The 30-share Sensex ended down by 59 points at 27,027 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 7 points at 8,087.
The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices during this period have outperformed the blue-chip indices.
Participants are keenly waiting for the January IIP.
Rate-sensitive sectors like banks, auto and realty witnessed strong buying demand in trades today
Bank shares were the top losers after sharp gains last week.
Asian shares ended higher after a string of positive US economic data.
BSE Bankex, Healthcare, Capital Goods and Consumer Durables ended higher.
Sensex catapults 1,241 points and Nifty vaults 382 points in two sessions in a row.
The Survey shows fiscal consolidation despite slowdown in growth.
Banks stocks continued to trade weak along with FMCG major ITC.
Market participants are now awaiting Thursday's meeting of the European Central Bank
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 190 points up at 23,382.
Brokers said a flurry of buying by investors in blue-chips mainly influenced the sentiment.
The local markets are expected to react to global triggers until the government announces the Union Budget.
A market correction is a good time to reassess the quality of your portfolio and purge the poor quality names from it, says Ramesh Bukka
Urjit Patel as the new RBI governor whose focus is on taming inflation has lowered the probability of interest rate cut soon
Markets ended higher for the second straight session mainly on the back of upbeat corporate earnings.
Markets closed the day in green on favourable domestic factors,
Financials were the top losers while oil shares also declined amid weak crude oil prices.
The S&P BSE Sensex shed 286 points to close at 24,539 and the Nifty50 lost 100 points to end at 7,456.
Markets ended in green on rate cut hope.
Benchmark indices finished higher on hopes of economic reforms
These sectors have underperformed the wider market over the past year and are seen having far more upside potential if the economy picks up thanks to Modi's reformist agenda.
Markets crashed due to domestic worries; bluechip stocks tanked too.
Investors will remain cautious ahead of F&O expiry.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 245 points at 28,799 and the 50-share Nifty closed down 81 points at 8,750
Investors sought to book profits at attractive valuations after recent run up in last few trading sessions.
Metal shares were the top gainers with Hindalco up over 5%.
Telecom shares rallied on hopes that they would hike tariffs after huge investments to acquire spectrum.
Index heavyweight RIL surged 3% to end above Rs 1,000 mark while IT majors were also the top gainers.
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
In the metal pack, Tata Steel was up 3.7% while Vedanta was up 1.8% .
RBI's fifth bi-monthly monetary policy meet due tomorrow also kept the investors on their toes.
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
The Sensex closed higher by 170 points at 26,128 and the Nifty rose 59 points to end at 7,943.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are ONGC, HDFC, HUL, RIL and Cipla.
Sensex in green, midcaps, smallcaps fail to show up; bluechips rule.
Sensex, Nifty end lower on global concerns.
The 30-share Sensex and the 50-share Nifty ended flat at the mark of 29,008 and 8,767 respectively.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 30 points.
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