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Markets ended flat on Tuesday, amid a volatile trading session, as investors exercised caution ahead of the two-day FOMC meet starting today and Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy later this week.
Bajaj Auto was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 3.95 per cent followed by Maruti Suzuki at 2.69 per cent.
S&P BSE Midcap shed 0.8% while S&P BSE Smallcap tumbled 0.6%
Nifty crosses 9,750-mark; Bharti Airtel, TCS, Wipro, Lupin and Coal India gained the most on BSE Sensex
Covering-up of short positions ahead of Thursday's expiry of August series in the derivatives segment gave equities a slight push
The BSE gauge Sensex fell 73.88 points to 35,548.26 and the NSE Nifty slid 17.85 points to 10,799.85, taking cues from tumbling global shares.
ICICI Bank and SBI were among the top Sensex gainers along with FMCG majors ITC and HUL.
The NSE 50-share index, after moving between 10,469.90 and 10,395.25, finally concluded at 10,458.65, up 41.50 points
It is the rupee's biggest single-day gain this year.
The NSE Nifty went past the 8,600-mark for the first time since November 1.
Sensex lost 76 points to end at 25,589 while Nifty shed 23 points to end at 7,649.
8 out of 12 sectoral indices closed in red with BSE IT and Healthcare indices losing 0.5%.
Broader markets broke the winning streak and ended lower, underperforming the benchmark indices
Markets will remain closed on Thursday, 12 November 2015 on account of Diwali Balipratipada.
The S&P BSE Sensex closed 318 points at 24,455 and the Nifty50 shed 99 points to end at 7,438.
The BSE benchmark Sensex surged about 241 points to end at 35,165.48 and the NSE Nifty gained 84 points to close at 10,688.65.
Investors sought to book profits at attractive valuations after recent run up in last few trading sessions.
Participants are eagerly waiting for the key macrodata -- IIP and CPI numbers due to be released later today.
Investors indulged in buying beaten down blue chips at lower and attractive levels.
Participants are keenly waiting for the January IIP.
Sensex lost 184 points to trade at 23,878 and the Nifty has dropped 55 points to quote at 7,254.
Sensex catapults 1,241 points and Nifty vaults 382 points in two sessions in a row.
The broader market outperformed with the S&P BSE Midcap down 0.3%, while the S&P BSE Smallcap was little changed.
Nifty is likely to remain under selling pressure unless and until it breach the 7,700-7,720 levels on closing basis.
The market breadth in BSE remains positive with 1,554 shares advancing and 1,196 shares declining.
Markets ended higher for the second straight session mainly on the back of upbeat corporate earnings.
Market breadth is positive with 942 advances and 196 declines.
HUL, UltraTech, Asian Paints, L&T, HDFC Bank top global valuation charts
Rise in crude oil price and rally in global equities aided the sentiment
The BSE Midcap and the BSE Smallcap indices pared all intraday gains to end 0.3% and 0.5% lower
Profit taking in index heavweights RIL and HDFC weighed on sentiment while ICICI Bank surged 7%.
Sesnsex ended the day flat on heavy selling pressure.
There are few strategies to invest safely in a volatile market.
The Sensex has hit its lowest level since August 29, 2016 whereas the Nifty hit its lowest level since Sep 12, 2016
The US FOMC concludes its two-day meeting today while the Bank of Japan will start its two-day meeting today.
Sensex is trading firm; FMCG, real estate going strong.
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.
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.
Benchmark share indices trimmed intra-day gains after global crude oil prices resumed their downward trajectory after sharp gains on Friday.
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