SBI was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying over 10 per cent, followed by Kotak Bank, Dr Reddy's, UltraTech Cement, ITC and HDFC Bank. On the other hand, Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Maruti and HCL Tech were among the laggards.
India taxes these investors higher and is excessively cautious towards derivatives.
Sectorally, metal and banking stocks rallied the most, while FMCG and realty stocks came under selling pressure.
Among the Sensex pack, Yes Bank, L&T, HDFC, RIL, HDFC Bank, PowerGrid and Coal India were the biggest losers -- falling up to 2.43 per cent.
Vedanta was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 4.40 per cent. PowerGrid, Sun Pharma, Yes Bank, Tata Steel, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank and Bajaj Auto too ended up to 4.12 per cent higher.
Future Group founder and CEO Kishore Biyani on Tuesday said Amazon was fully aware of his group's talks with Reliance Industries for the sale of retail assets that followed the US giant offering no concrete help to tide over the cash crisis. Opening up after being locked in an intense legal battle with Amazon over the Rs 24,713 crore deal with Reliance, Biyani in an interview with PTI said the US giant's 2019 investment in Future Coupons Pvt Ltd (FCPL) -- Future Retail's parent -- was for coupon and gifting business only and the same could continue post-retail assets going to Reliance. He hoped to complete the deal with Reliance within two months of Sebi approval.
The government is selling over 18.62 crore shares or 3 per cent in Coal India at a floor price of Rs 266 apiece.
Stocks smashed previous records as the Sensex on Thursday raced to close at a fresh high of 30,750 zooming 448 points.
SEBI's intention of introducing a volatility index (V-I) and derivatives based on it for Indian markets is a welcome move.
The National Stock Exchange listed the Dow Jones Industrial and S&P 500 on its platform last week.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Thursday proposed consolidation of regional bourses to form a bigger entity 'Indonext' or a merger with either BSE or NSE, as part of the ongoing capital market reforms.
After a positive opening, the 30-share BSE Sensex suddenly faced selling pressure in late-afternoon trade. It finally settled just 5.67 points, or 0.01 per cent, lower at 39,586.41.
The NSE Nifty ended up 19.65 points, or 0.20 per cent, at 9,788.60 after shuttling between 9,854 and 9,775.35 during the day.
The RBI governor's assurance should give investors enough confidence to start believing in the NBFC sector again, say bankers.
So far, nine companies have raised Rs 17,860 crore - nearly three times of last year's tally - by way of rights issues.
For investors and traders, who want to do technical analysis, there are a number of software packages for intra-day charting and end-of-day (EOD) software.
'Initially, Gift City was just another real estate project, but all that changed with Modi moving to New Delhi,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Such platforms are good for novices, and help seasoned players test their investment strategies
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) are set to have some serious competition. Reliance Money, controlled by the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, and Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL), which operates one of the world's largest exchange networks, are exploring the option of setting up their own equity exchanges.
AT&T Inc, the largest telecom services provider in the US, has acquired an 8.07 per cent stake in Pune-headquartered Tech Mahindra for $34.5 million (around Rs 160 crore) by exercising a 2005 option agreement to buy a stake in the company. Its stake at Tuesday's prices on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), however, is worth around Rs 900 crore.
The BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices outperformed to gain 0.6% and 1.1%, respectively
Start-ups such as Max Wholesale, Jumbotail and ShopKirana are helping them place orders, maintain inventory, optimise delivery routes and make payments, all digitally.
The NSE Nifty went past the 8,600-mark for the first time since November 1.
The broad-based NSE Nifty rose 52.80 points, or 0.50 per cent, to end at 10,530.70
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Higher levels could not be sustained as participants offloaded their long positions in view of September series expiry.
The Rs 17.70-lakh Honda Civic competes with the Skoda Octavia, Toyota Corola Altis and Hyundai Elantra.
Foreign institutional investors, who are big players in the futures and options segment, are making a killing in the domestic market by using arbitrage as a weapon in the spot and derivatives trade as well as structured derivative deals. The arbitrage game is on despite the curb on the issue of P-notes or participatory notes by the Securities and Exchange Board of India recently.
The 50-share NSE Nifty ended at 9,143.80, up 43 points, or 0.47 per cent, after moving between 9,153.15 and 9,109.10.
In the Sensex pack, Axis Bank, Tata Motors, Infosys, Kotak Bank, HDFC Bank, RIL, Bajaj Auto, SBI, HUL, Tata Steel, Vedanta, HFDC, TCS, ITC and Sun Pharma jumped up to 4.64 per cent.
Investors must keep in mind that the bank has significant room for improvement, which could justify its aggressive valuations of Rs 275.
Options data indicates that markets will experience extreme volatility till a clear trend on election results emerges
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Sebi would develop new products in the commodity derivatives space apart from taking steps to deepen the corporate bond market.
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board on Tuesday called for reforms in the underlying market and said regular issuance of government bonds across maturities can go a long way in achieving this by way of increasing liquidity.
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'If the Sensex remains over 5000 for some time, it will climb higher,' says says Ramesh S Damani.
Markets in green tracking firm global cues.
ICICI Bank Ltd's equity issue of Rs 3,050 crore with a green shoe option of Rs 450 crore has received bids in excess of Rs 3,150 crore less than two hours after it opened for bidding on Friday.
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