Textile and telecom shares have gained ahead of the Cabinet meet later today which is likely to announce new measures for both the sectors.
BSE Sensex ended at 25,549.72 up by 321 points or 1.27% and the Nifty ended 7624.40 up by 97.75 points or 1.30%.
The 30-share Sensex gained 321 points to end at 26,430 and the 50-share Nifty surged 100 points to end at 7,879.
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The 30-share Sensex lost 12 points to end at 29,559 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 4 points to close at 8,914.
US stocks rose more than 1% on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 coming less than 2% below its record peak set last month.
The Indian rupee slumped to a record low near 69 to the dollar on Wednesday on growing worries that foreign investors will continue to sell out of a country facing stiff economic challenges and volatile global markets.
Infosys, TCS, ICICI Bank and Sun Pharma among the top losers of the hour.
Mukesh Ambani-led RIL, which had a cash chest and marketable securities worth over Rs 90,000 crore (Rs 900 billion) at the end of the last fiscal, is known for very effectively managing its financial resources by placing them in liquid instruments and highly rated securities.
The Turkmenistan event underscores the lengths to which China's oil-and-gas companies will go to curry favour in resource-rich locales.
Among the index heavyweights, Reliance Industries ended down 1.9% while mortage lender HDFC eased 0.2%. FMCG major ITC ended down 1.3%.
Sensex catapults 1,241 points and Nifty vaults 382 points in two sessions in a row.
A majority of India's billionaires gained wealth in the last one year in spite of the stock market decline.
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IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
'What should worry India and which needs to be expressed is Russia's simultaneous proximity to both China and Pakistan from a strategic angle. That hasn't happened ever before,' says Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
The broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices.
A day after deciding to nearly double natural gas prices to $8, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday hinted that power and fertiliser units may get gas at subsidised rates to keep electricity and urea costs down.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 8 points at 27,508 and the 50-share Nifty closed 1 point higher at 8,284.
The BSE IT sector, however, failed to snap a three-day losing streak and closed around 0.14 per cent lower.
'Whoever whispered in his ears that go for demonetisation, misled him completely' and the PM lacked the sagacity to know that it would not work, Yashwant Sinha tells Archis Mohan.
Banks and realty among the most hit on account of high borrowing costs.
Surprisingly, RIL scrip also fell by 2.73 per cent to 1,029.15, becoming the second biggest loser in the index
The 30-share Sensex closed down 114 points at 28,622 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 37 points at 8,686.
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The 30-share Sensex ended down 224 points at 28,442 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 101 points at 8,606.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 39 points at 26,265 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 1 point at 7,954.
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Index heavyweights were the top losers along with bank shares.
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Select metal stocks rebounded while power stocks extended losses after SC verdict on coal block allocations.
Metals, auto and banking shares were in the limelight in this session; the FMCG pack, however, ended lower.
Reliance Industries on Friday hit out at Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) for suing it over KG gas dispute, saying some elements in the state-owned firm may be "misleading" the chairman D K Sarraf to hide their failure in developing the discoveries made over 13 years.
The Sensex ended above 27,000 for the first time while the Nifty topped 8,100.
The Nikkei share average rose 2.6% to close at 15,195.77 points, more than recouping Tuesday's losses.
The sluggish legal system in India makes it extremely difficult for law-enforcing agencies in the ministry of finance to punish violations of foreign exchange laws. Unfortunately, it is not just FEMA. The Prevention of Money Laundering Act too has significant infirmities, say Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Pranati Mehra.
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The 30-share Sensex closed at 27,112 up by 481 points whereas the Nifty ended higher by 139 points at 8,115.
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Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
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