RIL, HDFC twins, M&M, Infosys among the top losers for the day.
FPIs sold shares worth a net Rs 1236.95 crore on Friday.
The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court it would examine the current status of development in 61 coal blocks allocated to companies, on a case-by-case basis, and take a decision within six weeks.
The BSE Sensex was down 326 points at 23,277 and the Nifty was down 107 points at 7,056.
Govt diverts Rs 253-crore subsidy savings to the poor.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
World Bank lowered its global economic growth outlook for 2016 to 2.9% from 3.3% earlier.
Ends the August F&O series on a high tracking gains in RIL, HDFC and ITC.
At a time when instability in the US leveraged buyout (LBO) market is making world equities markets jittery, JSW Steel is planning a leveraged buyout of a North American steel company.
The Sensex closed down 308 points at 24,894 and the Nifty has lost 96 points at 7,559.
Technical rallies and short covering may arise only if the markets break this 500 point band
BAOA says the recent downgrade of India by the America's FAA was triggered primarily by a shortage of qualified staff for conducting safety and airworthiness inspections of aircraft.
'It might not have a direct impact on the domestic steel industry but will improve India's position in the global market.'
Though the ruling Left Front in West Bengal recorded its worst performance in the recent Lok Sabha polls, industrialists appear to be unperturbed by the changing political wind in the state and believe industrialisation will continue.
The project at Salboni was welcomed by people and political parties alike, manifested by festoons welcoming Sajjan Jindal from all parties along the road leading to the site. Jindal complemented the mood at the ceremony with his farmer-friendly speech. "Industry and agriculture go hand-in-hand. My father, O P Jindal, was a farmer and he told all his sons that no wrong must be done to farmers," he said.
Large and small businesses alike have delivered low-key performances.
10 mn-tonne plant in Mamata's crosshairs; company says work in progress.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 208 points at 28,261 and the 50-share Nifty closed 64 points lower at 8,571.
The rising graph of the country's grapplers seems to be having no positive impact on the proposed Indian Wrestling League (IWL) as it has been postponed once again due to mild response from prospective franchises.
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Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar said the discussions at the day-long meet involved an overview of five models of participative policy, framework of engineering, procurement and construction contracts and sectoral guidelines for foreign and domestic investment.
Month-end dollar demand from importers resulted in the rupee touching a new all-time low on Wednesday against the dollar.
Nifty September F&O series ended lower after seven consecutive positive series with Metal Index falling the most
Brokers said a flurry of buying by investors in blue-chips mainly influenced the sentiment.
Vikas Krishan regrets underestimating 19-year-old Youth Olympic champion Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan in the final at the Asian Boxing Championships in Thailand.
Financials were among the top losers along with Sun Pharma and index heavyweight Reliance Industries
Santosh Kamath, partner (infrastructure and government services), KPMG in India, expects an extension of a tax holiday for the sector.
In the broader market, the BSE Midcap was down 0.2%, while BSE Smallcap fell 0.1%.
Bank shares were the top gainers led by ICICI Bank.
The FMCG index gained more than 1% on the back of stellar gains in ITC.
The broader markets, however, outperformed the benchmark indices -- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended up 0.6%-1%.
IT majors along with metal names Sesa Goa and Hindalco buck trend.
Tata Steel, SBI, L&T and Sun Pharma advanced 2-5% each.
Sajjan Jindal's model of making land-losers stakeholders in his Bengal project appears to be attracting others.
The breakdown of talks between Greece and its international creditors raised fears of Greece's exit from the euro zone.
Since we are at the start of the month and the quarter, we shall look at the broader picture for the markets.
Earlier this month, the high court asked Sesa Goa and JSW Steel to re-bid.
Markets crashed due to domestic worries; bluechip stocks tanked too.
Sensex plunges 322.39 points to over 1-month closing low of 27,797.01; Nifty tumbles 97.55 points to 8,340.70.
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