Bank of Baroda ended flat after sharp gains in the previous session.
Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, rallied significantly following a sharp decline in crude oil prices. This decline was triggered by US President Donald Trump's announcement of progress in negotiations with Iran towards a peace agreement, which led to renewed optimism in global markets.
The NSE Nifty ended at 2,995, down 147 points. The market breadth was negative - out of 2,638 stocks traded, 1,566 declined, 998 advanced and the rest were unchanged on Wednesday.
The NSE Nifty is down 216 points at 3,602. The market breadth was extremely negative - out of 2,677 stocks traded, 2,369 declined, 281 advanced and 27 were unchanged on Monday.
Markets slipped into negative terrain in late noon deals weighed down by profit taking in bank shares.
Markets pared early gains to end lower weighed down by selling pressure in FMCG, oil and auto shares.
Market breadth was marginally lower with 1,474 losers and 1,395 gainers on the BSE.
Realty stocks ended firm on expectations that the central bank will start cutting interest rates in the coming months to prop up slowing economy.
Marketmen said the BSE index tumbled tailing weak Asian peers as concerns grew that a global economic recovery may be rockier than expected after data showed US consumer confidence fell to its lowest since March.
The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,724 stocks traded, 1,782 advanced, 858 declined and the rest were unchanged today.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have net sold domestic shares worth over $10 billion so far this month amid a shift to China, which not only offers attractive valuations compared to India but has also announced several measures to support the economy and the stock market in recent weeks. If the trend doesn't reverse, this will be the first time that overseas funds will yank out more than $10 billion from Indian equity markets in a month.
Analysts suggest investors remain in a wait-and-watch mode and not jump in to buy stocks across-the-board.
Major global indices like CAC 40, DAX Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng, Nikkei, Straits Times, Sensex, Nifty have lost 1% - 10% in a week
The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 207 points to end at 25,230.
Profit taking in index heavweights RIL and HDFC weighed on sentiment while ICICI Bank surged 7%.
Lupin was the top gainer after the USFDA cleared its Goa facility
Infosys slipped nearly 9% after the company cut full year revenue outlook for FY17.
Markets will remain closed today on account of voting for the general elections in Mumbai constituencies.
Markets opened marginally higher helped by a rebound in index heavyweights
FPIs sold shares worth a net Rs 1236.95 crore on Friday.
Market breadth is positive with 942 advances and 196 declines.
The Sensex ended above 27,000 for the first time while the Nifty topped 8,100.
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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.
Markets ended in red, index heavyweights drag.
Mixed global cues and decline in crude oil prices further dent the sentiments.
BSE Bankex and Telecom indices led the fall.
Month-end dollar demand from importers resulted in the rupee touching a new all-time low on Wednesday against the dollar.
Markets ended lower on Tuesday, snapping a two-day winning streak, as investors turned cautious and booked profit in financials.
Among Sensex components, shares of Reliance Industries, India's largest company by market value, stole the show by surging 1.61 per cent to their highest in over three months.
The Sensex swung over 660 points both ways on alternate bouts of selling and buying before closing the day higher by 97.39 points, or 0.28 per cent.
Tata Steel, SBI, Infosys and L&T were among the top gainers for the day.
Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, L&T, ONGC and Infosys have gained between 1%-1.5%.
The Sensex ended up 48 points at 28,386 and the Nifty gained 13 points to close at 8,476.
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In the Sensex kitty, ITC turned star performer by surging 2.45 per cent, followed by NTPC rising 2.19 per cent.
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The broader markets traded positively with mid-caps and small-caps rising 0.5 per cent each on the BSE.
Gains were led by Tata Motors on robust Q1 earnings and HDFC Group shares.
Top losers in the Sensex pack include Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Asian Paints, RIL, Coal India, HDFC Bank, HDFC, TCS, ONGC and M&M, falling up to 3.09 per cent.
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