Five of the 12 BSE sectoral indices ended at 52-week highs; the oil and gas index zoomed by nearly 5%.
Thailand expressed interest in the Indian defence industry and its experience and expertise in the field of defence R&D and production. Modi welcomed Thai investments in India in the potential areas under the 'Make in India' initiative, especially in the manufacturing sector, infrastructure development, tourism and hospitality facilities.
Most Asian markets ended with gains.
The WPI inflation stood at negative 2.4% in May 2015, compared with a negative 2.65% in April 2015.
Views differ on the subject of celebrity endorsement.
Financials emerged as the top gainers while auto shares rallied on robust September sales
50-odd biz leaders are part of Modi's entourage for the 3-nation tour
The past eight months have seen vast improvement in the Indian economy, says Edelweiss Group chairman and chief executive Rashesh Shah, who feels domestic-oriented sectors are likely to do better.
There isn't much Budget could do directly to help sectors.
Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
Gains were led by Tata Motors amid robust sales in June along with select financials.
According to Munjal, there is an opportunity for somebody who comes from a not for profit background in health care to do something.
FII stance, progress of monsoon, crude oil and rupee movement are likely to dictate the trend.
Broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are up 0.8%-1%.
The Sensex ended lower on unfavourable cues.
FPIs sold shares worth a net Rs 1236.95 crore on Friday.
Market breadth continued to remain strong, with 1899 gainers and 674 losers on the BSEs.
In a surprise announcement in April, Sun and Ranbaxy -- at that time owned by Japan's Daiichi -- declared an all-stock deal to create India's largest and world's fifth-largest drugmaker in an over $4 billion deal.
Indices reversed all its losses during late trades.
Beside the defence forces in India, the start-up has shipped around 350,000 units to 12 countries -- the United Kingdom, France, Poland, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kenya, South Africa, Romania, Indonesia, Qatar and Oman.
The rally in index heavyweight ITC has boosted the sentiment across the board.
Over-expansion, bad management, and multiple allegations irreparably taint Malvinder and Shivinder Singh
This is not the first time Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation that owns brand Amul has chosen an unconventional method to protect its brand.
The Sensex ended below 28,000 for the second straight day at 27,869.
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal unveiled the party's manifesto for the youth. The party, which is aiming to capture power in the state, will come out with separate manifestos for different sections of society.
'We lost our place in being first in the epidemic, when it hit India so hard, but we were actually the epicentre of the epidemic from essentially April 2020, for almost an entire year. We had such high cases. We were the country that had the most mixed response.'
This is second time in a month when a packaged food co has complained
Asian shares ended higher after a string of positive US economic data.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 190 points up at 23,382.
IT shares lost ground tracking a sell-off in tech stocks on Nasdaq on Friday
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet his six-member cabinet at 1pm on Monday as the new Aam Aadmi Party gets down to work.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries will take a call on whether to shut Ranbaxy's troubled factories or make changes in the top management of the latter only after its $4-billion acquisition deal is complete.
The S&P BSE Sensex closed at 26,190, up by 43 points and Nifty50 settled above 7,950 to end at 7,963, up by 17 points
'There are different kinds of risk.' 'It is a very powerful value. Your ability to de-risk the risk is also as important for risk taking.'
Stellar rally in ITC shares along with strength in the Asian equities capped the downside.
The higher rate cut by RBI is positive for rate-sensitive sectors in the medium to long term.
Expenditure on health in India is at a global low of 1.2% of GDP.
Dilip Shanghvi has never tried to be everything to everybody.
The governor also said no life has been lost in Jammu and Kashmir due to any violence in the last 10 days
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