The 30-share Sensex ended up 140 points at 28,262 and the 50-share Nifty was up 37 points at 8,551.
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Broader markets outperformed with BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap adding 0.23% and 0.45%, respectively
Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
The broader market outperformed with the S&P BSE Midcap down 0.3%, while the S&P BSE Smallcap was little changed.
'A CEO is successful if he is able to retain the confidence of his shareholders. And the shareholders of India Inc have backed their prime minister-CEO to the hilt,' says Sudhir Bisht.
The Budget will obviously be crucial. But US President Donald Trump may have even more of an influence than Finance Minister Arun Jaitley when it comes to sentiment, argues Devangshu Datta.
An expectation of tax sops in Budget, weakness of dollar and robust tax collection are adding positive sentiment
In an interview with Sanjay Jog, REC chairman and managing director P V Ramesh talks of the growth strategy and the company's plan to ride the transformation wave in the power sector.
The 30-share Sensex stayed in the green for the better part of the session and hit the day's high of 38,297.70 as buying pace gathered momentum towards the fag-end.
Nifty snaps 10-day winning streak
A weaker rupee might stimulate Indian exports and nullify some of the effects of Chinese devaluation.
Markets across the globe gained after China Securities Regulator removed its four-day-old circuit-breaker system.
Spectrum is critical for Tata Tele because in some circles, Rajasthan for example, it has spectrum only in 60 per cent of the geography, while allocation for the rest has yet to come from the government.
Sun Pharma was by far the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 8.13 per cent, followed by Dr Reddy's at 4.92 per cent.
Deutsche Bank could be the next to trim its retail operations.
Strong gains in Vedanta Ltd, Adani Ports, Bharti Airtel and Maruti Suzuki helped the index touch record levels.
Salil Dhawan reveals the MFs that have not only performed well in the past but have a promising outlook for the future too.
'On the tax front, most of the Budget proposals are sensible'.
'This is the first time we will see how SIP investors react to market correction.'
Profit-booking by participants in view of the domestic markets' recent record-setting run fuelled the downtrend
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India's share of 2015 emerging market allocations will be driven by FII perceptions on likely growth and reform.
We won't see a bigger decline in mining going forward, but it might remain flat in July-August 2014.
India's fiscal deficit trends are a bit like an alcoholic trying, unsuccessfully, to reform. Virtue does not last for too long, says Shankar Acharya.
Market breadth on the BSE ended firm as 1,908 shares advanced and 1,156 shares declined
'There is no change in the overall story of economic recovery.'
Surprisingly, RIL scrip also fell by 2.73 per cent to 1,029.15, becoming the second biggest loser in the index
The launch kicks off a busy period for Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Thursday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head -- Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, discussed the best stocks to put the investors' money in.
Urban markets account for the major share of total revenues.
Commercial vehicles witnessed a fall of 15-17% in November as buyers struggled to meet margin money requirements, reports Swaraj Baggonkar.
The incumbent operators faced the onslaught of free offers and cheaper rates from Jio.
Corporates' forex borrowings have grown at a CAGR of 15.6% since 2008.
Shankar Acharya gives ten predictions on key politico-economic developments in the world and ten for India.
The elements are all aligned to make India a global powerhouse, says IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
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.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on said that financing current account deficit (CAD) year after year is a challenge and the only way to deal with the problem is by increasing exports.
'There are many cases where a company hits the wall because of reasons not under their control.' 'If you do not understand and appreciate that and paint all promoters with the same brush then definitely you are inviting trouble.'
N Sundaresha Subramanian digs deeper into what Catalyst, an Indo-US project, brings to the payments ecosystem.
Market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 1,838 declines against 1,218 advances.
