The US-based firm has marked down the value of Flipkart for the sixth time, the latest at a time when it has been struggling to raise funds at a valuation higher than or equal to $15.2 billion.
A sensible investor who is always invested will get high returns over the long term.
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices registered an uptick of 0.06%, and 0.05%, respectively
S&P BSE Sensex settled at 31,170, up 60 points, while the broader Nifty50 closed at record high for third straight session. It ended at 9,624, up 19 points.
Oil & gas, banking and pharma sector stocks stole the show
The broader NSE Nifty index too finished lower by 4.80 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 10,632.20.
While the overall passenger car industry is expected to grow at around seven per cent a year in the next five years, SUV growth is expected to be over 10 per cent.
Sun Pharma stole the show in the Sensex pack, spurting 3.91 per cent, followed by M&M at 2.87 per cent.
The top gainers on the Sensex were Cipla, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, Hero Moto & Sesa Sterlite.
Out of 30 Sensex shares, 19 ended lower while 11 gained
Stocks below a certain size in terms of market capitalisation don't attract much institutional interest
Adani Ports, HUL and L&T gained the most, while ICICI Bank, ONGC, GAIL and Tata Steel lost the most
Insurer likely to support Ratan Tata; reduction in stake might have been profit booking.
TVS should be prepared for a rough ride as Bajaj Dominar, Mahindra Mojo, Royal Enfield Classic 350 and many others are stepping on the gas for a slice of this category.
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Markets ended lower on profit taking ahead of June F&O expiry.
ITC, Sun Pharma, HDFC and Coal India were among the top gainers.
Broader gains were capped as investors awaited corporate results from major firms
Telecom shares rallied on hopes that they would hike tariffs after huge investments to acquire spectrum.
'You can put 25 per cent right now; put another 25 per cent when Nifty corrects another 500 points.' 'At 13,500 put another 25 per cent and at 13,000 one can get fully deployed.'
Broader markers outperformed their larger peers.
The demand has gradually shifted from 16-tonners to 25-tonners and is further shifting in favour of 31-t and 37-t trucks.
The 'Indian story' will be badly damaged if the Modi government is not re-elected, argues investment banker Christopher Wood.
The Crisil study covered 600 companies excluding financial services and oil companies, representing 71 per cent of the overall market capitalisation of India Inc.
FPIs sold shares worth a net Rs 1236.95 crore on Friday.
They have returned 62 per cent this year.
With global markets pushing ahead, enthused by strengthening US jobs market, and also due to prospects of European rate hike, Indian markets also continued the march ahead.
The shares could continue to see outperformance if the Budget assumptions are proved correct
The Sensex and the Nifty had touched a low of 27,921 and 8,349 respectively.
Reliance Industries and ONGC were down 4-6% each contributing the most to the Sensex losses
The 30-share Sensex ended up 12 points at 28,517 while the 50-share Nifty ended nearly unchanged at 8,660.
India's GDP for the three-month period ended September 30 grew 7.4%.
In spite of continuous arguments about equality, women still do unmistakably more work than men at home, says Nidhi Pant.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 8 points at 27,508 and the 50-share Nifty closed 1 point higher at 8,284.
HDFC Bank Q4 net rises 21% to Rs 2,806.91 crore.
The 30-share Sensex gained 271 points to end at 28,805 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 84 points at 8,712.
'If India can only grow at 5%, why bother spending time on the country?' asks Akash Prakash.
Short-covering and the propping up of net asset values have potential to boost frontline as well as second-rung names next week
Markets closed the day in green on favourable domestic factors,
References to the stock market occur in popular discourse only when the market is overheated and normal middle class people are entering stocks with an unhealthy short-term perspective, says Devangshu Datta.
Markets end in the red, midcaps in focus
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