The Nifty gained 32 points to close at 3,210.
'Midcap and smallcap indices are trading in the expensive zone.'
''The outcome of the state polls may lead to some strategy-related permutations and combinations and the markets may extrapolate it to the likely outcome in the general elections.'
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The broader markets, however, outperformed their larger peers.
The Sensex finally closed with a huge loss of 271 points (1.3%) at 20,104. The Nifty lost 101 points to close at 6,058.
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Though most analysts expect the global central banks to keep the liquidity tap open, valuations of Indian markets, they say, are beginning to look stretched. Against this backdrop, they remain cautious, with some even expecting a minor correction from here on.
Economic growth, which we are taking for granted, slows for a completely different set of local or global factors and the Modi premium vanishes, observes Debashis Basu.
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SBI was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding around 3 per cent, followed by Kotak Bank, IndusInd Bank, NTPC, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank. On the other hand, HUL, ITC, L&T, Bajaj Finserv and Tech Mahindra ended with gains.
In the Sensex pack, IndusInd Bank was the top gainer, soaring around 8 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, Axis Bank, PowerGrid, ONGC, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma and M&M.
The markets opened the last week of 2006 in green
Bulls flexed their muscles and pushed the markets in positive territory in the opening trade today.
The markets have opened the week in the positive terrain, traders are bullish on auto, power, bank up. In the morning session, selling pressure was witnessed in IT.
The markets have opened in the positive terrain on the first day of december, traders have shown their faith in construction, IT, steel, capital goods. The selling pressure was witnessed in oil, auto, telecom stocks.
The markets have opened in the positive terrain in line with global peers on account of buying interest seen in construction, pharma, banking and capital goods
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The markets have opened in the green in line with global peers and buying was seen in oil, pharma, capital goods and technology stocks.
The markets have opened the week with positive note as Asian markets
The markets have bounced back and opened in the positive after two days of mild weakness
The markets opened strong on account of buying seen in select index pivotals
At 11.58 am IST, the Sensex is up 59.24 points or 0.47% at 12682.52, and the Nifty up 8.10 points or 0.22% at 3665.4.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 74 points.
The Sensex closed at 12,365.83 down 7 points. The Nifty was down 3 points to close at 3,567.
At 9:58 am, the Nifty was trading at 3573 up 4 points and the Sensex was trading at 12393 up 26 points.
The NSE Nifty gained 50 points to close at 3553.
The Sensex closed down 308 points at 24,894 and the Nifty has lost 96 points at 7,559.
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Tata Motors was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying 2.94 per cent. It was followed by Vedanta, Bajaj Finance, Sun Pharma, ONGC, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Auto, Tata Steel, RIL, HDFC duo, L&T and SBI, rising up to 2.78 per cent.
L&T was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying 4.81 per cent, followed by M&M, Sun Pharma, Tech Mahindra, NTPC, SBI, ICICI Bank and Titan.
The Sensex opened on a steady note at 7,747 as against the last close of 7,745.
The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 39 points at 7,651.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 34 points at 7,815, and touched a high of 7,846 in early noon deals.
Fiscal pressure for the Indian economy is gradually rising, suggested analysts at Jefferies in a recent note, as oil prices (Brent) - which are close to the $100 a barrel mark - continue to climb ahead of a busy election calendar. They added that the sharp rally in the equity markets during the last few months has made valuations costly. As a result, Jefferies expects the Indian markets to remain choppy in the near term.
The country's top FMCG stocks, such as Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Nestl, Britannia, Godrej Consumer Products, and Dabur, among others, are currently trading at around 41x their trailing 12-month earnings, down from their peak P/E multiple of around 48x at the end of December 2018.
The BSE Mid-cap index gained 1.1% while the Small-cap index surged 1.3%, outperforming the benchmark indices
