Market breadth is positive with 942 advances and 196 declines.
Rise in crude oil price and rally in global equities aided the sentiment
HUL, UltraTech, Asian Paints, L&T, HDFC Bank top global valuation charts
Profit taking in index heavweights RIL and HDFC weighed on sentiment while ICICI Bank surged 7%.
The Sensex has hit its lowest level since August 29, 2016 whereas the Nifty hit its lowest level since Sep 12, 2016
Sesnsex ended the day flat on heavy selling pressure.
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The US FOMC concludes its two-day meeting today while the Bank of Japan will start its two-day meeting today.
At this point of time, the requirement of the economy is obviously more investment, which will create more jobs and increase purchasing power that will sustain a high level of production, says K M Chandrasekhar.
Stocks of companies having operations and exports to Europe were the top losers.
Markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday on account of Holi and Good Friday, respectively.
Sensex is trading firm; FMCG, real estate going strong.
Financials were among the top losers along with Sun Pharma and index heavyweight Reliance Industries
Benchmark share indices trimmed intra-day gains after global crude oil prices resumed their downward trajectory after sharp gains on Friday.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices underperformed the largecaps and ended over 1% lower.
World Bank lowered its global economic growth outlook for 2016 to 2.9% from 3.3% earlier.
Bank of Baroda ended flat after sharp gains in the previous session.
Sectoral performance was mixed with media and PSU banking stocks attracting buyer interest and healthcare, FMCG and metal stocks bearing the brunt of the bears
Jaitley said a very large number of reforms have taken place over the last few years and that has helped in restoring the credibility of the Indian economy
Global cues lift Sensex 364 points; Nifty ends above 8,650.
Participants will watch out for the Brexit poll outcome in the late morning trades tomorrow.
With global markets pushing ahead, enthused by strengthening US jobs market, and also due to prospects of European rate hike, Indian markets also continued the march ahead.
The Sensex closed higher by 170 points at 26,128 and the Nifty rose 59 points to end at 7,943.
Since 2005, in 8 out of 10 years (except in CY11 and CY14) the benchmark indices have given positive returns in December.
The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 1 points to end at 26,396 and the Nifty50 slipped 2 points to end at 8,109.
ONGC was the top performer while private banking major ICICI Bank extended gains
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Notable losers were ONGC, Axis Bank, ITC, SBI, ICICI Bank, NTPC, Hero Motocorp, Sun Pharma and Bharti Airtel who fell by up to 2.80 per cent.
The government will release the Index of Industrial Production for July 2015 on Friday, September 11, 2015.
Asian shares ended higher after a string of positive US economic data.
Markets ended higher, amid firm global cues, and are on track for third straight day of gains.
The 30 share Sensex ended up 183 points at 27,470 and the 50-share Nifty gained 44 points to close at 8,295.
Shares of RIL ended 2.4% higher as it pips TCS to become most valued firm
Indian markets ended on a lower note after the stimulus announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to meet expectation.
A mixed global trend and weakness in rupee influenced the sentiments during the day.
Among other stocks, IT firm Mphasis today reported a 15.30% increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 184.72 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2015.
BSE Power, Healthcare, Capital Goods, FMCG and Metal indices gained between 0.6-1%.
Investors will maintain a cautious stance.
Sensex in green, midcaps, smallcaps fail to show up; bluechips rule.
Infosys, Wipro and HUL among the top losers for the day.