Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your stockmarket queries.
Among major Sensex gainers, ITC rose the most by 2.32 per cent, followed by TCS, M&M, SBI and Bharti Airtel.
Stick to export-focussed plays, large-caps, say analysts
Nifty50 surged 145 points to close at 8,468 after hitting an intra-day high of 8,475.
The Sensex took less than two years to rally from the 10,000-mark it first hit in February 2006 to double that on that New Year's Eve.
Tata Steel (then Tata Iron and Steel), the most valuable index company in 1991, is now the least valuable.
Banks and realty among the most hit on account of high borrowing costs.
Of these, three stocks belong to the automobile pack and two are from the pharma.
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Banks, real estate and metal scrips among the top losers.
Top losers are Sun Pharma, Bajaj Auto, L&T, ITC, Hero Moto.
IIM Lucknow has concluded its 2020-21 final placements.
The Sensex ended 229 points down at 27,602 and the Nifty ended down 63 points at 8,293.
The Sensex closed the day at 27,490, higher by 479 points and the Nifty ended at 8331.95, up 150.45 points.
The broader markets were firm with mid-caps and small-caps gaining 1-1.4 per cent on the BSE.
Financials emerged as the top gainers while auto shares rallied on robust September sales
The 30-share Sensex gained 271 points to end at 28,805 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 84 points at 8,712.
The broader markets ended mixed with mid-caps gaining 0.1 per cent and small-caps falling 0.1 per cent on the BSE.
Markets finished the session on a dismal note with Sensex closing at its lowest level since August 2014.
Maruti is not an online outlier, of course; other heavyweights have rolled out similar services. But as an analyst pointed out, Maruti's all-India roll-out has significant impact given that it accounts for over half of all cars sold, reports, reports Pavan Lall.
The benchmark BSE Sensex ended down 2.23 per cent. The Bank Nifty fell 3.59 per cent.
When it comes to key hands-on management positions, India Inc is still largely run by men.
Markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday on account of Holi and Good Friday, respectively.
All the sectoral indices, led by realty, metal, consumer durables and power were trading in the negative zone on Thursday.
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ITC, Infosys, Wipro and HDFC Bank among the major losers.
Sensex climbs higher at close, bluechip stocks in focus.
Index heavyweights ITC was the top gainer along with RIL and HDFC
Experts feel select companies in banking, automobiles, financial services & real estate will gain from lower interest rates
Markets extended losses to end 1.5% down on Tuesday, amid weak global cues, after investors turned cautious ahead of key economic data and booked profits in rate sensitive shares while the further fall in the rupee continued to weigh on investor sent.
With more firms now offering stock options to their chief executives, the salaries of these managers are sky-rocketing.
Short-covering and the propping up of net asset values have potential to boost frontline as well as second-rung names next week
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said the monsoon this year is expected to be 'above normal.'
Markets recorded their biggest single-day fall since August 1 amid growth concerns in the euro zone.
In Friday's market rally post the corporate tax cut, the country's top business promoters recouped more than two-thirds of the losses that they suffered in the post-Budget sell-off in equity markets.
Markets recovered in late trades, amid firm European cues, led by rebound in financials and gains in IT shares.
Issues related with intellectual property rights, including piracy of films and software, figured prominently during the India-US CEO Forum in New Delhi attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have performed better than the front-liners
Capital goods, IT, auto and pharmaceuticals lead gains for the financial year
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