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The Sensex rose 308.49 points, or 0.42%, to 74,459.53 on Friday, 30 October, and the Nifty gained 116.35 points to 23,053.10, led by IT and pharma. Midcaps fell 0.93% and smallcaps 1.85%, and about 2,500 stocks declined against roughly 1,000 that advanced.
Prateek Rawat4 min
The Sensex rose 905 points, or 1.24%, to 74,151.04 and the Nifty gained 1.05% to 22,936.75 on Thursday, ending a two-day fall. The Fed's hold, lower crude on talk of diplomacy in West Asia, foreign buying and hopes of a cut in long-term capital gains tax lifted the market. Realty and PSU banks led.
Amita Sahani4 min
The Sensex fell 352.64 points, or 0.48%, to 73,246.03 and the Nifty lost 50.90 points to 22,698.85 on Wednesday as Brent crude rose above $115 after a refinery attack in Saudi Arabia and IT and oil stocks fell about 2%. L&T gained 3.7% after its results. The rupee closed at 95.23 to the dollar.
Amita Sahani4 min
The Sensex closed 482.92 points higher at 73,606.75 and the Nifty gained 153.20 points to 22,753.20 on Monday, ending a four-day losing streak. Both dipped in the morning, the Sensex by about 609 points at one stage, before value buying and gains in metals, telecom and healthcare.
Prateek Rawat4 min
Indian shares fell on Thursday as crude oil climbed to about $112 after a drone strike near a Saudi oilfield. The Sensex lost 460 points and the Nifty 124, and 13 of 16 sectoral indices ended lower. eMudhra fell 20% and Nestle India dropped on food safety notices.
Prateek Rawat4 min
The BSE and NSE are closed on Tuesday for Dussehra, a day after private bank results, foreign selling and dear crude pushed the Sensex down 1.17 per cent. Trading resumes on Wednesday with about 40 second-quarter results due, and Muhurat trading follows on 8 November.
Prateek Rawat5 min