Japanese auto giant Suzuki Motor Corporation on Tuesday said it plans to make India an export hub for its small cars, mainly for European and African markets.
The broader NSE Nifty, after shuttling between 10,600.25 and 10,491.45 points, ended the last session of Samvat 2074 with a rise of 6 points, or 0.06 per cent, to end at 10,530.
BSE market breadth was marginally negative. Out of 3,094 stocks traded, 1,541 declined while 1,429 advanced.
Based on a feedback, the exchange could cap a sector's weight at 25 per cent, or align with the broader market.
The Reserve Bank of India is expected to keep policy unchanged this week as it looks to control inflation.
The market breadth was positive. Out of 3,105 stocks traded, 1,773 advanced while 1,211 declined in trades.
Chinese shares opened lower, with the Shanghai Composite Index down 1.8% and the CSI300 index down 2.2%.
The market breadth too turned negative at close. Out of 3,059 stocks traded on the BSE, 2,071 declined and 883 advanced on Friday.
The NSE Nifty ended at 5505, lower by 38 points. Market breadth is negative, 1802 stocks are declining for 1122 advancing stocks.
The NSE Nifty has settled (provisional)17 points down at 5,256. The market breadth was negative, out of 3,005 shares traded, 1,711 declined and 1,165 advanced on the BSE.
Among Sensex components, shares of Reliance Industries, India's largest company by market value, stole the show by surging 1.61 per cent to their highest in over three months.
The NSE Nifty shut shop at 5,304, down 70 points.
The Nikkei Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) -- an indicator of manufacturing activity -- declined from 52.5 in April to a three-month low of 51.6 in May.
Analysts said that there is some amount of decoupling between India and the rest of world backed by strong growth momentum.
Market sentiment suffered a jolt after other Asian markets closed with widespread losses and European markets dropped in early trade
The Sensex ended at 17,098, up 45 points. The broader-based Nifty shut at 5,116, up 15 points.
In the Sensex kitty, ITC turned star performer by surging 2.45 per cent, followed by NTPC rising 2.19 per cent.
Nifty is up 7 points at 5,415. The market breadth is positive. 1817 stocks have advnaced whike 973 have declined.
The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) stood at 47.9 in July, down from 50.9 in June, its lowest mark since February 2009, and highlighted the first deterioration in business conditions in 2017 so far.
Barring oil and gas, all BSE sectoral indices finished in the green.
Markets went off the rails as Sensex crashed 1,689 points and Nifty over 541 points in early session after a surprise Donald Trump win and the government's move to withdraw high value notes, but managed to pull back towards the fag-end of the day to close 339 points lower.
Dalal Street is expected to open a notch higher tomorrow on the back of strong Asian and European cues when markets open after four-day long holiday. Japan's Nikkei ended 1.33 per cent higher on Monday, while Shanghai closed up 1.51 per cent.
Telecom stocks fell after Mukesh Ambani extended Reliance Jio's free offers till March 2017.
Top gainers include Yes Bank, HUL, Vedanta, NTPC, Bharti Airtel, Adani Ports, PowerGrid and Tata Motors, rising up to 5 per cent.
The Nifty ended at 5,353 - up 91 points after touching a high of 5,367. Towards the end of the day, some stocks fell in the red. HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel and Hero Honda ended with marginall losses at Rs 1,985, Rs 265 and Rs 2,021, respectively.
All indices ened in the green, barring realty and consumer durables. The BSE metal, IT and auto indices were up 1.5% each. The oil & gas index added 1% in trades on Friday.
National Stock Exchange index Nifty cracked the 5,000-points level to trade at 4,986.45.
The indices closed with losses for the week, with the Sensex declining 476.14 points, and the broader NSE Nifty falling 155.45 points during the period.
The 30-share Sensex is down 359 points at 26,378 and the Nifty has dropped 78 points to trade at 7,883
Top losers in the Sensex pack include Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Asian Paints, RIL, Coal India, HDFC Bank, HDFC, TCS, ONGC and M&M, falling up to 3.09 per cent.
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices settled the day 0.7% and 0.9% higher
The 30-share Sensex closed at 27,112 up by 481 points whereas the Nifty ended higher by 139 points at 8,115.
The NSE Nifty shut shop at 5,101, down 23 points.
The market breadth was positive, out of 2,946 shares traded, 1,752 advanced and 1,107 declined on the BSE.
The main factors contributing to the above-50.0 PMI reading were growth of both new orders and output as market conditions returned to normal and led to subsequent improvement in demand.
While Daiichi Sankyo acquired a majority share in the country's biggest drug-maker Ranbaxy, Eisai and Astellas have chosen to set up wholly-owned subsidiaries to promote their patented medicines in the country. In a communication to the Nikkei Stock Exchange on November 18, Astellas said its subsidiary Astellas Pharma India in Mumbai was set up as a marketing arm to sell its immunology and urology medicines.
In line with Sensex, the broader indices also saw hefty losses. Large cap index tumbled 0.79 per cent, midcap 0.87 per cent and smallcap 0.57 per cent.
The markets opened flat on Tuesday on weak cues from Asian markets. The Nifty extended losses in late noon trades as European markets opened in the negative. It slumped to a low of 5,218 as Tata Power declared lower-than-expected Q3 numbers.
Both benchmark indices were driven by strong gains in IT, teck, oil and gas, pharma and banking shares amid earnings optimism.
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