Investors remained cautious in the face of the expiry of November series contracts in the derivatives segment, which also dampened sentiment.
TCS, Power Grid and Infosys are among the top S&P BSE Sensex gainers
'If anybody defaults on something which is due for today, they have to disclose it tomorrow.' 'The accumulation of NPAs is due to asymmetry in information.' 'The investor should have real-time information.'
It, however, was a record-smashing week for both the indices, which scaled their lifetime highs.
The Sensex has hit its lowest level since August 29, 2016 whereas the Nifty hit its lowest level since Sep 12, 2016
Instead of being carried away by Friday's historic election verdict, savvy investors were seen taking money off the table, after the benchmark Sensex rallied about 1,500 points in intra-day trade.
The Nifty rose 176.50 points, or 1.74 per cent, during the week.
In the longest losing streak of 2017, the BSE Sensex has lost 1,270 points, or 3.91 per cent. It fell to a three-month low of 31,154.03 on Wednesday.
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If you leave too much money lying in your trading account or hand over your securities to brokers, there is always the risk that they could use it to trade in the markets.
Among the gainers, Sun Pharma topped by rising 3.03 per cent as the weak rupee tempted buyers to accumulate shares of pharma exporters.
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After touching a fresh all-time low against the US dollar on Thursday, the rupee jumped 27 paise to end at 68.46.
The top gainers on the Sensex are Gail(India), HDFC, Infosys.
The clarifications came directly from the board of directors.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended down 371 points at 24,966 and the Nifty50 closed 101 points lower at 7,615.
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The India growth story is still intact, and fall in the Indian stock markets is an imported one and if the government succeeds in legislating the GST and Land Bill, India could yet emerge as a winner believe stock market experts
Investor sentiment got a boost following remarks from the Russian President Putin that allayed fears of an imminent military conflict in Ukraine
Participants are keenly waiting for the January IIP.
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The Sensex closed higher by 170 points at 26,128 and the Nifty rose 59 points to end at 7,943.
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Biggest ever share sale by any private or public sector co in India.
Above normal monsoon forecast and strength in Asian equities lifted sentiments.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 208 points at 27,057 and the 50-share Nifty closed 59 points lower at 8,094.
Most investors find it very hard to understand when markets have over-extended themselves and look for data points to understand when a correction is due.
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Investors often forget that the movements in indices such as the Sensex reflects the performance of its constituent stocks; nothing else.
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