Monsoon is expected to be normal in June.
Markets end in the red, midcaps in focus
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Q1 results indicate more pain ahead, as slowdown has spread to more sectors, pricing power has come down and rising interest cost is eating into profits.
Bank shares were the top gainer in early trades with Bank of Baroda up over 4%.
Earning numbers of blue-chips, including ITC and SBI, due tomorrow.
Financials declined amid profit taking while energy shares fell after the government hiked excise duty on transport fuels.
India is today one of the top locations for semiconductor design and embedded software, but it remains hidden under a generic and misleading name, IT/ITES services.
Tech major's shareholders will receive total dividend of Rs 15,474 crore in FY15
RIL, HDFC twins, M&M, Infosys among the top losers for the day.
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.
More than 10% (40 of 498 companies) have lost at least half their market value.
Investors cheered a sharp decline in the Current Account Deficit, which stands at a 4 year low as exports picked up and gold imports reduced.
Market breadth continued to remain strong, with 1899 gainers and 674 losers on the BSEs.
The entire selection process of the IOC chairman was shrouded in mediocrity and mystery.
More than half the Sensex companies have declared their results for the third quarter and there are more positive surprises than disappointments.
AAP has promised lower electricity bills, free basic water supply.
ICICI Bank, SBI, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank dipped between 1-2% each.
The Sensex had bounced back with gains of 94 points or 0.3%
Weakness in Infosys, L&T and Hindalco cap index gains.
BSE Mid-cap index ended lower by over 2.5% and BSE Small-cap index tumbled over 3%.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 159 points at 27,425 and the 50-share Nifty closed down 24 points at 8,299.
The government is scheduled to release index of industrial growth for November and consumer price inflation for December later today.
Market breadth on the BSE ended firm as 1,908 shares advanced and 1,156 shares declined
Broad-based buying aided sentiment and the market registers record turnover at Rs 6.86 lakh crore
Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in Indian equities worth Rs 277.92 crore on Tuesday
The 30-share Sensex and the 50-share Nifty ended flat at the mark of 27,403 and 8,248 respectively.
Sensex ends in green on boost from bluechip stocks.
The government shouldn't hide behind the veil of making a domestic giant out of the HPC-ONGC deal, rather it should just say it needs cash from this divestment exercise, says Sudhir Bisht.
IT majors along with metal names Sesa Goa and Hindalco buck trend.
BHEL down around 2.4% and Bharti Airtel down around 1.6% were other major losers.
Sensex lacklustre, bluechips in focus.
TCS, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma,Tata Motors and HDFC among the top losers for the day
Business opportunity after phased diesel deregulation the main trigger.
India is the world's fourth-largest importer of natural gas, accounting for six per cent of the global market.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
The broader markets underperformed benchmark indices as the BSE Mid-cap and Small-cap tumbled over 2%.
Infrastructure investments in politically-expedient sectors such as water supply, sanitation and irrigation have seen an increase during the first year of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17), but the same did not get replicated in other critical sectors.
Market breadth was weak with 1,260 advances and 1,597 losers on the BSE.
ONGC, Sesa Sterlite, Tata Steel, RIL and HDFC emerged as the biggest losers
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