The NSE 50-share Nifty also closed higher by 61.60 points, or 0.59 per cent, at 10,504.80 after shuttling between 10,513 and 10,441.45.
Most of the index heavyweights are yet to declare their results.
Rumours of which tycoon is close to which minister will soon start floating, and those could affect prices in the short term.
Caution prevailed across the bourses ahead of the Union Budget.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended in line with their larger counterparts and closed marginally up 0.2% and 0.4%, each
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Seeking to boost the strategic ties, India and the US finalised the text of the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement.
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.
The crackdown in the corporate espionage case led to the arrest of another person on Monday.
'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.
Sustained FII inflows and fresh spell of buying by domestic institutional investors fuelled the rally
There, however, has been an improvement in operating margins.
India expects to remain unscathed this time, mainly because it is in a sweet spot as the world's third largest oil consumer, after the US and China, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
Construction major L&T was the biggest gainer among the Sensex components, spurting 2.30 per cent, after the company said its board has approved a Rs 9,000-crore share buyback plan.
Companies write off investments, shed assets as initial projections go haywire
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Sensex ended up 41 points at 29,136 and Nifty gained 4 pts to 8,809.
Investor sentiment got a boost following remarks from the Russian President Putin that allayed fears of an imminent military conflict in Ukraine
RIL and its partners BP plc of UK and Canada's Niko Resources plan to produce about 13 million standard cubic metres per day of gas for 13 years from D-34 discovery, known as R-Cluster, in the KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block by 2017-18.
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It is hoped that the decision of India's apex court will send a signal to politicians and their cronies from the world of business that the rule of the law does eventually prevail, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
Decades of a state-owned monopoly selling coal at a fixed price has taken its toll on production.
It is important to approach the belief of people in ancient India's achievements with a sense of proportion, balance and empathy, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
In the January, 2013 Cabinet note on revision of prices of all domestically produced natural gas, the ministry had proposed immediate implementation of the formula suggested by a panel, headed by Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan, for all producers except in cases where the current rate is valid for a certain period.
Rebound in IT majors TCS and Infosys in late trades helped markets end higher.
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Muted quarterly earnings, mixed cues from global markets and unabated foreign fund outflows added to the volatility
This surpassed its previous record close of 29,974.24, reached on April 5.
Rising oil prices and diminishing cash pile to limit capacity in 2018-19
The Modi government's e-auction policy for coal, meant to shield the consumer against hike in electricity charges, has already led to serious allegations of cartelisation among the bidding corporates. Matters came to such a pass that the government at one point last week was considering inviting the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the matter, reports Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com.
'Despite frequent high-level interactions there has been little traction on substantive issues between India and France,' says Mohan Guruswamy.
Large and small businesses alike have delivered low-key performances.
Investor sentiments remained upbeat tracking global developments as the US, China geared up for trade talks due this week.
Low fuel prices to help oil marketing and refining sectors but upstream players will stay under pressure.
At 11:37 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 28 points at 27,037 and the Nifty50 was up 2 points at 8,268
A recovery in rupee, buying by domestic institutional investors, encouraging earnings by select blue-chips and stock specific buying helped the market get back on its feet
'Once the military starts to draw up plans for using nuclear weapons, then nuclear weapons could be used earlier in a crisis than otherwise.'
Investors brace up ahead of the key macrodata- IIP and CPI numbers due to be unveiled tomorrow.
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