Market breadth depicted gains with 1,476 advances over 1,403 declines on the BSE. 140 stocks remained unchanged.
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.
Falling margins, high inflation pitting workers against management.
The Indian indices also offer one of the lowest dividend yields.
Experts feel select companies in banking, automobiles, financial services & real estate will gain from lower interest rates
Banks led the decline with Nifty Bank and BSE Bank index dropping over 3% each.
Three way split of AIADMK has slowed decision-making, prompting industry to look outside the state, says T E Narasimhan.
The rally in index heavyweight ITC has boosted the sentiment across the board.
Metals, auto and banking shares were in the limelight in this session; the FMCG pack, however, ended lower.
Every time we pointed out the overwhelming evidence of diesel's toxicity, we were brushed aside.
MS Dhoni all set for new innings.
Most of the index heavyweights are yet to declare their results.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 46 points lower at 24,824 and Nifty50 settled at 7,555, down by 8 points after hitting intra-day high of 7,600.45.
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Benchmark share indices ended lower on profit taking after they touched record highs in the previous session.
Growth in the eight core sectors jumped to 8.5% in April, due to a sharp pick-up in refinery products and a commensurate rise in electricity generation.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers's queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
Over 22 passenger and commercial vehicle makers and 18 two- and three-wheeler makers will take part amid proximate security.
Experts say poor city planning and inefficient administration turned an unusually high rainfall into a disaster.
Some make for good investment ideas even after a strong run-up but others could see gains fizzling.
For Make in India's success, Modi govt msut remove policy paralysis.
Increase in taxes on luxury cars will not have any effect on the demand
Car marker leader Maruti Suzuki India is looking at nearly doubling the number of models to 25, including entry into SUV and LCV segments, as it aims a target to sell 3 million cars annually.
Vasanthakumar, who started his career as a salesman, today owns a retail empire.
Markets in green tracking firm global cues.
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The nomination of cluster heads for defence, infrastructure and finance business is awaited.
Budget in the medium term aims to kick-start the investment cycle.
After snapping his political alliance with the ruling National Democratic Alliance at the Centre, N Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, speaks to B Dasarath Reddy on what he now has in mind.
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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.
Theatre is not about having all the answers. It's about raising the right questions that take you into a zone of reflection, says Aruna Ganesh Ram, founder, Visual Respiration.
Drones are being sold by e-retailers like Flipkart and Snapdeal for less than Rs 40,000 apiece.
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