Market breadth is positive with 942 advances and 196 declines.
The distinction between "cheap" and "affordable" is a fine one, but no one understands this better than India's aspirational first-time car-owner, says Kanika Datta.
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Sources claim that 68-70 per cent of the workers at Halol are permanent ones, while the balance is tilted towards contractual workers at Talegaon.
Stocks and sectors impacted most by GST.
Index heavyweights were the top losers along with bank shares.
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Five companies get more volumes from scooters than motorcycles.
Bajaj Auto was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 3.95 per cent followed by Maruti Suzuki at 2.69 per cent.
The Ambassador was a durable enough brand to outlive the licence raj.
The top gainers on the Sensex were Cipla, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, Hero Moto & Sesa Sterlite.
Markets were left high and dry last week, as the 'Monsoon Effect' played havoc on trader sentiment.
Financial shares were among the top Sensex gainers along with auto and pharma shares.
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Top gainers from the Sensex pack are ONGC, HDFC, HUL, RIL and Cipla.
Market breadth on the BSE ended firm as 1,908 shares advanced and 1,156 shares declined
BSE Metal and Capital Goods indices plunged over 2% followed by counters like Consumer Durables, Auto, Banks and Realty, all falling down between 1-2%.
An average of 30-40 per cent automation is standard across all big automobile plants in the country
Profit taking in index heavweights RIL and HDFC weighed on sentiment while ICICI Bank surged 7%.
Falling margins, high inflation pitting workers against management.
The broad-based NSE Nifty rose 52.80 points, or 0.50 per cent, to end at 10,530.70
Financials were the top losers after sharp gains in the previous session along with ITC
All the sectoral indices, led by realty, metal, consumer durables and power were trading in the negative zone on Thursday.
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Local businesses are fretting over reform setbacks.
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The S&P BSE Sensex closed at 26,190, up by 43 points and Nifty50 settled above 7,950 to end at 7,963, up by 17 points
Engineering major BHEL rebounded from its day's lows to end around 1% higher.
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Movement of rupee and crude oil prices will also dictate the trend
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
Ten trade unions with a combined membership of 15 crore workers in public and private sector, including banks and insurance companies, are on a nationwide strike to protest against changes in the labour laws.
