Progress of monsoon, investment trend by foreign investors and the movement of rupee against the dollar will also influence sentiment
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
'Ms Williams has had multiple on-court implosions in the past and got penalised for them, too.' 'She cried sexism this time perhaps because she knew the atmosphere was ripe for it,' notes Shuma Raha.
Modi will also need to reconcile market demands with those from forces within his own administration
Chris Evert said on Monday she was stunned to hear that Maria Sharapova failed a doping test, but not by the fact that there is doping in tennis, claiming that she knew players who doped during her career.
The sentiment got support from better-than-expected earning results by select companies and continuous buying by domestic financial institutions.
Wipro said recently it was expecting its revenue growth to drop 2.33 per cent or stay flat between $2,015 and $2065 million.
Extending losses for 7th session, Nifty fell below the 8,000 mark for the first time since Nov 25
March was the first full quarter for Infosys under its new CEO Salil Parekh.
'Tilting at the Government in English in front of India may make him feel like Joan of Arc, but without a feel for Bharat he will merely be Don Quixote,' says S Muraleedharan, former managing director, BNP Paribas.
Broader markets underperformed indices with BSE Midcap down 0.43% while the Smallcap index fell 0.07%.
With rate cut expectations running high ahead of RBI meet this week, risk appetite improved especially in rate sensitive stocks
Market breadth turned negative with 1,779 declines over 884 advances on the BSE
World No 3 Simona Halep turned up the aggression and rallied for a 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Carla Suarez.
Volatility is part and parcel of stock market.
Investors lost around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in market valuation on Friday.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has criticised opposition's ongoing agitation to thwart the January 5 polls and warned that Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Khaleda Zia would be held responsible for the deaths and violence.
The Finance Ministry further said decision on seven FDI proposals has been deferred.
The government has cleared 19 foreign investment proposals, including that of Walt Disney Company and Reckitt Benckiser (India), entailing total investment of Rs 2,326.72 crore (Rs 23.26 billion).
The 50-share NSE Nifty shed some ground to settle at 8,699.40 points, up 40.30 points, or 0.47 per cent
'If I was a lady player, I'd go down every night on my knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were born.'
Former world number one Victoria Azarenka took advantage of an error-prone display by Serena Williams to win her second BNP Paribas Open title with a 6-4, 6-4 victory in the final at Indian Wells in California.
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Benchmark share indices ended flat amid lack of investor participation even as gains in IT majors ahead of their second quarter earnings helped capped downside.
China's Li Na made it a hat-trick of White Group victories, overpowering back-injury victim Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to march through to the semi-finals of the WTA Championship.
While Reliance put up a good show, NTPC nosedived on the BSE on Monday.
At the close, the 50-share NSE Nifty was at 8,611.15, up 19.90 points, or 0.23 per cent, after moving between 8,637.15 and 8,555.20.
Having played just one tournament since mid-September due to various injuries and a recent bout of flu, Serena Williams is now itching to get back into competition with the Rio Olympics among her top priorities for the year.
The protestors converged across the street from the world body's headquarters to condemn atrocities and human rights violations by Pakistan just as Sharif was addressing the General Debate of the General Assembly.
Venus Williams sees no end in sight on the tennis court, even envisioning another Olympics alongside her sister Serena.
Share rises further to 73 per cent from 66 per cent last year; Some overseas i-banks seen scaling down operations
Covering-up of short positions ahead of Thursday's expiry of August series in the derivatives segment gave equities a slight push
Of the 30-share Sensex pack, 15 today closed in the red
Indian stock markets are likely to remain bullish during the current Hindu calendar year (Samvat 2071) and investors would continue to reap rich gains, say experts.
Bank shares were the top losers along with index heavyweight RIL
The NSE Nifty went past the 8,600-mark for the first time since November 1.
Market players said the sell-off was triggered by pessimism that the government may not be able to balance growth with macro-stability.
Defending champion Serena Williams reached the semi-finals of the Western & Southern tournament in Cincinnati but not before having her mettle tested in a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over sixth-seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic on Friday.
Serbian Jankovic was serving for the title at 5-4 in the second set but World No 3 Halep won the next three games and battled back for the biggest title of her career.
Unseeded American Lauren Davis secured the first big upset of the BNP Paribas Open when she ousted third seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the second round in Indian Wells on Friday.
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