Above normal monsoon forecast and strength in Asian equities lifted sentiments.
Index heavyweight RIL surged 3% to end above Rs 1,000 mark while IT majors were also the top gainers.
The top losers from the Sensex pack are ONGC, Coal India, Vedanta, Reliance Inds and L&T.
Movement of rupee and crude oil prices will also dictate the trend
'The list of things to be done or added or removed will keep growing and it will be a while before the emerging models settle down into lasting structures,' predicts Umesh Shrikhande, CEO, Taproot Dentsu.
The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 207 points to end at 25,230.
The company would venture into khadi products and animal feed this year, Ramdev said.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 71 points at 26,710 and the 50-share Nifty lost 38 points to close at 8,030.
Non-resident Indians (NRIs) are very positive about India
BSE Midcap index outperformed the benchmark indices to end with 0.4% gains.
'He keeps reminding me he is senior. There is no debate in this. I have never shown any disrespect to you since you are a senior,' the PM said.
Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has asked the finance ministry to cut duties on branded petrol and diesel that offer better mileage and help cut fuel consumption.
Signs of financial stress were visible when the airline reported a loss of Rs 10.40 billion.
As oil minister, he has overseen India's petroleum and natural gas needs. But now he also runs the environment ministry, where he has issued permits for 100 stalled projects in a month-long spree that has delighted industry but shocked green activists.
In UK, France and Germany, the president and CEO of Edelweiss Securities, anticipates votes incrementally in favour of local protection and de-globalisation.
BWith a distracted president brooding in the White House, Pompeo seems to think his day has come. He seems to be pushing a personal agenda before a target audience in America, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Markets ended in green on rate cut hope.
Intel's Young Scientist Karan Jerath talks about inventing, innovating and life.
'Tehran,' Foreign Minister Zarif said, 'had expected the Modi government to be "more resilient" in the face of Washington's bullying,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'Life will not improve overnight; it will happen in a gradual manner.'
From Kudankulam to the Land Bill, the author takes the Twitter route to capture the infra action of 2013.
Investor sentiments remained upbeat tracking global developments as the US, China geared up for trade talks due this week.
Experts say the BSE Sensex could rise to around 32,000 in a year.
Investment in market leaders with a safety-first approach could yield reasonable returns across sectors.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
Top 5 losers include Infosys, TCS, ITC, M&M and HUL.
National Demorcatic Alliance ministry's list of assets is fairly wide -- from land and property to vehicles and, for quite a few, guns. Nivedita Mookerji reports
The repo or short term lending rate remains unchanged at 6.75 per cent and the reverse repo rate at 7.75 per cent.
'Earnings revival could be two quarters away.'
The recovery was led by pharma majors led by Dr Reddy's Labs.
In the looking glass world of India's governance, banning something is a good way to promote it
'We are in the middle of an unprecedented SIP revolution.' 'Monthly inflow through SIPs will be Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore soon.' 'Traditional avenues of Indian savings like bank fixed deposits, gold or real estate are no longer attractive to invest.'
The Forbes 5th annual '30 Under 30' list features 600 women and men.
Tight liquidity will hit over-leveraged and cash-hungry companies, spare conservative ones
'The economy needs to deliver the expected 7.5% growth for the markets to deliver better than single digit returns.' 'Any disappointment in growth can see the markets correcting downwards.'
'No matter how severe sanctions the UN security council imposes on North Korea, the impact of the sanctions would depend on how faithfully they are enforced by China,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.
Markets have witnessed a gap down opening mirroring losses in the global equities with US markets taking a hit on worries about the health of Chinese economy.
India Inc is encouraged by a determined Budget.
Jaitley said each of the regions in the world is trying to do its best.
UK's largest retailer Tesco, Singapore Airlines and Etihad queued up to invest in India as a persistent UPA threw open more sectors to foreign investments with indications of more big ticket deals to be announced in the new year.
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