The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices underperformed the largecaps and ended over 1% lower.
The broader Nifty ended on top of 9,800 again.
Mukesh Ambani-led RIL, which had a cash chest and marketable securities worth over Rs 90,000 crore (Rs 900 billion) at the end of the last fiscal, is known for very effectively managing its financial resources by placing them in liquid instruments and highly rated securities.
The US election campaign has provided plenty of ammunition for the CCP to make its case that its political system is superior.
The S&P BSE Sensex gained 57 points to end at 26,064 and the Nifty50 climbed 17 points.
Investor sentiment got a boost following remarks from the Russian President Putin that allayed fears of an imminent military conflict in Ukraine
Recently, Apple did two things differently. First, it entered video streaming sector with cheaper options and second it has opened up its OTT service for non-Apple users too.
The reason is believed to be a 19% increase in interest cost.
BP, which bought a 30 per cent stake in RIL's 21 oil and gas blocks, including KG-D6, for $7.026 billion in 2011, is working with RIL to arrest the output decline in the fields.
'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.
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
Notable losers were ONGC, Axis Bank, ITC, SBI, ICICI Bank, NTPC, Hero Motocorp, Sun Pharma and Bharti Airtel who fell by up to 2.80 per cent.
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.
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Metal stocks also had a good session, with JSW Steel zooming by 7%, and Tata Steel and Nalco gaining about 3% each.
Combined net profit estimated to grow 14.6% year-on-year, against a 5.7% decline in the Dec 2015 quarter
In 5 years, the AMC has clocked a growth rate of 40% with its AUM up nearly 4 times.
The next 12 months will be quite challenging marked by uncertain political events and evolving macroeconomic scenario
Daily turnover down by a third in December compared to previous months.
That resulted in a 50-basis point improvement in operating profit margins on a sequential basis.
Experts argue that the top two players in each category will receive funding sooner or later, but for laggards, the market is still challenging
Combined debt-equity ratio of top companies declines but interest expenses outgrow profits.
Experts tell Ujjval Jauhari that investors need to be careful in picking stocks given high valuations and with markets possibly ignoring potential risks
No fund houses could muster the courage to launch equity funds during the period and the sector lost a lot of its equity assets.
Indian markets ended on a lower note after the stimulus announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to meet expectation.
Foreign exchange reserves as a percentage of India's total external debt were 73 per cent at the end of December 2015.
Indian equity markets registered their highest single-day percentage gains since early October.
The NSE Nifty too recovered over 100 points, or 0.96 per cent, to end at 10,576.85.
HDFC Life, which posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 281.83 crore (Rs 2.81 billion) for the quarter ended June compared with Rs 11.92 crore (Rs 119.2 million) in corresponding period last year (according to HDFC's first quarter results), has diversified its distribution mix.
After 3 weeks of consecutive rally, this week was a breather for the index, which corrected by almost 1.5%.
