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Sensex rises, snapping two-session losing streak; banks, auto gain.
In the US, the ratio of the CEO to average worker pay ratio was 373:1 in 2014.
The winter session of Parliament will commence on November 26.
Markets end in red; bluechips struggle to keep pace.
Markets extended gains led by financials and capital goods shares coupled with a rebound in IT shares.
Participants are eagerly waiting for the key macrodata -- IIP and CPI numbers due to be released later today.
Analystsare showing optimism in Sensex EPS growth after double digit growth in the second quarter of current year.
Tata Power, Sesa Sterlite and Hindustan Zinc likely to be hit.
De-allocation could raise import bill by $3 billion, add to coal shortage.
ICICI Bank, ONGC and Tata Motors contribute to nearly 50% gain seen on the Nifty.
Most Asian stock markets steadied on Wednesday.
Tatas, Adani, Bharti, HDFC and Sun Groups have clocked huge gains.
The government will unveil the Consumer Price Index data and the Wholesale Price Index data for August on Monday.
Rise in crude oil price and rally in global equities aided the sentiment
Rate sensitive sectors were among the top gainers with Tata Motors and ICICI Bank leading the gains on the Sensex.
Metals bucked the trend and shone across the board.
Banking shares saw a renewed buying interest on the hopes of a rate-cut by the central bank post the easing of macro-economic data.
The S&P BSE Sensex surged 364 points to end at 24,607 and the Nifty50 soared 107 points to close at 7,476.
Experts tell Ujjval Jauhari that investors need to be careful in picking stocks given high valuations and with markets possibly ignoring potential risks
The BSE Sensex was down 326 points at 23,277 and the Nifty was down 107 points at 7,056.
'Birla only made representations to then PM for coal blocks allocation.'
Metal sector is not too happy from Budget announcements for the sector
The positive bias was aided by metal, realty and auto indices
The S&P BSE Sensex closed 318 points at 24,455 and the Nifty50 shed 99 points to end at 7,438.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices underperformed the largecaps and ended over 1% lower.
The markets had been on an upward trajectory since August 2013.
BSE Auto was the top sectoral loser with a 4.6% fall followed by realty sector down 3.7% and consumer durables 3.6% post disappointing IIP numbers
Yuan depreciation will make imports in China more expensive, depressing demand, especially for commodities.
World Bank lowered its global economic growth outlook for 2016 to 2.9% from 3.3% earlier.
Major corporates are staring at an uncertain future after investing substantially on their projects
The S&P BSE Sensex has dipped five per cent, thus far, in CY15.
The 30-share Sensex provisionally ended up 46 points to end at 28,122 and the 50-share Nifty gained 20 points to close at 8,514.
ICICI Bank and SBI were among the top Sensex gainers along with FMCG majors ITC and HUL.
Markets finished lower for the sixth consecutive day as hopes of the Goods and Services tax (GST) bill being passed in the current session of the Parliament faded considerably.
Oil tanked to a 7-year low as OPEC decided to maintain production.
According to market experts, GST Bill, movement of the rupee and uncertain global cues amid expected rate cut by the US Fed will dictate the movement of the markets.
The S&P BSE Sensex surged 160 points to close at 25,262.
Sensex,Nifty to remain under pressure through the week.
Top losers are Sun Pharma, Bajaj Auto, L&T, ITC, Hero Moto.
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