and the Nifty50 lost 100 points to end at 7,456.
Markets surged in late trades to snap five-day losing streak led by bank shares.
'The market position from here on is expected to go up'.
Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani has moved 2 ranks ahead this year on the most powerful list.
In the World Bank's rankings on the "Ease of Doing Business" India stands at 139 out of 189 economies surveyed in 2014; its position has in fact dropped from 131 last year.
Besides Budget, markets will be driven by global events and the outcome of assembly elections.
Many investors clearly think they can play this game.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 248 points at a record closing high of 27,346.
The Sensex was up 70 points and the Nifty was up 20 points led by SBI on robust Q2 earnings.
Amid a grim global scenario, India will have to labour hard to hold on to seven per cent growth in 2016-17.
Investors attribute some of the growth in Indian stocks, that saw Bombay's benchmark BSE index rise nearly a third in 2014, to the election of a pro-business government in May, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Amid imminent phasing out of the fiscal stimulus by US Federal Reserve, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called for an "orderly exit" from unconventional monetary policies being pursued by the developed world for the last few years to avoid damaging growth prospects of the developing world.
Russia continues to 'support and assist' the Ukrainian separatists, State Department Spokesperson, Jen Psaki alleged.
Indian indices have hit all-time highs in the New Year and the sentiment remains strong. All valuations are also at extremely high levels, cautions Devangshu Datta
