Sensex ended up 110.10 points at 11,660.79, while Nifty closed up 24 points at 3390.
The NSE Nifty ended at 5,695, up 78 points. All the sectoral indices, too, finished with sharp gains today. The BSE Bankex zoomed 352 points (3.5%) to 10,538. The BSE MidCap Index gained 168 points (2.1%) to 8114.
Top laggards in the Sensex pack included Kotak Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Tata Motors, L&T, SBI, Tata Steel and Axis Bank, falling up to 3.46 per cent.
The Sensex opened on a flat note at 7,616, and touched a high of 7,640 in early deals.
The markets opened the first trading day of 2007 on good note
The markets opened the last week of 2006 in green
The markets have opened the week in the positive terrain, traders are bullish on auto, power, bank up. In the morning session, selling pressure was witnessed in IT.
The markets have opened in the positive terrain on the first day of december, traders have shown their faith in construction, IT, steel, capital goods. The selling pressure was witnessed in oil, auto, telecom stocks.
The markets have opened in the positive terrain in line with global peers on account of buying interest seen in construction, pharma, banking and capital goods
The markets have opened in the green in line with global peers and buying was seen in oil, pharma, capital goods and technology stocks.
The markets have opened the week with positive note as Asian markets
The markets opened strong on account of buying seen in select index pivotals
At 11.58 am IST, the Sensex is up 59.24 points or 0.47% at 12682.52, and the Nifty up 8.10 points or 0.22% at 3665.4.
The Sensex closed at 12,365.83 down 7 points. The Nifty was down 3 points to close at 3,567.
Most Asian stock markets steadied on Wednesday.
Top losers in the Sensex pack included TCS, Yes Bank, ITC, Sun Pharma, Reliance, Coal India, Asian Paints, SBI, Maruti, HUL, HCL Tech and ICICI Bank, falling up to 2.91 per cent.
TCS was the biggest loser in the Sensex pack, sliding 3.17 per cent, followed by HCL Tech, Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank, RIL, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Tata Steel, Kotak Bank and L&T, down up to 2.34 per cent.
Kotak Bank was the biggest loser in the Sensex pack, falling 3.71 per cent, followed by RIL, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, PowerGrid, IndusInd Bank, Asian Paints, HDFC and ITC.
Top losers include ONGC, SBI, PowerGrid, L&T, Yes Bank, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance, Maruti and NTPC, falling up to 2.84 per cent. On the other hand, gainers include Tata Motors, TCS, HDFC, HCL Tech, Infosys, ITC, HDFC Bank and HUL, rising up to 2.18 per cent.
Equity benchmark Sensex tumbled 674 points on Friday, weighed by losses in banking stocks as an unabated spike in new coronavirus cases fuelled uncertainty over the economic impact of the pandemic. After hitting a low of 27,500.79 during the day, the 30-share BSE barometer ended 674.36 points or 2.39 per cent lower at 27,590.95. The NSE Nifty shed 170 points, or 2.06 per cent, to finish at 8,083.80.
After a volatile session, Sensex closed the day 563 points lower
Sustained foreign fund inflows and strengthening rupee are among the main reasons behind the market rally.
Broader market underperformed the headline indices
Bankers have been criticised for not passing the benefits of rate cuts
In the broader market, the BSE Midcap index bucked the trend to gain 0.3%
Though most experts remain bullish on the banking space, they suggest investors buy only those banks whose NPAs are at a manageable level of 3% to 4% and there is credit growth or earnings visibility.
Broader gains were capped as investors awaited corporate results from major firms
Benchmark share indices ended at record closing highs, amid a volatile trading session on Monday, with IT majors leading the gains.
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It was the second straight week of gains for the benchmarks.
The 50-share NSE Nifty shed some ground to settle at 8,699.40 points, up 40.30 points, or 0.47 per cent
Asset quality stress has ballooned recently, as growth slowed and interest rates continued to rise.
Despite a strong start to trade today, key benchmark indices retreated sharply from their higher levels following bouts of profit-taking amid fresh weakness in the rupee against the dollar.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 0.5% and 0.4%, respectively.
Sensex lost 184 points to trade at 23,878 and the Nifty has dropped 55 points to quote at 7,254.
Trading in Samvat 2074 on Thursday got off to a rocky start, with the benchmark indices ending more than half a percent lower and the gauge for banking stocks dropping 1.25%.
BSE Smallcap index outperformed the frontline indices to rise 0.6%, while the BSE Midcap was flat
About 1,556 shares have advanced, 1,211 shares declined, and 182 shares are unchanged.
D-Street is hoping RBI policy review meeting on Tuesday will uphold its stand on easing of interest rates
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