The BSE gauge Sensex fell 73.88 points to 35,548.26 and the NSE Nifty slid 17.85 points to 10,799.85, taking cues from tumbling global shares.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled a Rs 39.45 lakh crore Budget with a view to fire up the key engines of the economy to sustain a world-beating recovery from the pandemic. This was Sitharaman's fourth Budget. While the taxpayers were left in the lurch, once again, was she able to cheer Corporate India?
Among Sensex constituents, Vedanta fell 3.40 per cent, followed by SBI 3.17 per cent, Yes Bank 3.11 per cent, Axis Bank 1.68 per cent, ONGC 1.60 per cent, Power Grid 1.52 per cent and HDFC 1.48 per cent.
Sun Pharma was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, advancing 1.79 per cent.
Sustained foreign fund inflows and strengthening rupee are among the main reasons behind the market rally.
Both benchmark indices were driven by strong gains in IT, teck, oil and gas, pharma and banking shares amid earnings optimism.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
The 30-share Sensex stayed in the green for the better part of the session and hit the day's high of 38,297.70 as buying pace gathered momentum towards the fag-end.
The laggards in the Sensex kitty were Vedanta, Tata Steel, M&M, HCL Tech, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, L&T, Asian Paint and HDFC
Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said India has lost one of the finest political leaders and a legal luminary.
The broader NSE Nifty too fell below the 10,100 level by dropping 100.10 points to end at 10,094.25
Investors booked profits in range-bound trade, led by PSU, oil & gas, energy, infrastructure, telecom, realty, healthcare, bankex, FMCG, capital goods and power counters.
Coal India fell the most by 2.58 per cent among Sensex scrips, dragging the index into the negative zone.
Markets end in red; bluechips struggle to keep pace.
The NINL management can see this as their moment of giving back to the nation and humanity. Its plant has an oxygen unit that can produce 418 tonnes of oxygen every day. 418 tonnes is about 58% of Delhi's daily demand for oxygen, notes Sudhir Bisht.
Among the gainers, Sun Pharma topped by rising 3.03 per cent as the weak rupee tempted buyers to accumulate shares of pharma exporters.
It is the second firm to have received retrospective tax notice this year after Vodafone Group.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Database to contain taxable financial transactions and history of any tax-paying individual.
The government has a two-pronged strategy for e-auction of cancelled coal blocks.
Largest deal in thermal power space; Lanco to use proceeds to lower debt.
Sentiments took a hit after broader Asian markets weakened, following a renewed sell-off on Wall Street on Tuesday as energy shares dropped after crude oil prices plunged to a 13-month low amid weak earnings and US-China trade disputes, fuelling worries about economic growth
SC judges suspected a lack of objective criteria in the selection.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The NSE Nifty ended 89.40 points, or 0.83 per cent, lower at 10,710.45.
According to the decision, such entities can now first operate through e-commerce and then open brick-and-mortar stores.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Investor sentiments remained upbeat tracking global developments as the US, China geared up for trade talks due this week.
Sachin Bansal, who had co-founded Flipkart with Binny Bansal in 2007, would exit the company
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers queries on how to invest in stocks.
The company faces a potential tax demand.
Though the NDA government had been trying to privatise 20 companies, a decision for which was taken in 2017, and included national carrier Air India, the investor community evinced little enthusiasm for any of them. Now, with an in-principle approval for privatisation of BPCL, CCI and SCI, the government has taken the plunge again.
'This solid verdict would further strengthen his resolve to drive forward the economic agenda to ensure that the fruits of the economic momentum continue to reach the poor, so visible during the last five years.'
Infosys was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 2.36 per cent, followed by HDFC Bank up 1.39 per cent.
Cairn said it had initiated arbitration.
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.
The top losers from the Sensex pack are ONGC, Coal India, Vedanta, Reliance Inds and L&T.
Bajaj Auto was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 3.95 per cent followed by Maruti Suzuki at 2.69 per cent.
Participants are eagerly waiting for the key macrodata -- IIP and CPI numbers due to be released later today.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances