The 30-share Sensex ended up 204 points at 27,215 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 59 points at 8,238.
Sensex may remain under pressure this week due to weak global factors.
This is the car major's second coming in India.
Fear factors weights on markets, Sensex, Nifty struggle to keep pace.
The broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices.
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs William Hague and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osbourne, heading the largest business and ministerial delegation ever, arrived in Mumbai, their first port of call, during a two-day visit to the country.
Oil and select auto heavyweights bore the brunt of selling pressure; ONGC, RIL, Tata Motors, M&M key losers.
Some investors warned of a coming British or even global recession as sterling collapsed to hit its lowest since 1985.
'Jihadi outfits backed by the ISI are now prepared to attack targets not just in J&K, but also in Punjab. This signals an escalation in the range and scope of cross-border terrorism, which cannot be ignored,' says Ambassador G Parthasarthy, former high commissioner to Pakistan.
At 11:37 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 28 points at 27,037 and the Nifty50 was up 2 points at 8,268
Markets closed the day in green on favourable domestic factors,
Investors booked profit ahead of the outcome of the two-day US Fed policy meet which begins today.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are ONGC, HDFC, HUL, RIL and Cipla.
Markets under pressure; IT financials grab spotlight.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 245 points at 28,799 and the 50-share Nifty closed down 81 points at 8,750
'The most ambitious part of the BAE-HAL agreement involves building an advanced version of the Hawk, which could be used as a light, manoeuvrable, fighter that could operate in the narrow valleys of India's Himalayan frontier, where high-performance fighters cannot turn,' reports Ajai Shukla.
Markets ended lower amid volatile trade with Sun Pharma leading the decline.
Mercedes Benz E-Class Cabriolet is certainly a head turner.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 208 points at 28,261 and the 50-share Nifty closed 64 points lower at 8,571.
Sensex seems to be under pressure on weak cues.
The WPI inflation stood at negative 2.4% in May 2015, compared with a negative 2.65% in April 2015.
The upbeat earnings from Reliance Industries will set the tone for the truncated week ahead
The Audi mobile showroom will tour 30 cities over the next two years.
The 30-share Sensex is down 359 points at 26,378 and the Nifty has dropped 78 points to trade at 7,883
Opposition to tri-service structures comes not just from bureaucrats and politicians as the generals like to lament, but equally from within the military. Neither the army, navy or air force chiefs want to relinquish control over their theatre commands, with these cutting edge units placed under some commander who reports elsewhere, says Ajai Shukla.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 30.30 points at 28,161.72 and the 50-share Nifty dipped 7.95 points at 8,543.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
In one of the biggest deals in the outsourced product development (OPD) market, audio and infotainment systems maker Harman International Industries will buy Indian-born serial entrepreneur Romesh Wadhwani's Symphony Teleca for $780 million (about Rs 4,800 crore at Friday's exchange rate of 61.4).
'The India-France relationship has been that of the elites of two countries, who appreciate each other's philosophical traditions -- whether it is ancient Indian civilisation and Sanskrit texts or the French tradition of Rene Descartes, Albert Camus, (Jean-Paul) Sartre... This is a drawback. It doesn't create the buzz, the excitement necessary for a relationship. We need more people-to-people contact, especially among students,' says former Ambassador to Paris, Rakesh Sood.
In first half of year, firms raise more than banks on low US treasury rates.
Sensex ends lower; govt schemes in focus.
The index had risen over 585 points in the previous three sessions.
Nano remains a cautionary tale of misplaced ambitions and a drag on profit.
Sensex gained nearly 0.4% or 96 points at 26087 level while Nifty ended up by 42 points or 0.5% at 7,791.40 level.
Be a fox by temperament and a hedgehog by conviction, Gaurav Dalmia tells Bhupesh Bhandari. Then, he explains why.
This is largely on the back of Tata Steel's expansion at Kalinganagar, as well as JLR's in China and Brazil
Going by the current pace, IT firms are likely to exceed the manufacturing sector in salary payouts over the next five years.
BSE Mid-cap index ended at a record closing high of 10499.86 and CNX Mid-cap index ended at a record closing high of 12672.85 levels.
Shares of rate sensitive sectors such as realty, infrastructure, banking and automobiles ended higher ahead of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mid-quarter policy review on June 17.
Rate sensitive sectors rallied the most led by banks while metals surged on rebound in commodity prices
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