Falling incomes and longer winter to translate into lower demand for at least some months.
The 50-issue Nifty fell 29.60 points or 0.34 per cent to close at 8,642.55
Cumulative sale at India's top six passenger vehicle (PV) makers dropped 0.7 per cent to 267,000 units, from 269,000 a year before.
In January 2008, the Sensex hit then all-time high of 21,207 (closing high of 21,004 was achieved in November 2010).
Precious ornaments are estimated to become 3% costlier under GST
Rapid strides in digital payments notwithstanding, the Indian economy will likely remain cash-dependent for many years to come, at least that's what the automated teller machine makers and cash logistics companies are betting on. After growing at over 20 per cent for most of 2020, currency in circulation growth fell to 8.5 per cent as of October 29 this year, shows data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The reason for the steep rise in currency last year was the uncertainties related to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, where people preferred to hoard cash to meet exigencies.
The Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala, on Thursday told the Kerala high court that the jaggery received by it had 'halal' mentioned on the packaging as they are also exported to Arab countries by the company supplying to them.
Indian equity markets registered their highest single-day percentage gains since early October.
Other players who have declared no production days in the recent past, and during this month, include Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, Bosch, Jamna Auto, Wabco and Sundaram-Clayton.
FMCG, durables, pharma firms say they remain unclear about transition gains and losses
Tata Motors, ONGC, HDFC and TCS were the top gainers.
Jeweller and importers were awaiting the correction to stock the yellow metal for upcoming marriage season.
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Sensex,Nifty to remain under pressure through the week.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 204 points at 27,215 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 59 points at 8,238.
HSBC analysts believe the UV which might sell about 3,000 units a month might fail to be an aspirational product in urban India.
Among major Sensex gainers, ITC rose the most by 2.32 per cent, followed by TCS, M&M, SBI and Bharti Airtel.
Every year, carmakers announce at the end of November or December their plans to increase prices of their vehicles by January.
Higher rural incomes, pay commission benefits, and lower interest rates are key positives: Analysts
Product launches to drive incremental volume growth for players such as Maruti Suzuki; medium and heavy commercial vehicle revival on track.
Index heavyweights were the top losers along with bank shares.
Last year, Apple had shipped close to 2 million units into India, this year, the target is to reach 3 million units
The BSE IT sector, however, failed to snap a three-day losing streak and closed around 0.14 per cent lower.
From auto to watches, the mood is sombre due to the alarming state of the Indian economy and value erosion in stock market capitalisation.
Mandatory hallmarking of gold would be a positive in making the gold market more organised. Mandatory hallmarking would come into effect from January 15, 2020, with a one-year transition period for trade to sell existing inventories. Experts also expect more policy measures next year to bring in more transparency in terms of gold as an asset class.
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Component makers don't see any recovery yet, but manufacturers believe the end of poor sales is nearing its end.
Facing capacity constraint, firm is yet to take a call on setting up a new manufacturing unit in India.
Even as rising crude oil prices, trade war fears and a sliding rupee cast a shadow on market sentiment, Nischal Maheshwari, chief executive officer for institutional equities and advisory at Centrum Broking, tells Puneet Wadhwa that in the next one year, the outcome of the 2019 general election is a bigger challenge for the market.
BSE Metal and Capital Goods indices plunged over 2% followed by counters like Consumer Durables, Auto, Banks and Realty, all falling down between 1-2%.
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The crop is currently trading at Rs 22 a kg compared to Rs 12.50 one month ago.
Among Sensex constituents, Vedanta fell 3.40 per cent, followed by SBI 3.17 per cent, Yes Bank 3.11 per cent, Axis Bank 1.68 per cent, ONGC 1.60 per cent, Power Grid 1.52 per cent and HDFC 1.48 per cent.
With the festive season underway, retailers in the online and the offline world need to prepare well to offer the best deals to consumers and earn trust.
Harjit Singh Chhabra, head, Sadar Nishkarm Welfare Association, estimated that losses could go up to hundreds of crores.
Markets across the globe are rallying on hopes that the US Federal Reserve won't lift interest rates until 2016.
Gold is seen as a preferred asset for all types of investors, even central banks.
'A bold, progressive step forward,' Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO Uday Kotak said of Nirmala Sitharaman's corporate tax breaks.
US stocks rose more than 1% on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 coming less than 2% below its record peak set last month.
Financials emerged as the top gainers while auto shares rallied on robust September sales
