Sensex hit a record high of 27,225.85 and Nifty hit a record high of 8,141.90 in the intra-day trades today.
For the seven months since February 2014, the benchmark index surged nearly 27%.
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BSE auto index surged 2%, capital goods, healthcare and oil & gas indices also up.
Sensex lost 76 points to end at 25,589 while Nifty shed 23 points to end at 7,649.
Sensex eneded 374 points higher on rate cut expectation from the RBI.
Investors booked profits at higher levels after the Sensex and Nifty hit all-time highs in the previous session.
Sensex ended at 26,272 up 125 points and Nifty ended at 7,831 up by 35 points.
The benchmark BSE Sensex ended down 2.23 per cent. The Bank Nifty fell 3.59 per cent.
Several Sensex stocks hits 52-week low in intra-day trade on Monday with financials leading the decline.
Sensex closed the day 416 points higher.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 215 points at 27,011.
Markets will remain closed on Thursday, 12 November 2015 on account of Diwali Balipratipada.
US stocks rose more than 1% on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 coming less than 2% below its record peak set last month.
The market players are expected to react to the better than expected factory output data for the month of August, which revealed that the industrial production grew by 6.4%.
Sensex rises, Nifty holds 8,900; FMCG, Pharma shares lead.
Markets recovered in late trades, amid firm European cues, led by rebound in financials and gains in IT shares.
Jindal Steel and Power was the top loser down 10% followed by Hindalco, Tata Steel, Tata Power which ended down between 0.5-3% each.
Tata Steel, SBI, L&T and Sun Pharma advanced 2-5% each.
The reported controversial remarks of President Pranab Mukherjee on Bofors issue to a Swedish daily have no bearing on his upcoming tour of Sweden, the first State visit, beginning on May 31, External Affairs Ministry said in New Delhi on Thursday.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 414 points at 25,481 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 119 points at 7,603.
The 30-share Sensex closed up 34 points at 27,831 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 15 points at 8,356.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Friday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head -- Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, discussed the best stocks to put the investors' money in.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 30.30 points at 28,161.72 and the 50-share Nifty dipped 7.95 points at 8,543.
Shares of ING Vysya Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank rallied by up to 6% on the BSE on reports that Kotak Mahindra Bank in final stages to buy the bank.
This Budget signals a shift from a hand-out to a hand-up economy.
The Nikkei share average rose 2.6% to close at 15,195.77 points, more than recouping Tuesday's losses.
The 30-share Sensex ended lower by 61 points at 29,122 mark and the 50-share Nifty slipped by 12 points to close at 8,797.
Markets end higher ahead of Fed outcome, China stimulus
The 30-share Sensex dropped 298 points to end at 27,209 and the 50-share Nifty has lost 93 points to end at 8,174.
Markets in green tracking firm global cues.
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Investors booked profits at higher levels despite the growth oriented Budget.
The market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 2,086 shares declining and 893 shares advancing.
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Engineering major BHEL rebounded from its day's lows to end around 1% higher.
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Shedding its gains from Monday, NIkkei has declined around 0.7% while Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite were trading marginally lower.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 35 points at 26,349 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 20 points at 7,864.
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