GDP growth in November is the second-highest since January 2012 when it had expanded 5.7%.
The NSE Nifty ended 89.40 points, or 0.83 per cent, lower at 10,710.45.
Top losers in the Sensex pack include Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Asian Paints, RIL, Coal India, HDFC Bank, HDFC, TCS, ONGC and M&M, falling up to 3.09 per cent.
The markets displayed volatility in early deals, as the Sensex, which clocked seven points gain to open at 5,675, soon touched an early high of 5,693.
Current forms of economic growth are widening disparities, leaving hundreds of millions of people to live in poverty, says Rajni Bakshi.
The markets, after opening on a flat note dipped into the red soon after on profit booking. The Sensex is now down 25 points at 4,950.
This is for the first time in recent history that the leaders of the two largest democracies would be addressing a joint rally anywhere in the world.
'The social distancing vaccine.' 'And the mask vaccine.' 'If you adhere to these two vaccines and go and meet people in a well-ventilated room -- not in an enclosed, non-ventilated, room -- you are probably going to be okay.'
The land acquisition bill is a catalyst to investment and passing the bill will improve India's business environment.
The NSE Nifty also gained 53 points, or 0.49 per cent, to settle 10,855.15 after shuttling between 10,870.40 and 10,749.40.
The Nifty, too, firmed up on broad-based buying support, and scaled up 1.24% or 22 points to close at 1,772.
The Sensex gained 11 points to open at 5,412. Though slight weakness is seen in tech and cement stocks, steady gains in select heavyweights, PSUs, pharma and other old economy counters lifted the index
New projects will boost investment in India, says Anand Mahindra.
In the broader market, the BSE Midcap was down 0.2%, while BSE Smallcap fell 0.1%.
'We will have a well-designed product, and not a compromise.' 'We will make a completely contemporary vehicle, in keeping with consumers' aspirations, not like the Nano, which disappointed them,' Sajjan Jindal tells Shreekant Sambrani.
The 30-share Sensex stayed in the green for the better part of the session and hit the day's high of 38,297.70 as buying pace gathered momentum towards the fag-end.
There is uncertainty in most investors' minds as to whether China is transitioning to a new growth model or simply collapsing.
Describing the Narendra Modi-led BJP's electoral victory as a "breathtaking landslide", eminent American think tanks and experts have said the win has given him an opportunity to "redefine" Indian politics.
RBI, in its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement, left the short-term lending rate, or repo rate, unchanged at 8 per cent and the cash reserve ratio static at 4 per cent.
'Poor home work, and a subsequent loss of nerve.' 'This sums up the Modi government's current travails, the stall in key sectors, fading momentum, irritability,' points out Shekhar Gupta.
Italy, Germany and France issued a collective statement dismissing US President Donald Trump's suggestion of revising the global pact, hours after the latter decided to 'get out' from the Paris climate accord.
Index heavyweight RIL surged 3% to end above Rs 1,000 mark while IT majors were also the top gainers.
The reason, he said, was the external environment was weak.
Costlier vegetables slowly pushed retail inflation, which had remained well within the Reserve Bank's comfortable level of 4 per cent during most part of 2019, peaked to more than three-year high of 5.54 per cent in November.
The Sensex closed with a gain of 29 points at 4,961. The Nifty also added 16 points to end at 1,560.
Instead of targeting global imbalances per se, the narrative must change to the structure and direction of such asymmetries.
The markets sensing a hung Parliament shed 110 points at 5248. Nifty too lost 34 points at 1677.
Broader markets outperformed benchmark indices with BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap up 0.5% and 0.6%.
'Toll system can never end though the rates may vary from time to time. Toll is my brain child'
If the precautions are not taken and guidelines are not followed properly, there can be chances of spike in cases, the government said.
The Nifty added eight points to close at 1,725.
The number of Internet users has more than tripled in a decade.
The EB-5 Programme has been in effect since 1990 as an opportunity for the immigrant and their family to obtain permanent residency to the US.
'Whoever whispered in his ears that go for demonetisation, misled him completely' and the PM lacked the sagacity to know that it would not work, Yashwant Sinha tells Archis Mohan.
While asserting that the growth of coronavirus cases in the country has been more or less linear and not exponential, it also said testing has been ramped up consistently.
'I have a voice and must use it to do as much as I can.'
The Congress chief also accused the prime minister again of running away from the debate.
The statement came a day after cricket legends Ian and Greg Chappell and few other prominent Australians urged Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani to abandon the mine project
'Most investors are still waiting for the winners to correct.'
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