Both the indices ended at their highest levels since February 1.
HDFC, ONGC, Maruti Suzuki, HeroMoto Corp and Bajaj Auto gained the most on BSE Sensex
Corporate revenues will decline for a third consecutive quarter in March on a YoY basis - one of the worst shows by these companies in many years.
Samvat 2070 was a great year for top Indian conglomerates in the stock markets.
Both benchmark indices were driven by strong gains in IT, teck, oil and gas, pharma and banking shares amid earnings optimism.
Markets ended lower amid volatile trade with Sun Pharma leading the decline.
Several Sensex stocks hits 52-week low in intra-day trade on Monday with financials leading the decline.
Indian businesses' weak ability to compete overseas says much about the infirmities imposed by the intensity of government dominance of economic policy and the nature of this dominance, observes Kanika Datta.
Together, the top 10 business groups reported a pre-tax loss of Rs 19,342 crore during the January-March 2020 quarter, as against a profit before tax of around Rs 48,500 crore in the year-ago period and Rs 39,600 crore during the December quarter. While Vedanta was the worst hit. others included Aditya Birla, Bharti, Adani, Mahindra, and Tata.
Sensex rises, Nifty ends at record high; RIL shares rally.
The Mumbai-based brokerage has constructed India Family Firm Index out of listed companies.
Though India was under lockdown for only seven days of the quarter, global demand and commodity prices began falling from February as COVID-19 was spreading in other countries. 1,002 listed companies - excluding banks, non-bank lenders, insurers, brokerages, and IT firms - reported a combined pre-tax loss of around Rs 2,700 crore during Q4.
Shares of rate sensitive sectors such as realty, infrastructure, banking and automobiles ended higher ahead of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mid-quarter policy review on June 17.
RBI's fifth bi-monthly monetary policy meet due tomorrow also kept the investors on their toes.
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Profit-booking and selling pressure on below-normal monsoon forecast, marred sentiments, traders said.
Sensex ended strong, Tata Steel, HUL climb higher.
Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, L&T, ONGC and Infosys have gained between 1%-1.5%.
Coal India fell the most by 2.58 per cent among Sensex scrips, dragging the index into the negative zone.
No one is right all the times. Recognising the market signals is a very important part of your portfolio creation, says P V Subramanyam
'The growth drivers are mostly invisible, but the growth is undeniable at least for now,' notes Debashis Basu.
Benchmark indices plunge 4.7% in the first full week of 2016.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has informed Supreme Court that it has "so far" not found any criminality in the 14 preliminary enquiries registered on the basis of intercepted conversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia.
The Sensex ended up 48 points at 28,386 and the Nifty gained 13 points to close at 8,476.
All sectoral indices on the BSE and NSE ended in the red, led by realty, banking, metal, pharma, pharma and financial stocks.
The Nifty finished the day at 10,265.65, a hefty gain of 98.95 points, or 0.97 per cent, after shuttling between 10,270.85 and 10,195.25.
'When a Project Director is appointed, the whole organization -- including the Chairman ISRO -- works for his success. It is a lesson that has been of abiding value all through the other projects I have worked on,' recalls the late President, one of the earliest pioneers at ISRO.
Ends the August F&O series on a high tracking gains in RIL, HDFC and ITC.
Markets were left high and dry last week, as the 'Monsoon Effect' played havoc on trader sentiment.
The government is scheduled to release index of industrial growth for November and consumer price inflation for December later today.
Select metal stocks rebounded while power stocks extended losses after SC verdict on coal block allocations.
The calculation excludes cross-holding of listed group cos in each other.
The broader Nifty ended on top of 9,800 again.
Investors booked profits in recent gainers
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Strong gains in metal, energy, auto and power shares lifted the key indices to new highs.
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Benchmark share indices ended at record closing highs, amid a volatile trading session on Monday, with IT majors leading the gains.
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Profit booking in realty, oil and gas, capital goods, power and metal stocks pulled the index down to the day's low of 25,347.33 points.
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