The Sensex and Nifty remained above their key levels of 36,000 and 10,900 throughout the session, indicating strong investor optimism after a prolonged spell of caution.
Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, L&T, ONGC and Infosys have gained between 1%-1.5%.
If money allocations, investment commitments are a sign of better things to come, the state can be optimistic.
Weak GDP data and unfaouvrable global data has pulled down Sensex, Nifty.
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Sensex rises, snapping two-session losing streak; banks, auto gain.
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Financials were the top losers while oil shares also declined amid weak crude oil prices.
Markets ended their lowest close in 2015 on fears of FII outflows as the US Fed may hike rates.
Rate sensitive sectors were among the top gainers with Tata Motors and ICICI Bank leading the gains on the Sensex.
The BSE Sensex was down 326 points at 23,277 and the Nifty was down 107 points at 7,056.
Besides the manufacturing industry, voices in favouring the need for protectionism have also been heard from local start-ups, which at times find it tough to compete with global players that entered India with deep pockets.
The broader Nifty too fell for the second straight session and closed with a loss of over 62 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 11,520.30, after hovering between 11,496.85 and 11,602.55.
The Corporate affairs ministry has notified that henceforth political parties will not be eligible for CSR funding.
Yuan depreciation will make imports in China more expensive, depressing demand, especially for commodities.
Oil tanked to a 7-year low as OPEC decided to maintain production.
Poor disclosure among India-listed firms is a turnoff for foreign investors.
Petrol prices on Thursday crossed Rs 73 a litre mark, the highest level since the BJP government came to power in 2014, while diesel touched a record high of Rs 64.11 a litre.
ICICI Bank and SBI were among the top Sensex gainers along with FMCG majors ITC and HUL.
'RBI and the economy will gain tremendously from Urjit Patel's experience in both private and public sectors'
The progress of the GST Bill in Parliament is also likely to remain in focus
Cairn faces a potential tax demand on an alleged Rs 24,500 crore of capital gains it made when in 2006-07 it transfered all its India assets to a new company, Cairn India.
Reliance Industries was the top Sensex gainer up 5.6% after the company reported better-than-expected net profit growth at 12% in the second-quarter aided hby higher gross refining margins.
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Short-covering and the propping up of net asset values have potential to boost frontline as well as second-rung names next week
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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
RBI's fifth bi-monthly monetary policy meet due tomorrow also kept the investors on their toes.
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The broader markets ended in line with the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended higher by 1.3% and 0.9% each.
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More than 10% (40 of 498 companies) have lost at least half their market value.
