The benchmark Nifty rallied 1,000 points or 17% from 7,000 in 78 trading sessions since May 12, till date to surpass the 8,000 mark.
Aggressive rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve could result in a flight of capital from emerging markets like India, says B Gopkumar, chief executive officer, Reliance Securities.
The BSE Mid-Cap index was currently down 1.25%
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 80 points up at 23,789 while the Nifty50 closed at 7,235, up 24 points.
The 30-share Sensex provisionally ended up 46 points to end at 28,122 and the 50-share Nifty gained 20 points to close at 8,514.
After grappling with the issue for two years, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas had on November 21 ordered that the margin to be charged, over and above the gas sale price, should be fixed between the seller and buyers in all sectors other than urea and LPG.
The previous highest divestment proceeds for the first half of a year was around Rs 21,000 crore in 2016-17.
Investor sentiment got a boost following remarks from the Russian President Putin that allayed fears of an imminent military conflict in Ukraine
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not taking along an industry delegation to the US but top representatives of India Inc are likely to travel to New York and Washington to be part of the power-packed business meetings and receptions being hosted for him.
A crown of thorns awaits the next telecom minister at Sanchar Bhawan as the new incumbent will have to address a host of tricky issues like industry infighting, tariffs and improving financial health of the Rs 2.3 lakh crore industry.
'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.
Most Asian markets ended with gains.
Sensex in green in afternoon trade.
An expectation of tax sops in Budget, weakness of dollar and robust tax collection are adding positive sentiment
Biggest contribution came from Bharti group-led Satya Electoral Trust.
The final hearing in the case at the London magistrate's court to extradite Mallya to India is scheduled later this month.
Of the 30-share Sensex, 13 ended higher, while 17 led by Power Grid, Tata Steel, Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp, NTPC, Tata Motors, Dr Reddy's, M&M, GAIL, Infosys and L&T finished lower, fell by up to 2.40 per cent
With political parties using him as punching bag in the highly charged election campaign, Adani Group head Gautam Adani on Sunday said he got no special favours from Narendra Modi and his group has since 1993 acquired only barren waste land for infrastructure projects.
The BSE Sensex jumped 70.42 points to end at 34,503.49, while the broader NSE Nifty finished at 10,651.20, up 19 points.
'Collateral damage during operations needs to be avoided.' 'Such an objective can be achieved more easily should stone throwers not gear up to en masse oppose security forces.' 'With the conditions being quite sensitive at this stage, the death of one of these boys could easily serve the terrorists in instigating violence,' notes Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
Coal India topped the losers' list in the Sensex pack on Tuesday, falling 2.36 per cent, followed by Bharti Airtel at 2.16 per cent.
That may have reduced clutter, but it would also have reduced choice.
The RBI should provide readily accessible summary information on its website about all corporate debt defaulters and the amounts involved.
Caution prevailed across the bourses ahead of the Union Budget.
Policy constraints may prevent many of the global retail giants from reaching their full potential.There are too many restrictions right now in the sector and policy makers lack clarity.
The Sensex ended higher by 245 points at 27,372 mark and the Nifty gained 66 points at 8,225.
India's credit and banking are neither too big nor too small.
M-cap of 35% of BSE-500 companies, excluding financial ones, is below their debt or just a shade above
The BSE Sensex gained 104.63 points to end at 33,147.13, while the broader Nifty spurted 48.45 points to finish at 10,343.80.
The Congress has raised several questions on the Rafale deal, accusing the government of compromising with national interests.
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Addressing a Ficci-organised banking summit in Mumbai, he at the same time said that it will take several years for the country's banks to achieve the status of a large global bank.
Sensex closed 63.82 points higher at 26,851.05 in Muhurat trading; Nifty rises 18.65 points to end at 8,014.55.
A look at few marquee projects that are stuck for several reasons.
Rediff.com does a quick checklist on what the two manifestos have to say on hot-button issues of the day.
The calculation excludes cross-holding of listed group cos in each other.
Investor wealth shrunk due to markets crashing on Wednesday.
Investment announcement for $100 bn over 5 years likely.
Investors booked profits after strong 641-point rally in the previous two sessions, brokers said.
There was no word on whether or when Patel would be talking to the media about his priorities and plan of action as head of Mint Street
Investors booked profits in recent gainers
