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.
BSE Mid-cap and BSE Small-cap lost 2.5% and 3.1% after oil prices soared
ONGC was the top performer while private banking major ICICI Bank extended gains
World Bank lowered its global economic growth outlook for 2016 to 2.9% from 3.3% earlier.
The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 1 points to end at 26,396 and the Nifty50 slipped 2 points to end at 8,109.
Don't catch falling knives or chase bear rallies no matter how enticing those eight pc green blips look. They may be mouse traps, warns Sonali Ranade
The market breadth in BSE remains positive with 1,554 shares advancing and 1,196 shares declining.
ICICI Bank and SBI were among the top Sensex gainers along with FMCG majors ITC and HUL.
Broader markets broke the winning streak and ended lower, underperforming the benchmark indices
Oil tanked to a 7-year low as OPEC decided to maintain production.
The Sensex has hit its lowest level since August 29, 2016 whereas the Nifty hit its lowest level since Sep 12, 2016
Since 2005, in 8 out of 10 years (except in CY11 and CY14) the benchmark indices have given positive returns in December.
Investors widened their bets on optimism that upcoming general budget -- to be unveiled next month - would contain incentives for corporates, which will help boost the economy
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Markets ended flat on Tuesday, amid a volatile trading session, as investors exercised caution ahead of the two-day FOMC meet starting today and Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy later this week.
The S&P BSE Sensex gained 57 points to end at 26,064 and the Nifty50 climbed 17 points.
RIL, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors and ONGC alone contributed to a 100 point cut seen on Sensex.
Top losers are Sun Pharma, Bajaj Auto, L&T, ITC, Hero Moto.
The 30-share Sensex ended in the red.
The 30 share Sensex ended up 183 points at 27,470 and the 50-share Nifty gained 44 points to close at 8,295.
Markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday on account of Holi and Good Friday, respectively.
The dollar's preliminary moves after the low 80.90 are supportive of a like dollar rally back to 85.50. We should see confirmation of that in the early part of next week, says Sonali Ranade
Market breadth remained strong with 1,581 advances over 1,018 declines on the BSE
Financials were among the top losers along with Sun Pharma and index heavyweight Reliance Industries
Investors will maintain a cautious stance.
Investors turned cautious ahead of the US Fed meet outcome later today and July F&O expiry.
At this point of time, the requirement of the economy is obviously more investment, which will create more jobs and increase purchasing power that will sustain a high level of production, says K M Chandrasekhar.
The BSE Mid-Cap index was currently up 0.83%. The BSE Small-Cap index was currently up 0.8%.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 80 points up at 23,789 while the Nifty50 closed at 7,235, up 24 points.
After a volatile session, Sensex closed the day 563 points lower
Sensex remained volatile through the day.
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
The rupee fell to a two-year low of 64.84 against the US dollar.
The US FOMC concludes its two-day meeting today while the Bank of Japan will start its two-day meeting today.
Bank shares were the top gainers led by ICICI Bank.
Market breadth depicted gains with 1,476 advances over 1,403 declines on the BSE. 140 stocks remained unchanged.
Sensex is trading firm; FMCG, real estate going strong.
The Sensex ended higher by 245 points at 27,372 mark and the Nifty gained 66 points at 8,225.
Tata Steel, SBI, Infosys and L&T were among the top gainers for the day.
A mixed global trend and weakness in rupee influenced the sentiments during the day.
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