The broader NSE Nifty index too finished lower by 4.80 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 10,632.20.
EduBridge is emerging as a strong player in training unemployed youth.
Both benchmark indices were driven by strong gains in IT, teck, oil and gas, pharma and banking shares amid earnings optimism.
The recent circular follows the 'true-to-label' concept, but large funds in the multi-cap category may be forced to merge in the absence of sufficient small-cap options.
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Among the Sensex losers, Yes Bank tumbled 5.46 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance 5.40, ICICI Bank 3.82 per cent, IndusInd Bank 3.10 per cent and HeromotoCorp 2.55 per cent.
About 48.5 million shares, or 20 per cent of the shares on offer, are reserved for retail investors
It was because of strong inflows into debt-oriented schemes that saved 2019 from being a "dark-dull year of investing" as inflows into equity funds has dropped this year due to a volatile market.
After holding discussions with the FM, the Sebi chief said the government thought it was an opportune time to levy the LTCG tax as the "markets are booming."
While there is easy access to money, the flip side is the high interest rate and processing fees, points out Sarbajeet K Sen.
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Promoters of 517 companies have pledged nearly 46.35 per cent of their shares, the highest since the 2008 global financial crisis.
Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.
According to Rahul Rege, business head (retail) at Emkay Global Financial Services, it is difficult to track more than 10 stocks.
Coming down heavily on MF players who in recent past chose to use shareholder fund to buy out debt of bleeding invested companies, Sebi said MFs can't have standstill agreements with companies and will take action against fund houses for such deals.
The BSE Sensex gained 104.63 points to end at 33,147.13, while the broader Nifty spurted 48.45 points to finish at 10,343.80.
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'If the Union Budget can provide incentives for animal spirits to come as well as induce demand stimulus and consumption, the Budget would have done a wonderful job.'
Of these 26, Bajaj Finance, Associated Alcohols and Breweries, Garware Technologies, Filatex India, Tasty Bite Eatables, Aarti Industries and GMM Pfaudler saw an over 10-fold surge in price since 2014.
The largest e-commerce entity of China is setting up its first India office -- an indication that it intends to capture a pie of the growing e-commerce market here. Raghavendra Kamath & Alnoor Peermohamed report.
Markets have witnessed a gap down opening mirroring losses in the global equities with US markets taking a hit on worries about the health of Chinese economy.
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There is a narrow chance that the central bank may cut rates in the future, according to a poll of 15 economists and treasurers.
After a long time, real estate companies could hit the fund-raising trail. The reason is improvement in investor sentiment.
He noted that the Rupee has firmed recently but cautioned that the currency should not lose its competitiveness in global trade.
Gold prices are already moving fast to the key level of Rs 30,000 per 10 gms
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its key repo rate by a bigger-than-expected 50 basis points.
The real benefits can be seen when prices stabilise, preferably at levels acceptable to both consumers and producers.
Investors lost around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in market valuation on Friday.
'The government's projections for 2019-2020 will be disappointing big time.'
Sentiments took a hit after broader Asian markets weakened, following a renewed sell-off on Wall Street on Tuesday as energy shares dropped after crude oil prices plunged to a 13-month low amid weak earnings and US-China trade disputes, fuelling worries about economic growth
Banks will introduce hybrid home loans with stiff penalty on prepayment and shifting.
If new goals have emerged, this is the time to make fresh investments.
Maruti Suzuki was the biggest gainer among Sensex scrips, rising 5.89 per cent, followed by M&M up 5.29 per cent.
Most experts said indices would open higher on Monday and rally might sustain for a few sessions
Among the private banking majors ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were down 0.2%-0.5% each.
With cash -- the primary medium of exchange -- all but disappearing, it is now unlikely that the expected fillip to demand on account of a good monsoon and proceeds from the Seventh Pay Commission payout will materialise.
Does the rally reflect expectations of improving fundamentals or they are likely to correct?
Senior Executive Director & Co Head (Strategy) of Kotak Institutional Equities Sanjiv Prasad tells Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com that even if there are a number of challenges facing the Indian equity markets, there are certain sectors that offer a ray of hope.
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