Since we are at the start of the month and the quarter, we shall look at the broader picture for the markets.
US, China and Japan have no quotas for women and have had the lowest increase in female directors.
At 47 protests a day, the state has become the most restive in the country and investors are becoming increasingly wary
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have performed better than the front-liners
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Shedding its gains from Monday, NIkkei has declined around 0.7% while Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite were trading marginally lower.
Nifty is likely to remain under selling pressure unless and until it breach the 7,700-7,720 levels on closing basis.
Sensex lost 76 points to end at 25,589 while Nifty shed 23 points to end at 7,649.
The government allocated Rs 650 billion for petroleum subsidies in FY14, of which Rs 450 billion was used to pay oil marketing companies for the subsidy gap incurred in the previous financial year.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 538 points at 26,781 and 50-share Nifty ended down 152 points at 8,067.
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
The government is seeking to keep its fiscal deficit within the budgetary target of 4.8 per cent of GDP.
The BSE IT sector, however, failed to snap a three-day losing streak and closed around 0.14 per cent lower.
BSE Power, Healthcare, Capital Goods, FMCG and Metal indices gained between 0.6-1%.
Banks and realty among the most hit on account of high borrowing costs.
The Sensex ended 290 points higher at 29,095 mark and the Nifty gained 94 points to close at 8,806 levels.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, ITC, NTPC, L&T and HDFC, all up 2% each
The manifesto was unveiled by Jayalalithaa at a public rally, in a departure from usual practice of release at party headquarters in Chennai.
Markets gained for the second straight session to kick-off the September F&O series on a robust note.
India Inc will report good set of numbers in Q4.
HDFC, TCS, RIL, ITC and ICICI Bank dragged the Sensex by over 100 points.
Sensex ended up 190 points at 25,519 and Nifty climbed 57 points to end at 7,626.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 248 points at a record closing high of 27,346.
The total investor wealth, measured in terms of cumulative value of all listed stocks on BSE, slumped by over Rs 7 lakh crore during the torrid week.
Surprisingly, RIL scrip also fell by 2.73 per cent to 1,029.15, becoming the second biggest loser in the index
Markets ended in green on rate cut hope.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 224 points at 28,442 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 101 points at 8,606.
The Nifty had hit its third successive record high of 7,922.70 today.
Benchmark share indices ended at record closing highs, amid a volatile trading session on Monday, with IT majors leading the gains.
The broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices.
Large and small businesses alike have delivered low-key performances.
The 30-share Sensex was up 188 points at 28,415 and the 50-share Nifty was up 58 points at 8,584.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 39 points at 26,265 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 1 point at 7,954.
The trouble is largest FDI projects in India have had a tragic history.
The S&P BSE Sensex slipped 305 points to end at 25,400 and the Nifty50 dropped 87 points at 7,783.
Assocham told Modi policy makers needed to act fast to "bullet proof" India from global jitters.
BSE Mid-cap index ended at a record closing high of 10499.86 and CNX Mid-cap index ended at a record closing high of 12672.85 levels.
In the broader market, BSE midcap and BSE smallcap indices underperformed the larger counterparts and ended flat with a negative bias.
The FMCG index gained more than 1% on the back of stellar gains in ITC.
Financials ended mixed despite the status-quo on key rates by the RBI. SBI, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank ended up 0.4-2.5% each.
RIL, HDFC twins, M&M, Infosys among the top losers for the day.
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