Rebound in IT majors TCS and Infosys in late trades helped markets end higher.
The sentiment got support from better-than-expected earning results by select companies and continuous buying by domestic financial institutions.
Investors booked profits in recent gainers
A steep decline in the Asian equities after crude oil fell to its lowest since September 2003 dented sentiments.
With global markets pushing ahead, enthused by strengthening US jobs market, and also due to prospects of European rate hike, Indian markets also continued the march ahead.
Analysts mostly prefer domestic plays beside select films with foreign exposure.
About 1,556 shares have advanced, 1,211 shares declined, and 182 shares are unchanged.
Financials were the top losers while oil shares also declined amid weak crude oil prices.
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
Sensex in green, JSW climbs higher.
Sustained FII inflows and fresh spell of buying by domestic institutional investors fuelled the rally
In the broader market, BSE midcap and BSE smallcap indices underperformed the larger counterparts and ended flat with a negative bias.
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Markets ended lower on profit taking ahead of June F&O expiry.
Analysts expect Bajaj Auto to perform well in Q1.
Markets climb higher tracking global cues.
The broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices.
The S&P BSE Sensex plunged 301 points to close at 25,490 and the Nifty50 fell 86 points to end at 7,815.
The S&P BSE Sensex gained 57 points to end at 26,064 and the Nifty50 climbed 17 points.
Metals, auto and banking shares were in the limelight in this session; the FMCG pack, however, ended lower.
Pharma major Lupin and mortgage lender HDFC were the top losers.
The upbeat earnings from Reliance Industries will set the tone for the truncated week ahead
Sun Pharma was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, advancing 1.79 per cent.
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The broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.4% each
Profit taking in index heavweights RIL and HDFC weighed on sentiment while ICICI Bank surged 7%.
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The 30-share Sensex gained 117 points to end above 29,000 at 29,006 while the 50-share Nifty gained 32 points to close at 8,761.
Axis Bank emerged as the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 6.62 per cent, followed by SBI at 5.88 per cent.
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Dealer despatches will probably be a good signal of economic turnaround or further deterioration, says Devangshu Datta.
Automobile sector accounts for the third-highest equity mutual fund contributions.
Buoyed by strong sales, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Honda have scaled up their annual targets, but others are still stuck in low gear
Sources claim that 68-70 per cent of the workers at Halol are permanent ones, while the balance is tilted towards contractual workers at Talegaon.
Both the indices ended at their highest levels since February 1.
The Nifty rose 176.50 points, or 1.74 per cent, during the week.
Several Sensex stocks hits 52-week low in intra-day trade on Monday with financials leading the decline.
Market breadth on the BSE ended firm as 1,908 shares advanced and 1,156 shares declined
Among the index heavyweights, Reliance Industries ended down 1.9% while mortage lender HDFC eased 0.2%. FMCG major ITC ended down 1.3%.
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