The Sensex rallied sharply towards the closing hours on relentless buying support in techs, auto, pharma and select PSU stocks, and finally notched up 81 points gains to close at 4,275. The Nifty also advanced 29 points to 1,358.
The Nifty also gained 48 points to end at 1820.
Sentiment was largely positive after April IIP grew at 4.9 per cent, spurred by higher growth in manufacturing and mining sectors.
The 30-share BSE Sensex has zoomed 66 points to 6355. Nifty too has gained 20 points at 1963.
The Sensex opened on a flat note at 6,545, and touched a high of 6,561 in early deals. \n\n
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NSE Nifty, after shuttling between 10,809.60 and 10,725.90, finished 30.95 points, or 0.29 per cent lower at 10,741.10.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 18 points 6,594, and moved in positive zone right through the session on Friday.
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The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 15 points at 4,408. It is now up 38 points at 4,431.
The Sensex ended with a loss of 64 points at 9,381.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 23 points at 4,281.
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The Sensex opened with a marginal gain of four points at 8,966, and moved up to a high of 9,011 in early deals.
Lacklustre trading in PSUs and select heavyweight and tech counters saw the Sensex remain subdued throughout the trading session, and finally finish with a loss of 15 points at 3,554.
The Sensex shed 41 points to close at 5,677. The Nifty was down 24 points at 1,784.
A late bout of selling in techs and select old and new economy stocks saw the Sensex finally finish with a loss of three points.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 28 points at 8,230, and touched a high of 8,254 in early deals.
The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 21 points at 8,520, but touched a high of 8,548 in late morning deals.
The Sensex swung over 660 points both ways on alternate bouts of selling and buying before closing the day higher by 97.39 points, or 0.28 per cent.
The Sensex opened on a flat note at 8,137, and dropped to a low of 8,121 in early deals.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 34 points at 7,154, and zoomed to a high of 7,218 in early noon deals.
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.
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The broader Nifty of National Stock Exchange scaled the 10,200 mark intra day before closing at 10,184.85, showing a sizeable gain of 38.30 points, or 0.38 per cent.
The 30-share Sensex stayed in the green for the better part of the session and hit the day's high of 38,297.70 as buying pace gathered momentum towards the fag-end.
Shares of IT companies were in focus with the Nifty IT and S&P BSE IT index gaining more than 2% in an otherwise lower market
In the Sensex pack, ICICI Bank emerged as the top gainer by rising 0.97 per cent, while Tata Steel advanced 0.92 per cent.
The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 60 points at 9,399, and moved up to a high of 9,413 in early deals.
The BSE 30-share Sensitive Index is down 24 points at 9146. NSE Nifty is down 2 points at 2777.
The 30-share Sensex ended 53 points higher at 28,439 and the 50-share Nifty closed 18 points higher at 8,494.
S&P BSE Midcap index and S&P BSE Smallcap were down 2% and 1.3% respectively
The index, however, has rolled back into positive zone on selective buying in old economy stocks, and is now up four points at 3,673.
The Sensex has now slipped into the red. It is now down 34 points at 7958.
Mirroring the overnight weakness on Wall Street, the Sensex opened 19 points lower at 5,598, and soon slipped to an intra-day low of 5,579. The index is now down 28 points at 5,589.
ICICI Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 4.64 per cent, followed by Axis Bank at 3.86 per cent and SBI 2.53 per cent.
Almost 2,000 companies whose private provident and pension funds have invested in non-convertible debentures of IL&FS group firms are staring at the prospect of booking losses to the tune of Rs 9,000 crore or more if the interest income is added.
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