RIL, HDFC twins, M&M, Infosys among the top losers for the day.
Markets ended lower for the third straight day on Tuesday weighed down by profit taking in rate sensitives with bank shares leading the decline after hopes of rate cut by the central bank faded.
Naresh Goyal, after being ousted with his wife from the board last week, and with his shareholding halved to 25 per cent, can still make a comeback by partnering a new investor and win back majority control.
On the last day of FY!5, the Sensex ended lower by 18.37 points at 27,957.49.
Gains in key IT, capital goods, healthcare and metal stocks, after consistent buying by domestic and foreign investors, helped both the key indices to scale new peaks.
The 30-share Sensex closed up 34 points at 27,831 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 15 points at 8,356.
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Sustained FII inflows and fresh spell of buying by domestic institutional investors fuelled the rally
At 11:37 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 28 points at 27,037 and the Nifty50 was up 2 points at 8,268
The defence ministry has lost sight of what it intended to achieve -- which was to nurture private defence firms that would compete on equal terms with the 9 defence PSUs and the 41 Ordnance Factory Board factories.
Investor sentiment got a boost following remarks from the Russian President Putin that allayed fears of an imminent military conflict in Ukraine
The recovery was led by information technology exporters.
The Sensex ended below 28,000 for the second straight day at 27,869.
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
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Sensex rises, Nifty holds 8,900; FMCG, Pharma shares lead.
Uninor added 8.53 lakh subscribers to take its base to 4.01 crore during the reported period.
It goes without saying that the best performers are in the private sector, says TN Ninan.
Markets were left high and dry last week, as the 'Monsoon Effect' played havoc on trader sentiment.
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The benchmark has gained 2 per cent this week on continued hopes the incoming Narendra Modi government would unveil substantial economic reforms.
The broad-based NSE Nifty rose 52.80 points, or 0.50 per cent, to end at 10,530.70
While brick-and-mortar retailers have been the most vocal in their protests, e-tailers do not seem to be in a hurry.
An expectation of tax sops in Budget, weakness of dollar and robust tax collection are adding positive sentiment
The dual-technology operator plans to divert its mobile customers and those who use mobile internet to the GSM side of its business, and devote the CDMA business exclusively to dongles.
Monsoon is expected to be normal in June.
With over 40 million active subscribers (as of March 2013), DTH has grown tenfold from just 4 million customers six years ago.
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The broader markets, however, outperformed their larger peers.
National Demorcatic Alliance ministry's list of assets is fairly wide -- from land and property to vehicles and, for quite a few, guns. Nivedita Mookerji reports
Nifty ends above 8,400; TCS, HDFC surge 2%, Bajaj Auto dips 2%.
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Notable losers were ONGC, Axis Bank, ITC, SBI, ICICI Bank, NTPC, Hero Motocorp, Sun Pharma and Bharti Airtel who fell by up to 2.80 per cent.
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.
There, however, has been an improvement in operating margins.
The 30-share Sensex lost 12 points to end at 29,559 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 4 points to close at 8,914.
Mid- and small-cap companies seem to have done better than top-tier companies
Talking corporate heads are a barometer of the business community's engagement with the economy. If they have nothing to say now there should be cause for concern.
Rumours about a spike in taxes for equity investors are flying thick and fast.
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