Stellar rally in ITC shares along with strength in the Asian equities capped the downside.
The 30-share Sensex ended lower by 61 points at 29,122 mark and the 50-share Nifty slipped by 12 points to close at 8,797.
HCL Tech was the top loser in the Sensex pack, skidding over 4 per cent, followed by Tech Mahindra Dr Reddy's, Wipro, TCS, Titan and Infosys. NSE Nifty plunged 167.80 points to 17,110.15.
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The 30 Sensex companies alone, which are among the biggest companies in the country, now account for nearly 50% or about Rs 47 lakh crore of total investor wealth.
Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
Equity indices chalked up losses for the second straight session on Monday, in tandem with a bearish trend overseas as ratcheting up of hostilities in Ukraine and prospects of further rate hikes by the US Fed soured global risk sentiment. The rupee slipping to another all-time low against the US dollar amid foreign fund outflows added to the gloom, traders said. After tumbling over 800 points in intra-day trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex clawed back some lost ground to end 200.18 points or 0.34 per cent lower at 57,991.11.
Tata Motors, ONGC, HDFC and TCS were the top gainers.
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Weak GDP data and unfaouvrable global data has pulled down Sensex, Nifty.
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Tata Steel was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying nearly 4 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, M&M, Bajaj Finserv and Reliance Industries. NSE Nifty advanced 33.95 points to a fresh high of 16,563.05.
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The 30-share Sensex ended down 90 points at 19,429 after hitting an intra-day low of 19,398 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 40 points at 5,881 after touching an intra-day low of 5,871.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 31 points at 26,591 and the 50-share Nifty gained 10 points at 8,061.
The 30-share Sensex ended 50 points lower at 28,112 and the 50-share Nifty declined 12 points to close at 8,531.
Index heavyweights were the top losers along with bank shares.
The broader NSE Nifty plunged 119.15 points, or 1.01 per cent, to 11,709.10.
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Sliding for the fourth straight day, the BSE Sensex shed 152 points in choppy trade on Wednesday amid mixed global cues ahead of the US Federal Reserve's policy decision.
The S&P BSE Sensex shed 42 points to close at 25,838 and the Nifty50 lost 13 points to end at 7,899.
A steep decline in the Asian equities after crude oil fell to its lowest since September 2003 dented sentiments.
Banking shares saw a renewed buying interest on the hopes of a rate-cut by the central bank post the easing of macro-economic data.
At close, the Sensex was up 0.7% or 124 points at 18,789 and the Nifty gained 0.8% or 46 points to end at 5,565.
Short covering in index heavyweights like HDFC, HDFC Bank and TCS aided the upmove.
Sensex ends 134.91 pts down at 28,709.87; Nifty falls 44.70 pts at 8,712.05.
Brokers said a flurry of buying by investors in blue-chips mainly influenced the sentiment.
The Sensex ended at a fresh record closing high of 28,889 while Nifty ended at a fresh record closing high of 8,730.
Markets in green tracking firm global cues.
The 30-share Sensex ended 271 points higher to end at 28,930 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 76 points to close at 8,776.
Market breadth remained strong with 1,581 advances over 1,018 declines on the BSE
The broader NSE Nifty, on the other hand, ended 2.70 points, or 0.02 per cent, lower at 11,555.90 in its third straight day of losses.
The Sensex ended down 251 points at 27,351 and the Nifty shed 65 points to close at 8,228.
The S&P BSE Sensex surged 364 points to end at 24,607 and the Nifty50 soared 107 points to close at 7,476.
The market breadth was negative. 1153 stocks had declied while 804 had advanced.
TCS, Infosys and Wipro were down 0.4-2% each. Capital goods majors also ended lower with L&T and BHEL down 1.4-3.9% each.
Ends the August F&O series on a high tracking gains in RIL, HDFC and ITC.
Market benchmark Sensex tumbled over 323 points after an intense last-hour sell-off on Wednesday, triggered by losses mainly in index heavyweights Infosys, Reliance and HDFC.
Movement of rupee and crude oil prices will also dictate the trend
Market players said the sell-off was triggered by pessimism that the government may not be able to balance growth with macro-stability.
