A recent report has suggested that future patent expires in the cardiac and anti-diabetes space would form a good opportunity for smaller firms, given their franchise in these segments.
BSE Bankex and Telecom indices led the fall.
Kotak Mahindra Bank and Vedanta were the top Nifty gainers.
Textile and telecom shares have gained ahead of the Cabinet meet later today which is likely to announce new measures for both the sectors.
The Livo is one stylish looking motorcycle that's a blend of swooping lines and sharp flourishes. The designers have done a brilliant job here to make sure that the Livo matches up to its heritage. In-fact, at first glance, one would easily be led to think that the Livo belongs to the 125cc segment instead of the 110cc.
Financials were the top losers after sharp gains in the previous session along with ITC
Select metal stocks rebounded while power stocks extended losses after SC verdict on coal block allocations.
World Bank lowered its global economic growth outlook for 2016 to 2.9% from 3.3% earlier.
Sun Pharma emerged as the star performer and closed 4.03 per cent up at Rs 675.45, while Cipla rallied 1.58 per cent to Rs 592.60.
The 30-share Sensex jumped 729 points to end at 28,076 and the 50-share Nifty soared 217 points to end at 8,494.
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.
Under a 2010 nuclear liability law, nuclear equipment suppliers are liable for damages from an accident, which companies say is a sharp deviation from international norms
The updated Hero Xtreme packs in a lot of goodies which amplifies its value for money quotient even further, says Faisal Ali Khan of MotorBeam.com
What happens when a Delhi professor is given the rare opportunity to travel with the Pakistan army along the LoC? Find out in this fascinating excerpt from Happymon Jacob's book, The Line of Control: Travelling With The Indian And Pakistani Armies.
Nirma has jumped into the ongoing cricket spectacle - IPL - as the principal sponsor for the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore to raise awareness and recognition for the cement brands it acquired after its purchase of the erstwhile Lafarge India's assets in 2016
Meanwhile, IT index continues to be the top loser down 3.8%. Financial stocks witnessed renewed buying interest at lower levels.
Sensex sinks into red at close on growth concerns.
'The scope of cordon and search operations has changed drastically.' 'Operations are now more focused, intelligence driven and involve very small cordons with minimum inconvenience to the people.' 'This has been the humanisation of conflict.' 'It has come to be institutionalised in the army's concept.' 'General Rawat has been schooled in this thinking and when he makes a statement it is with full consciousness of the institutionalised concept,' says Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd), the former GOC 15 Corps in Srinagar and the officer acclaimed as the 'People's General'.
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
The 21st AGM of the company is scheduled to be held in Mumbai on Friday.
Former England football captain David Beckham announced on Wednesday that he is exercising his option to become the owner of a Major League Soccer team in Miami.
Participants are eyeing the Bihar elections.
Jacques Kallis became the fourth South African to score a hundred in his last Test, emulating Pieter van der Bijl, Lee Irvine and Barry Richards.
Samvat 2070 was a great year for top Indian conglomerates in the stock markets.
Metro projects usually require additional funding by promoters, which RInfra refuses to in this case.
Several Sensex stocks hits 52-week low in intra-day trade on Monday with financials leading the decline.
Sensex catapults 1,241 points and Nifty vaults 382 points in two sessions in a row.
HDFC, TCS, RIL, ITC and ICICI Bank dragged the Sensex by over 100 points.
Banking and real estate stocks rise up to 5% on further rate-cut hope.
The local markets are expected to react to global triggers until the government announces the Union Budget.
It said the prime minister of Pakistan has neither chosen to condemn the heinous act nor condoled with the bereaved families.
Small- and mid-size companies where Cyrus was the chairman did better on bourses than large Tata group companies
The US president called Jim Acosta a 'rude, terrible person' after he refused to give up a microphone while trying to ask a question.
Surging value of dollar may be posing the biggest threat to US corporate earnings.
Oil imports are a third of India's total import bill.
'Overlying his idealism was a hatred of war and of all things military. He gave no deep thought to politico-military matters and this prevented him from making sound security decisions.'
Over the past two decades, six of the eight army chiefs have been from the infantry and the other two from the artillery division. The appointment of either General Bakshi or General Hariz would interrupt the infantry's prolonged domination of the army command, says Ajai Shukla, a retired army officer himself.
The Indian indices also offer one of the lowest dividend yields.
The Chinese have just one commander for all the forces confronting India. Commanders of all these forces answer to one man, and one headquarter. India, on the other hand, offers a diversity of options that is a military embarrassment in the 21st century. In Arunachal and Sikkim-Bhutan, the Eastern Army Commander is in charge. In the Uttarakhand (central) sector, it will be the Central Army Commander. The Himachal-Tibet border is the domain of the Western Army Commander. And all of Kashmir and Ladakh further on, the Northern Army's. Effectively, an array of at least eight 'three-star' commanders will be arrayed against one Chinese, says Shekhar Gupta.
