Besides foreign flows, corporate earnings and US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's testimony to the nation's legislature are also likely to impact investor sentiment.
Markets now expect the Fed to normalise rates gradually.
Participants are keeping an eye on the Winter Session of Parliament, which started today, and US fiscal policies to be followed by President-elect Donald Trump
The rupee had strengthened by 19 paise on Monday.
S&P BSE Midcap shed 0.8% while S&P BSE Smallcap tumbled 0.6%
Nifty crosses 9,750-mark; Bharti Airtel, TCS, Wipro, Lupin and Coal India gained the most on BSE Sensex
Tata Motors was the top gainer on better-than-expected June quarter revenues
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ICICI Bank and SBI were among the top Sensex gainers along with FMCG majors ITC and HUL.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Wednesday pointed to a possible December interest rate "liftoff" but said rates would rise only slowly from then on to nurture the U.S. economic recovery.
Fed seen holding rates steady as investor confidence shakes
The central bank maintained its bias towards a rate hike.
The United States has named former tennis star Billie Jean King, one of the first prominent athletes to publicly acknowledge her homosexuality, to be in the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where Russia's anti-gay policies have stirred controversy.
This was the near-unanimous replies of 10 market participants.
Around 13 million people continue to battle "catastrophic" flooding and torrential rains in storm-ravaged Texas where Hurricane Harvey has wreaked havoc.
RBI is committed to bringing down retail inflation to eight per cent by January 2015 and six per cent by January 2016.
The US dollar has risen about 15 per cent since mid-2015.
India's numbers have shown a reasonable amount of improvement.
The fuzziness of Trump's economic blueprint remains the biggest risk.
They expressed concern on taxation issues, the high fiscal and current account deficits, and sought removal of capital gains tax.
The Bank Nifty is high beta anyhow and it could move the broader market.
Given the developments, analysts do not foresee a quick recovery.
Gold is often considered a 'hedge' against an economic uncertainty.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has welcomed measures being taken to tackle the mosquito-borne Zika virus and believes the spread of the virus across South America will not adversely affect the Rio de Janeiro Games in August.
Dealers expect prices to fall further, owing to an impending rate hike in the US
In all, 37 central banks around the world have eased monetary policy so far this year to boost growth, fight deflation or both
US job growth increased at a fairly brisk clip in October and the unemployment rate fell to a fresh six-year low of 5.8 per cent, underscoring the economy's resilience in the face of slowing global demand.
While enjoying long-awaited economic good times - and hoping they will last as long as possible - some caution and some prudence might be the best protection against bad surprises, says Claude Smadja.
Markets ended higher, amid firm global cues, and are on track for third straight day of gains.
The broader markets ended negatively with mid-caps and small-caps shedding 0.5 per cent on the BSE.
Jyoti 'Jay' Chaudhuri, general counsel and senior adviser to the state treasurer of the US state of North Carolina, was elected chairman of the board of the Council of Institutional Investors, last month.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 30 points.
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