Banks stocks continued to trade weak along with FMCG major ITC.
Brokers said a flurry of buying by investors in blue-chips mainly influenced the sentiment.
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The benchmark BSE Sensex reclaimed the 28,000 mark, spurting by 409 points or 1.4% at 28,114 and Nifty settled above the 8,500 mark at 8,532, gains of 111 points.
The S&P BSE Sensex closed at 26,190, up by 43 points and Nifty50 settled above 7,950 to end at 7,963, up by 17 points
Ministry sources say investors are looking at pumping in around Rs 1,100 crore
Rise in investor sentiment, return of risk appetite aid shares across the board
Markets ended in green on rate cut hope.
Markets crashed due to domestic worries; bluechip stocks tanked too.
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Three oil PSUs have moved the Supreme Court seeking modification of its earlier order that Aadhaar card is not mandatory and no person should suffer for want of it in getting benefits of government schemes.
OIL, IOC, HPCL, BPCL slipped between 0.1-1.5% each while the oil producing companies such as ONGC (0.1%), RIL (1.5%), GAIL(2.6%) also edged lower.
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Govt diverts Rs 253-crore subsidy savings to the poor.
Infosys, Tata Motors, ONGC, TCS and GAIL are the top 5 losers.
Analysts mostly prefer domestic plays beside select films with foreign exposure.
Financials declined amid profit taking while energy shares fell after the government hiked excise duty on transport fuels.
Many believe that marketing budgets could be a hurdle.
Bank shares were the top gainer in early trades with Bank of Baroda up over 4%.
Kotak Mahindra Bank and Vedanta were the top Nifty gainers.
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ONGC was the top gainer which surged over 4% followed by Axis, SBI, CIL
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 46 points lower at 24,824 and Nifty50 settled at 7,555, down by 8 points after hitting intra-day high of 7,600.45.
But he is actively pursuing greenfield steel plants in Karnataka and Jharkhand; ultimately, only one of these might come up.
BSE Midcap index outperformed the benchmark indices to end with 0.4% gains.
Market ended lower for the third straight session led by IT stocks amid downgrade by Citigroup.
The companies' underrecoveries stood at a whopping Rs 1,39,869 crore last financial year. Of that, Rs 62,837 crore was accounted for by diesel alone.
The WPI inflation stood at negative 2.4% in May 2015, compared with a negative 2.65% in April 2015.
Oil firms' borrowings could fall by up to Rs 15,000 cr, govt's subsidy bill by 12% .
Markets ended at record closing highs for the second day in a row on institutional buying.
The broader markets, however, outperformed their larger peers.
Lowering excise duty on petrol, diesel, and other fuels, branded fuels.
Reliance Industries and ONGC were down 4-6% each contributing the most to the Sensex losses
The broader markets also ended lower in line with the benchmark indices
Five of the 12 BSE sectoral indices ended at 52-week highs; the oil and gas index zoomed by nearly 5%.
BSE Realty index zoomed by almost 7% followed by counters like Metal, Oil & Gas, Auto, Banks, Auto, Healthcare and Power, all surging between 1-5%.
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On the last day of FY!5, the Sensex ended lower by 18.37 points at 27,957.49.
Sensex in green, JSW climbs higher.
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