Home and kitchen appliances, electronic products, apparel and B-segment cars stand to gain.
Over the past four quarters, the Sensex companies' earnings trajectory has improved sharply because of a weak rupee.
The law was amended to bring parity between public and private sector employees (including PSUs) after the gratuity limit was raised for central government on similar lines
Investors watch out for cues from the on-going winter session of the Parliament.
Both the indices ended at their highest levels since February 1.
'Jaitley should get the GST and multi- brand retail bills passed to achieve 9%+ growth.'
The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 1 points to end at 26,396 and the Nifty50 slipped 2 points to end at 8,109.
The broader NSE Nifty, after cracking below the key 10,300-mark, touched a low of 10,211.25, before finally ending 134.75 points, or 1.30 per cent, down at 10,226.55.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 33 points at 27,241.78 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 27 points at 8,200.70.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, ITC, NTPC, L&T and HDFC, all up 2% each
A comparative analysis of the two companies' rankings on three parameters reveals why ONGC slipped in ranking
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India's CAD -- the gap between inflow and outgo of foreign exchange -- widened to a record high of $88 billion or 4.8 per cent of the gross domestic product for the fiscal ended March 31, from $78.2 billion in 2011-2012, about 4.2 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product.
Valuation-wise, the markets look more attractive now
The Nifty rose 176.50 points, or 1.74 per cent, during the week.
Traders said falling crude prices in the global market was a big boost for the economy as it lightens the country's import bill burden, eases inflation and current account deficit concerns.
Independent market analyst Ambareesh Baliga points out the red flags that retail investors should not have ignored and lists three scenarios -two of these scenarios offer a glimmer of hope to retail shareholders of Yes Bank - that could play out in the coming days.
India had a transition from 'socialism with a limited entry to marketism without exit'.
Twitter is a great medium for political leaders to communicate with their supporters and engage with their opponents. Provided the tweets are coherent and sensible. So why is the Delhi chief minister tweeting illogical stuff about the PM, asks Sudhir Bisht.
Pensioners, India Inc may get tax breaks in Budget
Whatever be India's course of action, it will have an impact on India-Iran ties, notes Aveek Sen.
The windfall from RBI may be used to trim borrowing, help fund Rs 3.3 lakh crore capex plan, capitalise banks and provide fiscal stimulus to some stressed sectors, experts and economists said.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Sebi would develop new products in the commodity derivatives space apart from taking steps to deepen the corporate bond market.
Urjit Patel as the new RBI governor whose focus is on taming inflation has lowered the probability of interest rate cut soon
Earlier this month, market regulator Sebi had given go- ahead to the disinvestment department's proposal to give preference in share allotment to those PSUs located in states in which Neyveli's generating units were located.
IT shares lost ground tracking a sell-off in tech stocks on Nasdaq on Friday
After getting Indian Oil Corporation, the nation's largest oil firm, to drop four independent directors and Engineers India Ltd to boot out two, it is now seeking to sack former Power Secretary P Uma Shankar, chartered accountant S Ravi and former BPCL Chairman R K Singh from the board of ONGC.
Infosys was the top Sensex loser along with other index heavyweights ITC and HDFC.
Rate-sensitive sectors like banks, realty and auto witnessed heavy selling pressure ahead of the RBI Monetary policy which is scheduled on September 29.
Lowering excise duty on petrol, diesel, and other fuels, branded fuels.
Maruti Suzuki was the biggest gainer among Sensex scrips, rising 5.89 per cent, followed by M&M up 5.29 per cent.
Sun Pharma was the top gainer after SPARC received Sebi nod to raise up to Rs.250 crore through a rights issue
The mergers will not involve any cash but only share swaps
Bharti Airtel , RCom and Tata Communications ended down between 0.1-1%.
Defence Ministry says the report is being verified, maintaining that neither Indian nor French government had any say in the decision.
While PNB did not name the other lenders, Union Bank of India, Allahabad Bank and Axis Bank are said to have offered credit based on letters of undertaking (LOUs) issued by PNB. Foreign bank branches too are under investigation.
A declining rupee, elevated crude oil prices and sustained foreign fund outflows added to the gloom
The Sensex closed higher by 170 points at 26,128 and the Nifty rose 59 points to end at 7,943.
The staggered increase in kerosene rate may not have the same impact of freeing up the fuel price as for diesel.
Investor sentiments remained upbeat tracking global developments as the US, China geared up for trade talks due this week.
The 50-issue NSE Nifty too cracked the 10,200-mark and hit a low of 10,108.55 before finishing 104.75 points, or 1.02 per cent down at 10,121.80.
