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Car sales in India surged by 12.87 per cent in December.
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The Sensex after moving in a range of 10,556 to 10,690, finally ended with a loss of 31 points at 10,595.
Sensex ends at an all time high of 10,565
The Sensex gained 7,430.37 points, or 27.91 per cent, this year.
The Sensex finally closed with a loss of 49 points at 5,463. The Nifty lost 17 points to close at 1,700.
The Sensex opened nine points higher at 5,438. It is now up 25 points at 5,454 on steady buying in almost all the sectors.
The lumbering Ambassador and Fiat cars, it ruled the Indian roads throughout the 1970s, while the Rajdoot and Jawa as well as the old Royal Enfield motorcycles trailed far behind.
The Sensex opened 13 points higher at 5,410, and soon climbed to touch an intra-day high of 5,418. However, profit-taking at higher levels pushed the index into negative zone to a low of 5,376.
Maruti, Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors, Ranbaxy, Dr Reddy's, ONGC, Hindalco, Reliance, HLL, ITC up. BPCL, ICI India and Kotak Bank dip.
The Sensex closed with a gain of 111 points (1.4%) at 8,318.
Markets extended gains for the fourth consecutive day tracking gains in banks, capital goods and oil and gas majors.
Implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations, One Rank, One Pension are the other triggers going ahead, analysts say
The upcoming corporate results season and the approaching Union Budget kept investors on their toes
The broader NSE Nifty, after shuttling between 10,651.60 and 10.532.70 points on alternate bouts of buying and selling, closed 6.20 points, or 0.06 per cent, down at 10,576.30.
The Sensex opened on a flat note at 4,802. It is now down 22 points at 4,780.
The broader NSE Nifty ended at 10,888, a gain of 0.77 per cent or 83 points, after shuttling between 10,900.35 and 10,844.85.
Product launches to drive incremental volume growth for players such as Maruti Suzuki; medium and heavy commercial vehicle revival on track.
Strong buying in auto, select heavyweight and other old economy stocks saw the Sensex close with a gain of 48 points at 6,451. The Nifty added 16 points to 2,043.
Participants will watch out for the Brexit poll outcome in the late morning trades tomorrow.
The 50-issue NSE Nifty too cracked the 10,200-mark and hit a low of 10,108.55 before finishing 104.75 points, or 1.02 per cent down at 10,121.80.
Increasing the duties on auto parts and putting an additional cess on petrol and diesel could drive up costs of vehicles, specially where volumes are low and localisation is not viable.
Demand for passenger vehicles has been driven by new models, especially in the SUV category with the likes of Maruti Vitara Brezza and Hyundai Creta clocking good numbers
The broader NSE Nifty, after shuttling between 10,600.25 and 10,491.45 points, ended the last session of Samvat 2074 with a rise of 6 points, or 0.06 per cent, to end at 10,530.
Oil and select auto heavyweights bore the brunt of selling pressure; ONGC, RIL, Tata Motors, M&M key losers.
The auto sector has been among the worse-hit in terms of sales in the past two years.
At Rs 18,400 per share, value up 100 times since Lehman crisis
Since last month, the realty (down 23%), auto (down 16%) and finance (down 14%) indices have underperformed the market by falling over 13%, as against 8% decline in the benchmark indices
The mid- and small-cap indices had a dream run between January 2017 and January 2018 - zooming 48 per cent and 56 per cent, respectively.
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Sensex seems to be under pressure on weak cues.
The Nifty closed at 10,335.30, down 28.35 points, or 0.27 per cent.
Sun Pharma was the biggest loser among Sensex components, plunging 3.94 per cent, followed by Tata Steel falling 3.12 per cent.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended up 129 points at 26,843 and the Nifty50 ended up 39 points at 8,220.
A recovery in rupee, buying by domestic institutional investors, encouraging earnings by select blue-chips and stock specific buying helped the market get back on its feet
Among Sensex components, shares of Reliance Industries, India's largest company by market value, stole the show by surging 1.61 per cent to their highest in over three months.
The NSE Nifty ended up 19.65 points, or 0.20 per cent, at 9,788.60 after shuttling between 9,854 and 9,775.35 during the day.
