China has cast a long shadow on India's economy.
Sensex, Nifty end lower on global concerns.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The rupee fell to a two-year low of 64.84 against the US dollar.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries:
Caution prevailed across the bourses ahead of the Union Budget.
In the December quarter, Sensex earnings had contracted 5 per cent.
Ends the August F&O series on a high tracking gains in RIL, HDFC and ITC.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices underperformed the largecaps and ended over 1% lower.
The Sensex took less than two years to rally from the 10,000-mark it first hit in February 2006 to double that on that New Year's Eve.
A majority of economists predicted RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan would leave policy rates unchanged on Tuesday and expected a dovish commentary, as crude oil prices and inflation cool off.
FPIs sold shares worth a net Rs 1236.95 crore on Friday.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended up 28 points at 25,844 and the Nifty50 ended flat at 7,915.
The government will unveil the Consumer Price Index data and the Wholesale Price Index data for August on Monday.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
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The broader markets traded positively with mid-caps and small-caps rising 0.5 per cent each on the BSE.
Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in Indian equities worth Rs 277.92 crore on Tuesday
The S&P BSE Sensex surged 364 points to end at 24,607 and the Nifty50 soared 107 points to close at 7,476.
The rise in India Inc's market value was led by asset-light firms.
Banking shares saw a renewed buying interest on the hopes of a rate-cut by the central bank post the easing of macro-economic data.
The market breadth in BSE remains positive with 1,554 shares advancing and 1,196 shares declining.
Net profits may dip 4.9% y-o-y, but the silver lining is that performance may be better than the preceding quarter
All the sectoral indices, led by realty, metal, consumer durables and power were trading in the negative zone on Thursday.
While some companies used that to become world leaders, others squandered it by over-borrowing.
Metal shares were the top gainers with Hindalco up over 5%.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 208 points at 28,261 and the 50-share Nifty closed 64 points lower at 8,571.
A large chunk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore of investments the Patnaik government had attracted is in uncertain territory.
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%.
S&P upgraded India's credit outlook to 'stable' from 'negative' earlier.
US stocks rose more than 1% on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 coming less than 2% below its record peak set last month.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The BSE Sensex was down 326 points at 23,277 and the Nifty was down 107 points at 7,056.
According to market experts, GST Bill, movement of the rupee and uncertain global cues amid expected rate cut by the US Fed will dictate the movement of the markets.
The index had risen over 585 points in the previous three sessions.
The benchmark BSE Sensex ended down 2.23 per cent. The Bank Nifty fell 3.59 per cent.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
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Banks, real estate and metal scrips among the top losers.
Month-end dollar demand from importers resulted in the rupee touching a new all-time low on Wednesday against the dollar.
Broader market outperformed the frontline indices and also hit their respective all-time highs
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