Earning woes drag markets lower; TCS, HUL lead fall.
The top losers from the Sensex pack are ONGC, Coal India, Vedanta, Reliance Inds and L&T.
The rise in India Inc's market value was led by asset-light firms.
Besides opposing the suspension of three medicines, the sector has also questioned the process adopted by the government.
Fear factors weights on markets, Sensex, Nifty struggle to keep pace.
BSE Bankex and Telecom indices led the fall.
All the sectoral indices, led by realty, metal, consumer durables and power were trading in the negative zone on Thursday.
Combined net profit estimated to grow 14.6% year-on-year, against a 5.7% decline in the Dec 2015 quarter
Investors accumulated quality stocks at valuable and attractive levels.
The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the ban on some fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs of Glaxo SmithKline, Wockhardt and Laboratories Griffon but said action against their sale could be taken in the absence of valid sale and marketing licence.
Sensex, Nifty slightly upbeat, midcaps to rule markets this week.
BSE Bankex, Healthcare, Capital Goods and Consumer Durables ended higher.
The recovery was led by pharma majors led by Dr Reddy's Labs.
Most Asian markets ended with gains.
Investors widened their bets on optimism that upcoming general budget -- to be unveiled next month - would contain incentives for corporates, which will help boost the economy
Investors turned cautious ahead of the US Fed meet outcome later today and July F&O expiry.
The S&P BSE Sensex slipped 305 points to end at 25,400 and the Nifty50 dropped 87 points at 7,783.
Auto stocks are weighing on the indices.
Financials are the top gainers along with index heavyweights.
Surprisingly, RIL scrip also fell by 2.73 per cent to 1,029.15, becoming the second biggest loser in the index
Sharp fall in capital goods production and manufacturing activity also dented sentiments.
Corporate India's earnings in the past two quarters were largely driven by the rupee's sharp fall versus the dollar in the second quarter of this financial year.
Movement of rupee and crude oil prices will also dictate the trend
HDFC, TCS, RIL, ITC and ICICI Bank dragged the Sensex by over 100 points.
BSE Midcap index outperformed the benchmark indices to end with 0.4% gains.
Banks led the decline with Nifty Bank and BSE Bank index dropping over 3% each.
Metals, auto and banking shares were in the limelight in this session; the FMCG pack, however, ended lower.
The WPI inflation stood at negative 2.4% in May 2015, compared with a negative 2.65% in April 2015.
Markets snapped two-day losing streak and ended flat with a positive bias on Tuesday as gains in auto shares helped offset losses in IT majors.
Sensex eneded 374 points higher on rate cut expectation from the RBI.
Developed markets have performed better than emerging market firms in the top 10 TSR-based rankings, says a BCG report.
Analysts mostly prefer domestic plays beside select films with foreign exposure.
On a weekly basis, the Sensex climbed 749.86 points or 2.69 per cent and the NSE Nifty soared 237.10 points or 2.76 per cent
Nifty, which has struggled around 8550-8560 levels managed to blast past this resistance and close above the psychological mark of 8600.
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.
Sectors such as Auto, Banks, Capital Goods, FMCG, Metal, Oil & Gas and Power are trading marginally lower.
Sensex dull at close, Infosys rules, ITC drags.
The rally in index heavyweight ITC has boosted the sentiment across the board.
Market breadth continued to remain strong, with 1899 gainers and 674 losers on the BSEs.
In the broader markets, BSE Midcap index slipped 0.3% whereas the BSE Smallcap index inched up by 0.2%
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