Israel has expressed interest in sharing its expertise on water purification and waste water treatment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project for cleaning river Ganga.
Banks stocks continued to trade weak along with FMCG major ITC.
Infrastructure and real estate prominently feature as wealth destroyers.
Stocks such as NIIT, Punj Lloyd, Gati, Welspun India and BEML are favourites of the trading community.
Seen as a major initiative, the 'strategic partnership model' aims to create a vibrant defence manufacturing ecosystem in the country through involvement of both the major Indian corporates as well as the MSME sector.
Global private equity (PE) major Carlyle is in talks with renowned cardiac surgeon Dr Naresh Trehan to acquire a minority stake in his Gurgaon-based multi-super speciality hospital, Medanta -The Medicity.
NTPC, Sun Pharma Coal India and Asian Paints were among top losers on BSE Sensex
Invests $1.1 billion in 6 months, against $3.7 billion in 20 years
Market breadth was weak with 1239 losers and 1078 gainers on the BSE.
Around 300 promoters serve their company boards for free.
Overnight, the Wall Street closed on a flatter note.
Analysts attribute this fall to the recent moderation in energy (mainly crude oil) and commodity prices, lowering of input costs for companies in sectors such as FMCG, consumer durables, and automobiles, reports Krishna Kant.
Combined debt-equity ratio of top companies declines but interest expenses outgrow profits.
Sensex remained volatile through the day.
The Sensex ended above 27,000 for the first time while the Nifty topped 8,100.
Among key stocks, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Dr Reddy's Labs and ICICI Bank, all up between 1%-3%
Market ended lower for the third straight session led by IT stocks amid downgrade by Citigroup.
The broader markets also ended lower in line with the benchmark indices
Eight Sensex biggies such as Reliance, L&T, BHEL, SBI and ICICI Bank are among the worst hit.
A good monsoon could rein in food inflation. Largely good corporate results mean better days are ahead. Nifty may reach record levels, points out Devangshu Datta.
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Benchmark share indices ended lower on profit taking after they touched record highs in the previous session.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
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Q1 results indicate more pain ahead, as slowdown has spread to more sectors, pricing power has come down and rising interest cost is eating into profits.
Defence ministry incompetence hobbles development of battle-taxis for the Indian Army.
'Most of the agitations are staged by the Opposition to disturb the peace of the state.'
Indian billionaires do not believe in sitting on their wealth.
Drones are being sold by e-retailers like Flipkart and Snapdeal for less than Rs 40,000 apiece.
