The Nifty is at 5942, up 59 points. The market breadth is positive. Out of 2989 stocks traded on the BSE, there are 1782 advancing stocks as against 1125 declines.
Nifty is up 7 points at 5,415. The market breadth is positive. 1817 stocks have advnaced whike 973 have declined.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended in line with their larger counterparts and closed marginally up 0.2% and 0.4%, each
The Nifty shut shop just shy of the elusive 5500 mark at 5486, up 46 points.
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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.
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.
Sectorally, BSE metal, basic materials, energy, realty, power, oil and gas, finance, FMCG, bankex and telecom indices fell up to 1.71 per cent.
The Nifty PSU Bank pared losses to end flat after falling as much as 1.05%
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are ONGC, HDFC, HUL, RIL and Cipla.
Broader markets underperformed indices with BSE Midcap down 0.43% while the Smallcap index fell 0.07%.
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Indian markets ended on a lower note after the stimulus announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to meet expectation.
Kotak Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, ending 4.31 per cent higher. PowerGrid, TCS, ICICI Bank, SBI, HCL Tech, NTPC, Infosys, Bajaj Finance, HDFC duo, ONGC, Vedanta and IndusInd Bank too rose up to 2.84 per cent.
Tech Mahindra was the top loser in the Sensex pack, crashing over 9 per cent, followed by Kotak Bank, Axis Bank, TCS, Infosys and HUL. On the other hand, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance and Titan were the gainers.
In the Sensex pack, Hero MotoCorp, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Auto, Maruti and M&M were the top gainers, spurting up to 2.66 per cent.
Extending losses for 7th session, Nifty fell below the 8,000 mark for the first time since Nov 25
On BSE, 1,826 shares declined and 982 shares rose, while a total of 194 shares were unchanged
The Sensex posted its biggest single-day jump in over a decade at 1,921 points and investors' wealth soared by a staggering Rs 6.8 lakh crore after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered a surprise cut in corporate tax rates on Friday.
In the broader markets, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were up 0.5% each
The markets opened in red in line with weak Asian peers.
The markets opened pretty strong in line with global cues.
Shares of IT companies were in focus with the Nifty IT and S&P BSE IT index gaining more than 2% in an otherwise lower market
It is best not to get carried away by returns or take a short-term view of the markets, says Bhavana Acharya.
Sustained selling in technology and select stocks saw the index slip to a low of 20,662 -- down 324 points from the day's high. The Smallcap Index advanced 1.4% to 12,869, and the Midcap Index added 1% to 9537.
NTPC was the top gainer among the Sensex stocks, rising by 3.53 per cent. Coal India, ONGC and Sun Pharma also rose up to 2.41 per cent.
Satyam, Reliance Communications and Bharti Airtel declined 1.7% each to Rs 451, Rs 731 and Rs 966, respectively.
The BSE Smallcap and Midcap indices, however, finished with gains of over 1% each at 9472 and 12,195, respectively.
The NSE Nifty ended at 5,961, down 13 points. The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained over 1% each at 9117 and 11,531, respectively. The market breadth was extremely bullish - out of 2,903 scrips traded, 2,060 logged gains.
Nifty PSU Bank index gained 1% led by Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank, Syndicate Bank and IDBI Bank
The breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, turned negative from positive
The NSE Nifty too closed up 20 points at 3523.
After a positive opening, the 30-share BSE Sensex suddenly faced selling pressure in late-afternoon trade. It finally settled just 5.67 points, or 0.01 per cent, lower at 39,586.41.
The stock markets, which had opened in the green on rate cut hopes, tumbled after the monetary policy announcement.
Portfolio returns, say analysts at Morgan Stanley, are more likely to be driven by bottom-up stock-picking rather than top-down macro forces.
The Sensex finally closed with a gain of 338 points (1.70%) at 20,193. The Nifty gained 86 points to close at 6,071.
Investors became richer by over Rs 6.34 lakh crore on Monday as markets gave a big shout-out to the Budget 2021-22, which analysts termed as 'unprecedented' against the backdrop of the pandemic-induced slowdown. Cheering the Budget proposals, the BSE benchmark Sensex zoomed 2,314.84 points or 5 per cent to close at 48,600.61. During the day, it jumped 2,478.63 points to 48,764.40. This was the best Budget-day gain for the markets since 1997, analysts said. Following the extremely positive market sentiment, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies rallied Rs 6,34,069.67 crore to Rs 1,92,46,713.70 crore.
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