Banks, real estate and metal scrips among the top losers.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have performed better than the front-liners
The Sensex ended 290 points higher at 29,095 mark and the Nifty gained 94 points to close at 8,806 levels.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 538 points at 26,781 and 50-share Nifty ended down 152 points at 8,067.
The Sensex ended down 251 points at 27,351 and the Nifty shed 65 points to close at 8,228.
Across the country, residential projects offering deals have risen 45-50 per cent in the run-up to the festive season and may double further by Diwali and the year-end as realtors attempt to clear piled-up inventory.
The broader markets ended mixed with mid-caps gaining 0.1 per cent and small-caps falling 0.1 per cent on the BSE.
The 30-share Sensex ended 53 points higher at 28,439 and the 50-share Nifty closed 18 points higher at 8,494.
The broader markets ended firm with mid-caps and small-caps gaining nearly 0.5 per cent on the BSE.
Markets shrugged off RBI's neutral stance on key policy rates.
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Investors booked profit ahead of the outcome of the two-day US Fed policy meet which begins today.
HDFC, TCS, RIL, ITC and ICICI Bank dragged the Sensex by over 100 points.
The 30-share Sensex ended down by 59 points at 27,027 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 7 points at 8,087.
Pharma shares extended losses after the government's ban on combination drugs.
The breakdown of talks between Greece and its international creditors raised fears of Greece's exit from the euro zone.
The Nifty had hit its third successive record high of 7,922.70 today.
Shares of ING Vysya Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank rallied by up to 6% on the BSE on reports that Kotak Mahindra Bank in final stages to buy the bank.
Market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 1,838 declines against 1,218 advances.
SBI plunged over 3% after posting a 34.57% fall in net profit to Rs 2,538 crore for the quarter ended September 2016 on rise in provisions for non-performing loans.
The market players are expected to react to the better than expected factory output data for the month of August, which revealed that the industrial production grew by 6.4%.
Financials declined amid profit taking while energy shares fell after the government hiked excise duty on transport fuels.
On a weekly basis, the Sensex climbed 749.86 points or 2.69 per cent and the NSE Nifty soared 237.10 points or 2.76 per cent
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SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Dena Bank, Central Bank of India ended down 3%-12% each.
A steep decline in the Asian equities after crude oil fell to its lowest since September 2003 dented sentiments.
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ICICI Bank, SBI, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank dipped between 1-2% each.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 261 points at 27,177 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 91 points at 8,214.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 177.46 points at 28,885.21 and the Nifty gained 63.90 points at 8,778.30.
The market direction will be guided by corporate earnings, especially the oil & gas companies, since they were responsible for earnings disappointment in the past quarter as well.
Shedding its gains from Monday, NIkkei has declined around 0.7% while Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite were trading marginally lower.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 35 points at 26,349 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 20 points at 7,864.
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Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
With the Sensex again nearing 28,000 points, investors can make good returns with a one-two year horizon.
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Markets ended at record closing highs for the second day in a row on institutional buying.