Bank shares were the top gainers led by ICICI Bank.
Financial planners also believe that retail investors should avoid the IPOs or direct stock route because it is too risky for them.
'Our men had suffered so much pain for the independence of other people in a foreign land.'
Sensex, Nifty end lower on global concerns.
Jet Airways on Thursday blamed a steep fall in the rupee, slowdown in the domestic aviation market and rise in fuel costs for a sharp widening in standalone net loss at Rs 891 crore in the July-September quarter.
'We may bite the bullet and draw up plans for privatisation.' 'If that is done now, the sale of the government stake will fetch money; a delay will see erosion in whatever value is left in these banks,' says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Cheering the move, shares of Jet opened the day on a bullish note and further jumped 7.26 per cent to Rs 414.70 on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Naresh Goyal only gave an undertaking not to sell any of his 51% stake in return for raising working capital debt from PNB.
Jet Airways -- which has been flying for 25 years - on Friday described reports that the airline cannot fly beyond 60 days as "incorrect and malicious" as well as denied any talks of stake sale.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 33 points at 27,241.78 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 27 points at 8,200.70.
Kerala Home minister Ramesh Chennithala said an inquiry has been ordered.
D-Street is hoping RBI policy review meeting on Tuesday will uphold its stand on easing of interest rates
The president said the European Union has "failed to take the same precautions" as his administration had implemented to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
Signs of financial stress were visible when the airline reported a loss of Rs 10.40 billion.
In the biggest aviation takeover in India, Jet Airways has struck a deal to buy Sahara Airlines for Rs 2,300 crore (Rs 23 billion), a move that would help Naresh Goyal promoted carrier to become the biggest domestic carrier.
India's biggest airline IndiGo is set to file the prospectus next week for a domestic stock market listing.
Sensex zooms 200 points in Muhurat trading, Nifty regains 7,800.
The company commands a market valuation of Rs 31,702.37 crore (Rs 317.02 billion).
ITC, Sun Pharma, Cipla and Tata Steel were top gainers on BSE Sensex
What might be useful is targeted assistance to those sectors and individuals that are disproportionately affected, suggests Mihir S Sharma.
Sensex ended strong, Tata Steel, HUL climb higher.
The chief operating officer said that the carrier will surmount the present crisis very soon.
In the next quarter, the country will also start gearing up for various Assembly elections could put the government as well as the OMCs under pressure
The Sensex ended lower on unfavourable cues.
This must be the first time in India's history that it has found itself bracketed with countries in a category which political scientists will not rate very highly if only because the group recalls Nazi Germany as one of its most infamous past members, notes Amulya Ganguli.
India's Internet economy has two choices: An immediate $30 billion Sale-and-Leaseback or a $3 trillion value harvesting over decades, observes Vibhu Arya.
Sensex,Nifty to remain under pressure through the week.
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.
On the international air traffic front, Asia-Pacific airlines recorded an increase in demand of 5.5 per cent compared to November 2012.
SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Dena Bank, Central Bank of India ended down 3%-12% each.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Infosys, Cipla, NTPC, ITC and Lupin
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday registered eight more preliminary enquiries in connection with issues related to intercepted phone calls of lobbyist Niira Radia against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, Reliance Industries Limited and others in separate cases.
'Whether it is the unions or the politicians, they don't have to do politics over Air India, but be guided by a solitary factor -- that we don't want Air India to fly into oblivion.'
The Budget emphasises on capacity building and empowerment of marginalised sections of society including farmers.
As the virus continued to spread its tentacles across India, several parts, including Kashmir valley headed towards a virtual lockdown with the administration restricting movement of people in several parts and banning all public transport in Srinagar city.
The price movement and trading volumes for few days prior to Mistry's ouster will also be looked into
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.
The S&P BSE Sensex shed 286 points to close at 24,539 and the Nifty50 lost 100 points to end at 7,456.
The 30-share Sensex closed down 114 points at 28,622 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 37 points at 8,686.
