Oil and gas sectot may not put up good numbers in Q4.
Riding on a stock market boom since 2009, India Inc's chief executives have been able to salvage a lot of lost pride in their second innings.
Other top losers in the Sensex pack included Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints, TCS, HCL Tech, Tata Steel, SBI, IndusInd Bank and Hero MotoCorp, declining up to 3.28 per cent.
Tata Steel, SBI, L&T and Sun Pharma advanced 2-5% each.
Analysts say those taking exposure through stocks could look at firms focused on domestic business
The 30-share Sensex closed down 114 points at 28,622 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 37 points at 8,686.
Your financial goals are of utmost importance and the tax saving is an added incentive, advises Dwaipayan Bose.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 30 points.
The wider Nifty hit a low of 10,033.35 before finishing at 10,044.10, down 74.15 points or 0.73 per cent.
The 30-share Sensex dropped 298 points to end at 27,209 and the 50-share Nifty has lost 93 points to end at 8,174.
SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Dena Bank, Central Bank of India ended down 3%-12% each.
The reason is believed to be a 19% increase in interest cost.
Ashok Leyland, ITD Cementation India have more than doubled.
ICICI Bank extended yesterday gains, rising 10% in two trading sessions
The country's mutual fund industry posted five per cent growth in average assets under management (AUM) to touch all-time high of Rs 8.68 lakh crore in May on the back of strong inflows into money market and income funds.
Benchmark share indices ended lower for the third straight session as investors turned cautious amid tensions in Iraq even as consumer durables shares stole the limelight tracking rally in gold prices.
Fear factors weights on markets, Sensex, Nifty struggle to keep pace.
The US FOMC concludes its two-day meeting today while the Bank of Japan will start its two-day meeting today.
Sensex remained volatile through the day.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, ITC, NTPC, L&T and HDFC, all up 2% each
Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.
FII stance, progress of monsoon, crude oil and rupee movement are likely to dictate the trend.
Shares of rate sensitive sectors such as realty, infrastructure, banking and automobiles ended higher ahead of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mid-quarter policy review on June 17.
Average monthly searches for 'bull market' have gone down significantly from May-June peak.
The consolidated entity can target good growth FY18 onwards, analysts say.
Event-based volatility could rise in the near future, increasing arbitrage opportunities.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 46 points at 26,360 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points at 7,891.
Pharma stocks have performed well after Budget
Indian economy is doing well and the performance of domestic stock markets is not as bad as that of other nations.
The latest circular from BSE that sought to cap the price movement of select scrips, especially the mid-, small-cap segments, traded on the exchange is not without a reason. A quick calendar year-to-date price check on the stocks from the categories put under 'Add-on Price Band Framework' by the BSE reveals a total of 210 stocks have seen their market price more than double. Among individual stocks, SC Agrotech, Adinath Textiles, Waaree Renewable Technologies, Steel Strips Infrastructure, Unistar Multimedia, Texel Industries, Raja Bahadur International and Hindustan Everest Tools from the BSE's X and XT group have rallied over 500 per cent during this period. Topping the charts is Gita Renewable Energy, which has zoomed 3,964 per cent to Rs 272.35 now from Rs 6.7 as on December 31, 2020.
Financial Technologies hogged the limelight after the stock plunged 65% today.
India Inc will report good set of numbers in Q4.
The broader markets were battered heavily. BSE Mid-caps and Small-caps indices fell between 1-2% on the BSE.
It will be difficult for the Indian equity to outperform overall growth to the extent bullish observers expect.
The 30-share Sensex lost 54 points at end at 27,086 and 50-share Nifty shed 19 points to close at 8,096.
ITC's net profit grew the fastest, followed by HUL and Asian Paints.
Participants will watch out for the Brexit poll outcome in the late morning trades tomorrow.
Markets finished lower for the sixth consecutive day as hopes of the Goods and Services tax (GST) bill being passed in the current session of the Parliament faded considerably.
Experts, however, caution that though the moves are positive for the sector as a whole, they don't expect much gain in the near-term.