The upcoming July derivatives expiry later in the week would also add some volatility to the market proceedings.
The main losers on the Sensex were Tata Steel, Hero Moto, BHEL, ONGC & Maruti Suzuki.
The stock market responded to his speech by going up by over two per cent; the rupee also gained in strength, by about 1.45 per cent, against the dollar.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 140 points at 28,262 and the 50-share Nifty was up 37 points at 8,551.
Ends the August F&O series on a high tracking gains in RIL, HDFC and ITC.
The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said the monsoon this year is expected to be 'above normal.'
The 30-share Sensex ended lower by 46 points at 27,842 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 17 points to trade at 8,378.
The Sensex ended up 380 points at 27,888 and the Nifty advanced 111 points to end five points shy of 8,400.
Infosys, Tata Motors, ONGC, TCS and GAIL are the top 5 losers.
Sensex climbs higher at close, bluechip stocks in focus.
Earning numbers of blue-chips, including ITC and SBI, due tomorrow.
In a blistering counter attack against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa a day after she questioned his victory in last polls and slammed his economic policies, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday accused her of making 'sweeping charges' ignorant of cases pending against herself.
Above normal monsoon forecast and strength in Asian equities lifted sentiments.
RIL, HDFC twins, M&M, Infosys among the top losers for the day.
Investors cheered a sharp decline in the Current Account Deficit, which stands at a 4 year low as exports picked up and gold imports reduced.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 177.46 points at 28,885.21 and the Nifty gained 63.90 points at 8,778.30.
Tata Motors, ONGC, HDFC and TCS were the top gainers.
The 30-share Sensex lost 54 points at end at 27,086 and 50-share Nifty shed 19 points to close at 8,096.
The benchmark Nifty rallied 1,000 points or 17% from 7,000 in 78 trading sessions since May 12, till date to surpass the 8,000 mark.
Hike in planned public-sector capital expenditure will be credit-positive for infra cos
Nifty, which has struggled around 8550-8560 levels managed to blast past this resistance and close above the psychological mark of 8600.
Weakness in Infosys, L&T and Hindalco cap index gains.
Biggest ever share sale by any private or public sector co in India.
The analysis is based on the free-float market capitalisation.
The Sensex had bounced back with gains of 94 points or 0.3%
BSE Mid-cap index ended lower by over 2.5% and BSE Small-cap index tumbled over 3%.
The banking, oil and metal sectors were the top sectoral losers on the BSE, while IT stocks rendered support at lower levels.
Market breadth on the BSE ended firm as 1,908 shares advanced and 1,156 shares declined
The government is scheduled to release index of industrial growth for November and consumer price inflation for December later today.
Trade union leaders claimed that the strike would be even bigger than the one last year as the number of striking workers is expected to swell to 18 crore
Broad-based buying aided sentiment and the market registers record turnover at Rs 6.86 lakh crore
ONGC was the top gainer which surged over 4% followed by Axis, SBI, CIL
Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in Indian equities worth Rs 277.92 crore on Tuesday
The upbeat earnings from Reliance Industries will set the tone for the truncated week ahead
IT majors along with metal names Sesa Goa and Hindalco buck trend.
Sensex ends in green on boost from bluechip stocks.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 339 points at 28,119 and the 50-share Nifty closed 100 points lower at 8,438.
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BHEL down around 2.4% and Bharti Airtel down around 1.6% were other major losers.