Among key stocks, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Dr Reddy's Labs and ICICI Bank, all up between 1%-3%
ONGC, Sesa Sterlite, Tata Steel, RIL and HDFC emerged as the biggest losers
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.
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Notable losers were ONGC, Axis Bank, ITC, SBI, ICICI Bank, NTPC, Hero Motocorp, Sun Pharma and Bharti Airtel who fell by up to 2.80 per cent.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 208 points at 27,057 and the 50-share Nifty closed 59 points lower at 8,094.
Rate-sensitive sectors like banks, auto and realty witnessed strong buying demand in trades today
The 30-share barometer started higher, but lost its way soon after the railway budget.
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The BSE 30-share index after a positive opening stretched to 31,772.41, but could not stay there for long buffeted by the selling pressure. It hit a low of 31,562.25 before settling lower by 79.68 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 31,592.03.
The 50-share NSE Nifty ended flat, up 5.80 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 10,308.95.
Benchmark share indices ended at record closing highs, amid a volatile trading session on Monday, with IT majors leading the gains.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended up 129 points at 26,843 and the Nifty50 ended up 39 points at 8,220.
On the sectoral front, rate-sensitive sectors such as Bankex and Auto gained by 1% and 0.7% respectively while BSE Consumer Durables gained 1.4%.
The ongoing corporate results and the Union budget are also making participants tread cautiously though the GST agreement provided some relief.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has to deal with 3 powerful enemies: the media, the political establishment, and business houses.
Markets ended higher for the second straight session mainly on the back of upbeat corporate earnings.
The 30-share Sensex ended lower by 46 points at 27,842 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 17 points to trade at 8,378.
It, however, was a record-smashing week for both the indices, which scaled their lifetime highs.
The rupee fell to a two-year low of 64.84 against the US dollar.
'Increased allocations for MNREGA could have provided the much needed push to rural demand and consumption at a time when recovery continues to remain uneven.'
Markets recorded their biggest single-day fall since August 1 amid growth concerns in the euro zone.
The 30-share Sensex ended 50 points lower at 28,112 and the 50-share Nifty declined 12 points to close at 8,531.
The Sensex ended below 28,000 for the second straight day at 27,869.
The NSE Nifty also moved up by 12 points to 8,648.35.
Sensex ended up 11 points at 25,561 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points to end at 7,640.
The Sensex ended 290 points higher at 29,095 mark and the Nifty gained 94 points to close at 8,806 levels.
Sectors such as Auto, Banks, Capital Goods, FMCG, Metal, Oil & Gas and Power are trading marginally lower.
Market players said a big upmove by the market will depend on policy action by the government to revive economic growth and corporate earnings revival.
Shares of ING Vysya Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank rallied by up to 6% on the BSE on reports that Kotak Mahindra Bank in final stages to buy the bank.
Markets across the globe are rallying on hopes that the US Federal Reserve won't lift interest rates until 2016.
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The trade deficit makes up an important part of the current account deficit, which had touched an all-time high of 4.8 per cent in 2012-13.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
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.
The broader markets underperformed benchmark indices as the BSE Mid-cap and Small-cap tumbled over 2%.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 538 points at 26,781 and 50-share Nifty ended down 152 points at 8,067.
Top losers in the Sensex pack included ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, Vedanta, HDFC IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors, RIL and ONGC -- falling up to 4.45 per cent.
Metals, auto and banking shares were in the limelight in this session; the FMCG pack, however, ended lower.
Of the 30-share Sensex pack, 22 ended with losses while NTPC ended flat at Rs 127.30.
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