The broader Nifty also succumbed to the pressure before recovering to close lower by 6.35 points, or 0.07 per cent at 8,693.05
The NSE Nifty, comprising 50 shares, breached the 8,300-mark for the first time to hit a new lifetime high of 8,330.75.
Market breadth depicted gains with 1,476 advances over 1,403 declines on the BSE. 140 stocks remained unchanged.
A rising rupee is a tailwind for dollar investors.
Governor Rajan can be more unambiguously pro-growth.
The incident comes close on the heels of a similar case where 100 cows died in state-run Hingonia cow shelter due to "mismanagement and lack of facilities".
India's foreign exchange reserves are at an all-time high.
The need for co-ordinated policy between Centre and states was likewise foreseen and assigned.
Disputes over a temple has torn a Tamil Nadu village apart.
RBI would get the comfort of meeting its 8 per cent January Consumer Price Index-based inflation target, BofA-ML said, adding that 'we expect the RBI to cut 75 bp in 2015 from February with inflation on course to 6 per cent in January 2016'.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the currency will find its level as steps being taken by the government to contain fiscal and current account deficits will improve investor sentiments.
'Focus on companies with healthy balance sheets and return ratios.'
Year 2017 will be a benign year for FII flows into India feels Akash Singhania, deputy chief investment officer, DHFL Pramerica Asset Managers.
The Nasdaq Composite hit a high of 5,143.316.
'The Chinese devalued the yuan initially but then stopped'.
In the broader markets, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were up 0.5% each
Markets ended their lowest close in 2015 on fears of FII outflows as the US Fed may hike rates.
In September, the headline inflation accelerated to a seven-month high of 6.46 per cent, while the retail inflation quickened to 9.84 per cent.
Protectionism and a rollback of regulation. Defusion of tensions with Russia and a lowering of geo-political risks. Looser fiscal policy and tighter monetary policy. At least Donald Trump can't be faulted for not trying something different where existing policies have disappointed, says T T Ram Mohan.
Macro and micro environment are becoming more challenging.
Nearly four lakh people have been affected across seven districts of Assam.
The Reserve Bank of India kept interest rates on hold at 7.50 per cent.
To provide exporters/importers greater flexibility in risk management, RBI enhanced the limit available to exporters to 50 per cent
India on Thursday sought strengthening of SAARC monitoring desks on terrorism and drugs, underlining that illicit funds generated from narcotics and fake currency networks are being fed into supporting terror activities
The rally in Indian market is mainly due to resumption of foreign institutional investor inflows.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay offers some unsolicited advice for a government wh,ich came to power, with brute majority and the nation's pragmatic chief money man.
This is the first big move in the investigation of the British Virgin Islands list where the I-T department has found a significant amount of tax evasion.
Markets finished lower for the sixth consecutive day as hopes of the Goods and Services tax (GST) bill being passed in the current session of the Parliament faded considerably.
'Chinese real GDP growth is 7.1% and India's is 7.4%'.
Voices from the Treasury are clamouring for lowering rates as this would boost demand.
The price of gold in India seems to have bottomed out.
It was a year of stocks shining bright when it comes to adding to the investors' wealth, and the glitter of gold and silver fading for the second straight year in 2013.
Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation staff rescued rhinos, elephants, hog deer and even a tiger from the floods in the Kaziranga National Park.
The dollar gained strength with the emergence of the US as the only developed economy showing signs of recovery.
RBI is expected to cut policy rates by 50 basis points by 2016.
With big data analyses, your investments, spends and big purchases are being tracked more closely now by the income tax department.
The policy statement by the RBI governor is also expected to be upbeat.
RBI must balance the need for improving domestic bank credit demand and respond to lower inflation.
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