The breadth was neutral with 1,329 advances and 1,320 declines.
A vilification campaign against Rosneft has begun in right earnest, says M K Bhadrakumar.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 414 points at 25,481 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 119 points at 7,603.
Index heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC and Infosys were the top Sensex gainers.
Top 5 losers include Infosys, TCS, ITC, M&M and HUL.
The Sensex ended below 28,000 for the second straight day at 27,869.
Over the past four quarters, the Sensex companies' earnings trajectory has improved sharply because of a weak rupee.
IDS-2 and raids to uncover black money stash keep receipts flowing
FM needs to convince Indians to invest more in stocks.
Markets climb higher tracking global cues.
BSE Midcap index outperformed the benchmark indices to end with 0.4% gains.
The financial year ending Saturday saw such big-ticket events that set the directional tone for the country's business journey.
Sensex plunges 322.39 points to over 1-month closing low of 27,797.01; Nifty tumbles 97.55 points to 8,340.70.
As the DefenceExpo gets underway in Goa, Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd) says the proposed Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 should ensure that the Indian defence industry is on the path to design, develop and make in India.
Sensex closed 63.82 points higher at 26,851.05 in Muhurat trading; Nifty rises 18.65 points to end at 8,014.55.
This weakness is likely to continue in the near-term.
As regards India, market valuations already reflect most positives.
The broader markets underperformed benchmark indices as the BSE Mid-cap and Small-cap tumbled over 2%.
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The debt-equity ratio was as high as 1.4 times the net worth as certificates of deposit and inter-corporate deposits gained popularity.
The Sensex ended in red on domestic concerns.
The 30-share Sensex ended 271 points higher to end at 28,930 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 76 points to close at 8,776.
If this Budget was not packaged and sold as a Budget for the poor and for farmers, Narendra Modi would have lost the next election.
Besides a great idea, it takes pluck, and some luck, to get going.
Echoing the position articulated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, China and Russia on Thursday warned that imminent withdrawal of fiscal stimulus by the US could have an adverse impact on the global economy and cautioned the Obama administration against it.
Positive cues from Asian peers also uplifted the sentiment.
Most analysts expect growth in the sales of Nifty-50 companies to decelerate, albeit marginally, in the quarter ended December compared to the corresponding period of 2013-14, with metals and real estate companies pulling down earnings.
It will be the first to go, in what has become an overcrowded segment since India first allowed futures trading in commodities in 2003.
Capt Gopinath, in a deperate bid to fend off a possible auction of his prime residential property in Bangalore by State Bank of India, which had earlier issued notices to sell his pledged properties to recover as much as Rs 259 crore (Rs 2.59 billion), has struck a deal with Sobha Developers to raise funds.
RBI's fifth bi-monthly monetary policy meet due tomorrow also kept the investors on their toes.
Benchmark share indices ended at record closing highs, amid a volatile trading session on Monday, with IT majors leading the gains.
Corporate legal cases kept India Inc on its toes in 2014 as high stake matters on coal, telecom and mining came up in the Supreme Court, which also sent Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy to jail.
Several high profile companies are burdened with losses, mounting debt and have a huge load of operational costs.
I-T lens on current account deposits over Rs 12.5 lakh. All the news and more post demonetisation.
The index had risen over 585 points in the previous three sessions.
No one can fault India Inc for not taking care of shareholders; in fact, it has been extra generous.
India's biggest jewellers' association has asked members to stop selling gold bars and coins.
Markets in green tracking firm global cues.
Bull markets need a a charismatic leader and a fancy destination.
The economic slowdown has made it difficult for companies to record financial closure of a few awarded projects.
Bharti Retail launched its first mall, The Pavilion, in Ludhiana.
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