Investor wealth on Thursday soared by Rs 1 lakh crore, triggered by heavy buying in the stock market, with the BSE benchmark Sensex surging about 382 points to close at near six-week high levels.
Market breadth depicted gains with 1,476 advances over 1,403 declines on the BSE. 140 stocks remained unchanged.
The broader markets ended mixed with mid-caps gaining 0.1 per cent and small-caps falling 0.1 per cent on the BSE.
Investor wealth slumped by Rs 1.55 lakh crore on Thursday today, dragged down by massive selling in the stock markets where nearly seven out of ten shares closed lower.
Tata Motors, ONGC, HDFC and TCS were the top gainers.
At the close, the 50-share NSE Nifty was at 8,611.15, up 19.90 points, or 0.23 per cent, after moving between 8,637.15 and 8,555.20.
Ends the August F&O series on a high tracking gains in RIL, HDFC and ITC.
The broader markets were marginally higher with mid-caps and small-caps gaining 0.1-0.4 per cent on the BSE.
Rate-sensitive sectors like banks, realty and auto witnessed heavy selling pressure ahead of the RBI Monetary policy which is scheduled on September 29.
Sensex ended at 26,272 up 125 points and Nifty ended at 7,831 up by 35 points.
The sentiment around Indian equities remains positive and unchanged.
Sensex ends in green, bluechips in spotlight.
The broader markets ended firm with mid-caps and small-caps gaining nearly 0.5 per cent on the BSE.
Broader markets broke the winning streak and ended lower, underperforming the benchmark indices
The broader markets were firm with mid-caps and small-caps gaining 1-1.4 per cent on the BSE.
BSE Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Consumer Durable, TECk, Power and Metal indices declined between 0.5-1%.
BSE Realty index zoomed by almost 7% followed by counters like Metal, Oil & Gas, Auto, Banks, Auto, Healthcare and Power, all surging between 1-5%.
The market players are expected to react to the better than expected factory output data for the month of August, which revealed that the industrial production grew by 6.4%.
As and when the GST comes in, Budget projections will have to be unbundled and revised. In fact, the pragmatic decision would be to present another Budget! This makes the passage of the Finance Bill with its multiple unrelated amendments seem even more dubious, says Devangshu Datta.
Sensex rises, Nifty ends at record high; RIL shares rally.
Sensex, Nifty end lower on global concerns.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 31 points at 26,591 and the 50-share Nifty gained 10 points at 8,061.
Sensex ends belowe 26,800 on domestic concerns.
The main losers on the Sensex were Tata Steel, Hero Moto, BHEL, ONGC & Maruti Suzuki.
The BSE benchmark Sensex surged about 241 points to end at 35,165.48 and the NSE Nifty gained 84 points to close at 10,688.65.
ICICI Bank, ONGC and Tata Motors contribute to nearly 50% gain seen on the Nifty.
Asian shares ended higher after a string of positive US economic data.
For the seven months since February 2014, the benchmark index surged nearly 27%.
BSE Metal and Capital Goods indices plunged over 2% followed by counters like Consumer Durables, Auto, Banks and Realty, all falling down between 1-2%.
Sensex ended strong, Tata Steel, HUL climb higher.
Month-end dollar demand from importers resulted in the rupee touching a new all-time low on Wednesday against the dollar.
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 gained after China Securities Regulator removed its four-day-old circuit-breaker system.
Markets in green tracking firm global cues.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 46 points lower at 24,824 and Nifty50 settled at 7,555, down by 8 points after hitting intra-day high of 7,600.45.
Sensex, Nifty end the day in red on unfavourable cues from global markets.
BSE Power, Healthcare, Capital Goods, FMCG and Metal indices gained between 0.6-1%.
On the last day of FY!5, the Sensex ended lower by 18.37 points at 27,957.49.
The broader markets traded positively with mid-caps and small-caps rising 0.5 per cent each on the BSE.
Weak GDP data and unfaouvrable global data has pulled down Sensex, Nifty.