Ruias to sell Essar Steel stake to strategic partners.
Kotak Mahindra Bank and Vedanta were the top Nifty gainers.
India Inc will report good set of numbers in Q4.
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Chidambaram also said the government will take steps to curb imports of gold, silver, oil and luxury goods.
Markets ended in green on rate cut hope.
Benchmark indices finished higher on hopes of economic reforms
Hassan Rouhani to offer Friday prayers in Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid.
Fresh investments by corporates up just 5.8% in FY17, lowest since 1992
King Salman and Narendra Modi will find common ground to intensify cooperation against jihadi terrorism, says Tarun Vijay, MP.
Metal stocks lose ground with Hindalco, Tata Steel, Sesa Sterlite down 4-10%.
Markets recorded their biggest single-day fall since August 1 amid growth concerns in the euro zone.
More than half the Sensex companies have declared their results for the third quarter and there are more positive surprises than disappointments.
The Sensex soared 402 points higher to end at 25,720 and the Nifty surged 130 points to close at 7,819.
The 30 share Sensex ended up 183 points at 27,470 and the 50-share Nifty gained 44 points to close at 8,295.
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HDFC twins, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and SBI from the financial space gained between 1-2.7%.
Interest rate sensitive stocks gain ground post decision
In the Sensex kitty, ITC turned star performer by surging 2.45 per cent, followed by NTPC rising 2.19 per cent.
This was even as the country's economy grew by 7.3%.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 208 points at 27,057 and the 50-share Nifty closed 59 points lower at 8,094.
If financials and oil sectors were removed, India Inc has done quite well.
The US side had pushed for removal of price caps on medical equipment such as coronary stents and a commitment by India to reduce trade imbalance
About 1,556 shares have advanced, 1,211 shares declined, and 182 shares are unchanged.
Through the past 12 months, the Bank Nifty has risen 55%
Investors booked profits at higher levels with oil shares leading the decline
Tewari said BJP's Hindu-Muslim and India-Pakistan rhetoric is the only way for the ruling party to cover up for its failure in improving the economy of the country which is in a shambles right now due to its policies.
The Sensex ended 290 points higher at 29,095 mark and the Nifty gained 94 points to close at 8,806 levels.
ONGC, Sesa Sterlite, Tata Steel, RIL and HDFC emerged as the biggest losers
'New Delhi and Washington are now on the same page, on dealing with growing Chinese assertiveness, across the entire Indo-Pacific region,' notes Ambassador G Parthasarathy, Chancellor, Central University of Jammu.
Pharma was the top losing index amid worries about their earnings outlook with Lupin down over 4%
The policy statement by the RBI governor is also expected to be upbeat.
Caution prevailed across the bourses ahead of the Union Budget.
'We have the more difficult reforms to do such as the reduction of subsidy, the insurance and pension sector reform, eliminating bureaucratic red tape and implementing Goods and Services Tax'
The 30-share Sensex ended up 248 points at a record closing high of 27,346.
Make in India campaign has huge potential.
Reflecting the bearish mood, all sectoral indices, led by metal, teck and healthcare, ended in the negative zone.
Investors booked profits in recent gainers
Because of India's weak fiscal position, the plethora of debt-burdened infrastructure companies and the poor asset quality of public sector banks, economic growth in 2015-16 may be limited to about six per cent, say Shankar Acharya.
The BSE Sensex was down 326 points at 23,277 and the Nifty was down 107 points at 7,056.
