Among sectoral indices, telecom led the chart, spurting 3.08 per cent, followed by oil and gas.
NTPC was the biggest loser in the Sensex pack, tumbling 2.25 per cent, followed by Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, PowerGrid, HDFC, Reliance Industries, Hero MotoCorp and M&M that shed up to 1.85 per cent.
Banks, FMCG, IT, Auto, Capital Goods, Realty, Consumer Durables, Healthcare, Metal, PSU & Oil have ended negative in varying degrees while no sector has ended in positive territory.
Record liquidity infusion by the central bank in the banking system during the financial year 2020-21 amid sluggish economic activity resulted in banks investing more in safe government papers than in extending loans, data from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed. This trend has not been seen in nearly two decades, barring 2016 - the year of demonetisation.
Capital Goods, Realty, Consumer Durables, Healthcare, Metal, PSU & Oil have ended positive in varying degrees while Banks, FMCG, IT & Auto have ended in negative territory.
The market has remained in a mixed state of mind, has come off its intra-day low and has finally ended the day in positive territory. Capital Goods, Banks, Realty, Consumer Durables, Healthcare, Metal, PSU, FMCG, Auto, IT & Oil have ended positive in varying degrees while no sector has ended in negative territory.
The broader NSE Nifty gained 22 points to 10,480.60
Capital goods, banks, consumer durables, healthcare, metal, PSU, FMCG, auto, IT and oil have ended positive in varying degrees while Realty has ended in negative territory
Official sources said Verizon's license application was under process and "there should be no problem in issuing them letters of intent for national and international long distance (NLD/ILD) business".
The sentiment got support from better-than-expected earning results by select companies and continuous buying by domestic financial institutions.
Capital goods, healthcare, realty, banks, consumer durables, FMCG, metals, oil & PSUs have ended positive in varying degrees while IT, Auto & Tech have ended in negative territory.
The NSE Nifty ended at 4,242, down 51 points. The market breadth was fairly positive-out of 2703 shares, 1410 advanced and 1214 declined.
The market has remained in a solid state of mind, has come off its intra-day low and has finally ended the day in positive territory.
The market has remained in a mixed state of mind, has come off its intra-day high and has finally ended the day in positive territory.
India's exporters are looking out for Euro-dominated trade opportunities due to strengthening of rupee and pressure on profit margins, according to a survey by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
The Chinese, in turn, will reciprocate by procuring more iron ore from India and also set up steel plants in India in the near future.
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