Market wishlist for 2016: GST, more rate cuts & return of FPIs
Passage of the long-pending GST bill, lower interest rates and a bounce-back in the foreign portfolio investments, as also a stable rupee and good monsoons, figure high on the New Year wishlist of Dalal Street to help it regain the 30,000-point milestone.
Jan 01, 2016, 19:19 PM IST
BSE Sensex sinks below 26K-mark, NIfty cracks below 7,900-level
Markets on Wednesday failed to make good use of the early momentum in a fluctuating trade as the benchmark Sensex broke below the psychological 26,000-mark by falling over 119 points amid profit-booking and a mixed global trend.
Dec 30, 2015, 18:41 PM IST
BSE Sensex gains for 2nd day on strong global cues, short-covering
Markets rose for the second straight session as the benchmark BSE Sensex on Tuesday gained over 45 points in a volatile trade to close at 26,079.48, led by gains in auto and banking stocks and a positive global trend.
Dec 29, 2015, 17:34 PM IST
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Dec 28, 2015, 14:33 PM IST
Dalal Street heads for worst ride in 4 years; foreign investors spoil party
The BSE benchmark Sensex, which currently stands at 25838.71 points, is also sharply down from its life-time peak of 30,024 points it scaled in March this year on a rate-cut boost from RBI.
Dec 26, 2015, 13:10 PM IST
Small-cap stocks on a roll, beat blue-chips for second straight year
As the year 2015 draws to a close, mid-cap and small-cap stocks of the BSE have rallied by nearly six percent and five percent, respectively, as against a decline of over six percent in the bellwether BSE index Sensex on a full-year basis.
Dec 25, 2015, 13:44 PM IST
BSE Sensex rises for 2nd straight week
On a weekly basis, the Sensex gained 319.49 points or 1.25 percent and the NSE Nifty went up by 99.10 points or 1.27 percent.
Dec 24, 2015, 17:49 PM IST
BSE Sensex rebounds 260 points, Nifty recaptures 7,800-mark
The NSE Nifty retook the 7,800-level by recovering 79.85 points at 7,865.95.
Dec 23, 2015, 16:01 PM IST
BSE Sensex turns the clock back, drops 145 points on profit-booking
The NSE Nifty broke below the 7,800-mark as IT, metal, FMCG and automakers led the fall.
Dec 22, 2015, 17:18 PM IST
D-St back in form: Sensex jumps 217 points, Nifty regains 7,800-mark
Sentiment was also bolstered amid hopes that Parliament would manage to pass the crucial bankruptcy Bill.
Dec 21, 2015, 18:27 PM IST
Sensex rebounds from a 3-month low: Key reasons
After falling by 208 points to 3-month low on Friday, Sensex on Monday rebound to gain 106 points and end above the psychological 25,000-level.
Dec 14, 2015, 19:45 PM IST
Sensex rebounds from 3-month low ahead of US Fed meet, jumps 106 points
Recovering from its initial slide, domestic market Monday bounced back from over three-month lows on the back of better-than-expected factory output data as the benchmark BSE Sensex jumped by 106 points to 25,150.35, but market mood remained muted ahead the US Fed meet.
Dec 14, 2015, 18:27 PM IST
Sensex tumbles 208 points: Top 5 reasons
The benchmark BSE Sensex was back into the red again on Friday after rising on Thursday, tumbling 208 points to end just above the psychological 25,000 mark.
Dec 11, 2015, 18:18 PM IST
Sensex falls to 3-month low; down 220 points as commodities drag
The benchmark BSE Sensex slipped for a fifth straight session Tuesday to close at a three-month low of 25,310.33 by tumbling about 220 points as oil dropping to multi-year lows hit domestic commodity stocks.
Dec 08, 2015, 17:44 PM IST
Sensex falls for fourth straight session, down 108 points; ITC slumps 6.5%
Falling for the fourth straight session, the benchmark BSE Sensex today slipped by 108 points to close at a three-week low of 25,530.11 led by a fall in ITC after a GST panel suggested 40 percent tax rate for demerit goods like pan masala and tobacco.
Dec 07, 2015, 17:35 PM IST
Sensex up 44 points in early trade ahead of GDP data
The benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 44 points to 26,172.72 in early trade Monday, extending gains for the third straight session as investors indulged in widening their positions ahead of GDP data for the September quarter.
Nov 30, 2015, 10:35 AM IST
Sensex rises for second day, up 104 points on strong global cues
Rising for the second day in a row, the benchmark BSE Sensex Tuesday jumped over 104 points to 25,864.47, helped by value-buying in beaten-down stocks and a firm global trend after concerns about impact of Paris attacks receded.
Nov 17, 2015, 16:43 PM IST
Sensex falls for sixth straight day, logs longest losing run in 5 months
Sentiment took a blow after a private survey showed that India's manufacturing growth dropped to a 22-month low in October to 50.7, from 51.2 in September, said equity brokers.
Nov 02, 2015, 16:49 PM IST
Sensex down for 4th day; slips 202 points to crash below 27,000-mark
Major BSE losers were BHEL (4.38 percent), Axis Bank (2.81 percent), Sun Pharma (2.36 percent), Coal India (2.30 percent), SBI (2.02 percent), HUL (1.94 percent), ITC (1.41 percent), GAIL (1.37 percent), Hindalco (1.36 percent), NTpercent (1.35 percent), Larsen (1.33 percent) and Maruti (1.17 percent).
Oct 29, 2015, 17:01 PM IST
Sensex sheds 101 points on derivatives expiry, weak global cues
The benchmark BSE Sensex fell over 100 points in early trade today as participants cut down bets in view of the September series expiry in the derivatives segment amid a sluggish global trend.
Sep 24, 2015, 10:09 AM IST
