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 debt-equity ratio was as high as 1.4 times the net worth as certificates of deposit and inter-corporate deposits gained popularity.
FIIs pump in Rs 2,075 crore in past three trading sessions.
Banks, real estate and metal scrips among the top losers.
According to media reports, CBI is looking into the entire process at the then NDA government and has asked for information from the mines ministry.
BSE Power, Healthcare, Capital Goods, FMCG and Metal indices gained between 0.6-1%.
The broader markets ended mixed with mid-caps gaining 0.1 per cent and small-caps falling 0.1 per cent on the BSE.
Banks and realty among the most hit on account of high borrowing costs.
The broader markets ended negatively with mid-caps and small-caps shedding 0.5 per cent on the BSE.
The broader markets ended firm with mid-caps and small-caps gaining nearly 0.5 per cent on the BSE.
Ends the August F&O series on a high tracking gains in RIL, HDFC and ITC.
The Supreme Court-mandated ban on all mining operations in Goa -- the second in less than a decade -- will disrupt the livelihoods of tens of thousands in the state, points out P K Mukherjee.
IT majors along with metal names Sesa Goa and Hindalco buck trend.
Vodafone's long-pending tax dispute with the government might be heading for a resolution, with the finance ministry considering changing the Income-Tax Act's retrospective amendment and taxing indirect transfer of assets prospectively from 2012, the year the law was clarified.
'Mining jobs get created in the most backward districts of India's poorest states,' says Anil Agarwal.
Among the private banking majors ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were down 0.2%-0.5% each.
The broader markets were marginally higher with mid-caps and small-caps gaining 0.1-0.4 per cent on the BSE.
Brokerages expect Nifty50 firms to post 11.8% growth in net profit in Q1 but sales may decline
Promoter holding in family-owned firms up 70 bps since 2005, 240 bps since 2010.
Tata Steel, SBI, L&T and Sun Pharma advanced 2-5% each.
The shift to gross calorific value-based grading of coal aligned domestic prices with international benchmarks.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Thursday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head - Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, answered some important questions on the market.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Friday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head -- Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, discussed the best stocks to put the investors' money in.