This weakness is likely to continue in the near-term.
The Nifty rose 176.50 points, or 1.74 per cent, during the week.
The Sensex and Nifty remained above their key levels of 36,000 and 10,900 throughout the session, indicating strong investor optimism after a prolonged spell of caution.
The breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, turned negative from positive
The 50-share NSE Nifty settled lower by 76.05 points, or 0.88 per cent, at 8,615.25
The NSE Nifty settled the day 93.20 points or 0.88 per cent lower at 10,452.30 after shuttling between 10,612.90 and 10,434.05.
On a weekly basis, the Sensex climbed 749.86 points or 2.69 per cent and the NSE Nifty soared 237.10 points or 2.76 per cent
Sensex lost 184 points to trade at 23,878 and the Nifty has dropped 55 points to quote at 7,254.
Sensex remained volatile through the day.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 8 points at 27,508 and the 50-share Nifty closed 1 point higher at 8,284.
A rapid fall in crude oil prices has meant the RBI is a year ahead of its inflation-targeting schedule
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap outperformed the frontline indices to gain 0.2% and 0.3%
On the BSE, 1,493 shares declined and 1,236 shares rose. A total of 177 shares were unchanged
The recovery was led by pharma majors led by Dr Reddy's Labs.
At the close, the 50-share NSE Nifty was at 8,611.15, up 19.90 points, or 0.23 per cent, after moving between 8,637.15 and 8,555.20.
On the sectoral front, rate-sensitive sectors such as Bankex and Auto gained by 1% and 0.7% respectively while BSE Consumer Durables gained 1.4%.
Custodian banks are selling dollars for their foreign fund clients.
The BSE benchmark Sensex surged about 241 points to end at 35,165.48 and the NSE Nifty gained 84 points to close at 10,688.65.
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Markets ended flat on Tuesday, amid a volatile trading session, as investors exercised caution ahead of the two-day FOMC meet starting today and Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy later this week.
Sensex,Nifty to remain under pressure through the week.
With a rise of around 30 per cent in the benchmark index S&P BSE Sensex, 2014 has been the best year for Indian equity markets since 2009, when the benchmark index surged 81 per cent.
The 30-share Sensex ended in the red.
Investor wealth too fell by nearly Rs 7 lakh crore during 2015-16 or over Rs 2,700 crore per trading session.
Markets ended lower on Tuesday, snapping a two-day winning streak, as investors turned cautious and booked profit in financials.
The 30-share Sensex, after opening on a strong footing, continued its upward march to hit an all-time high of 35,827.70. The NSE Nifty also hit a record intra-day high of 10,975.10, before finishing at 10,966.20, up 71.50 points.
The BSE Midcap and the BSE Smallcap indices pared all intraday gains to end 0.3% and 0.5% lower
Nifty September F&O series ended lower after seven consecutive positive series with Metal Index falling the most
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices slipped in red to shed over 1% each
Sensex ended up 190 points at 25,519 and Nifty climbed 57 points to end at 7,626.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 162 points at 28,338 and the 50-share Nifty was down 67 points at 8,463.
Tata Steel, SBI, L&T and Sun Pharma advanced 2-5% each.
Gains in key IT, capital goods, healthcare and metal stocks, after consistent buying by domestic and foreign investors, helped both the key indices to scale new peaks.
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively
The Sensex has slid 18.5 per cent from its January 2015 peak.
The 30-share Sensex closed down 115 points at 28,444 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 31 points at 8,524.
S&P upgraded India's credit outlook to 'stable' from 'negative' earlier.
Investors booked profit ahead of the outcome of the two-day US Fed policy meet which begins today.
Nifty is likely to remain under selling pressure unless and until it breach the 7,700-7,720 levels on closing basis.
Both the indices ended at their highest levels since February 1.
BSE Realty index zoomed by almost 7% followed by counters like Metal, Oil & Gas, Auto, Banks, Auto, Healthcare and Power, all surging between 1-5%.
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