Markets ended lower on Thursday following the expiry of July derivative contracts weighed down by profit taking in FMCG shares after recent gains.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share Sensex closed at 19,504 up 117 points. The National Stock Exchange's 50-share S&P CNX Nifty closed up 26 points at 5,930.
The trades done on February 6 would be settled on February 9 as a separate settlement.
The better-than-estimated quarterly profit came on the back of rise in earnings from turning crude oil into petrol, diesel and other petroleum products.
The National Stock Exchange listed the Dow Jones Industrial and S&P 500 on its platform last week.
After the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Brokers Forum, the Association of National Stock Exchange Members of India (ANMI) has decided to approach the government and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on extension of trading hours from January 4.
In US, automatic spending cuts were triggered on Friday as lawmakers failed to agree on a resolution to prevent them, while China's manufacturing growth cooled in February to a four-month low.
The much-awaited demutualisation of Bombay Stock Exchange was completed on Friday after Asia's oldest bourse sold its 51 per cent stake to 21 investors.
BSE- mid-cap & small-cap outperformed benchmark indices
Equity funds' exceptional performance was obviously due to the stock market rally that was led by small and mid-cap stocks. Realty, banks and consumer goods companies emerged as top gainers.
BSE-Oil & Gas, PSU led gains on BSE.
A BSE spokesperson, confirming the resignation, told PTI in Mumbai that that BSE board has accepted his resignation and he would be relieved of his responsibilities from end-this month.
Positive Asian cues aided risk-on sentiments.
NASDAQ, the world's largest electronic equities exchange, is looking to acquire equity position in National Stock Exchange of India Limited.
In dollar terms, the Nifty has gained 26.7 per cent in this year, while the Sensex has advanced 25 per cent during the same period.
Last year, Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam announced their intention to merge aming to create a $2.4 billion entity.
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex sank by 951 points on black Monday on panic selling by funds, triggered by weak global cues.
With the ownership of the Indian Premier League's Kochi franchise kicking up a storm, the Deccan Chargers on Thursday sought to come clean on their shareholding pattern.
Only a seasoned investor, who is clued on and has the resources to hold on or pay back the broker, should take such chances.
Government is set to release CPI for the month of May and Index of Industrial Production IIP for the month of April today.
BSE-IT, capital goods, banks, real-estate led gains.
From today, you will be able to buy and redeem open-ended mutual fund schemes on the National Stock Exchange through your stockbroker. The Bombay Stock Exchange too will follow suit soon.
BSE Metal and IT indices plummeted by almost 2%
The Sensex ends up 16 points to end at 20,514.
The special trading session would be conducted to pay obeisance to Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity.
The 30-share Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange closed 86.55 points higher at 21,337.67 and the National Stock Exchange Nifty index closed at its highest closing levels in 2014, up 25.15 points at 6,338.95.
Reliance up 0.94%, Sun Pharma up 2.85, ICICI Bank up 0.76%, Bharti Airtel up 1.56% and Tata Steel up 2.2% were the top Sensex gainers today.
Benchmark share indices ended lower, amid a volatile trading session, weighed by weakness among Metal, Banks and Capital Goods shares. Weak performance of the global markets also dampened the sentiments among local investors.
The combined turnover in the futures and options segment and cash segment on the two premier bourses -- the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange -- was at Rs 2.82 lakh crore (Rs 2.82 trillion), up by Rs 46 crore (Rs 460 million) compared to the previous record of Rs 2.36 lakh crore (Rs 2.36 trillion) seen last month only.
The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange have extended trading timings for a fortnight, starting September 25 to October 09, on account fo sun outage during this period.
The National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange will hold a two hour trading session on Saturday to enable the NSE to test a back-up trading system, exchange officials said on Wednesday.\n\n\n\n
In a significant decision, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has decided to set up a panel to review all records maintained by auditors on the quarterly results of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share Sensex and the National Stock Exchange 50-share Nifty.
'We have a lot of hope from mobile, algorithmic trading and the small and medium enterprise segment. The journey has just begun.'
The country's first private sector port, Gujarat Pipavav Port, which made a stellar listing on the bourses on Thursday, said it expects to clock around a 65 per cent growth in container trade in the current fiscal.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share Sensex closed at 18,401 up 405 points. The National Stock Exchange's 50-share S&P CNX Nifty closed at 5,409 up 124 points.
Benchmark share indices ended nearly 2% down on Monday, amid weak cues from Asia and Europe, with index heavyweight Infosys leading the decline
Piramyd Retail shares opened at the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday at Rs 146 against an issue price of Rs 120.
