The IT index had a cracker of a time to spurt around 2% and emerge as the leading gainer on the BSE.
The indices had recovered from its lowest in four-weeks after investors took to bargain hunting in select sectors in mid-morning trades but dropped following weakness in banking space.
The Nifty is down 33 points at 6,046. Earlier the day, the Sensex had opened in the green but quickly pared its initial gains on back of selling pressure in banking and auto shares.
The NSE Nifty was down 66 points at 6,080. In the broader markets, the midcaps and the smallcaps indexes were also down 1% each.
Several factors, like fear of FII withdrawals, high inflation numbers, telecom scam, RBI warning, etc, saw the markets plummet on Thursday.
The market breadth was negative. 1153 stocks had declied while 804 had advanced.
Investors were seen in a cheerful mood and widened their positions in frontliners as well as midcap and smallcap stocks to mark the beginning of their new accounts
The NSE Nifty ended at 6075, up 13 points, thanks to strength in the oil, IT and realty stocks.
Of the total 3096 stocks traded,1796 stocks have declined while 1155 have advanced on the BSE.
The Sensex swung in a range of nearly 200 points before ending virtually unchanged at 20104, lower by 12 points and the Nifty ended at 6029, down six points.
Nifty shut shop at 5,860, up 65 points. There was a quantum leap in the advance tax figures for the second quarter of the 2010-11.
Other gainers include ONGC, Bajaj Auto, Kotak Bank, TCS, Tata Steel, Axis Bank, Maruti, HDFC and HUL, surging up to 3.03 per cent.
The Nifty ended at 5486, up 14 points. The market breadth was positive. Out of 3055 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1847 advancing stocks as against 1080 declines.
The broader NSE Nifty, after shuttling between 10,600.25 and 10,491.45 points, ended the last session of Samvat 2074 with a rise of 6 points, or 0.06 per cent, to end at 10,530.
The Nifty gained 72 points at 5,486. Market breadth was positive. 1671 stocks advanced as compared to 1272 declines.
The Nifty ended at 5420, down 40 points. The market breadth was weak. Out of 3059 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1208 advancing stocks as against 1739 declines.
Nifty ended at 5447, down 21 points. Out of 3069 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1581 advancing stocks as against 1381 declines.
The Nifty added 24 points to close at 5,556.
The market breadth was positive. Out of 3055 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1503 advanxing stocks as against 1422 declining stocks.
The Nifty added 15 points to close at 5,532.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended in line with their larger counterparts and closed marginally up 0.2% and 0.4%, each
The Nifty on the other hand lost 60 points to close the day at 5,138.
the Nifty added 23 points to end the day at 5,565.
Top losers in the Sensex pack included ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, Vedanta, HDFC IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors, RIL and ONGC -- falling up to 4.45 per cent.
The NSE Nifty added 40 points to end at 5119. The market breadth was positive. Out of 2966 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1533 advancing stocks as against 1304 declines.
The Nifty ended at 5078, up 78 points. The market breadth was strong. Out of 2914 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1841 advancing stocks as against 888 declines.
The BSE benchmark index weakened by 295 points at 19,091 and the Nifty lost 95 points to close at 5,729.
Short-covering and the propping up of net asset values have potential to boost frontline as well as second-rung names next week
Yes Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying 6.74 per cent, followed by TCS, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, M&M and RIL.
The NSE Nifty closed 78 points higher at 5,368.
The Nifty ended comfortably above the crucial 5500 mark at 5546, up 64 points.
In the Sensex pack, index heavyweight Reliance Industries fell 2.84 per cent to Rs 1,057.15 after reports that the company's oil assets may take a hit due to the government's imposition of cost controls on soaring petrol and diesel prices.
The Nifty shed 88 points to end the day at 5,417.
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