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CLOSING BELL: The broader markets, meanwhile, bled more with the BSE SmallCap index sliding nearly 3 per cent, and the BSE MidCap index falling close to 2 per cent

CLOSING BELL: Tata Motors, NTPC, Power Grid, Infosys, Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints, RIL, ITC, HDFC, Wipro, TCS, Axis Bank, HUL, and HCL Tech were the top Sensex gainers today

CLOSING BELL: Nestle, Titan, Hindustan Unilever and Asian Paints were the major gainers among the Sensex-30 pack; while Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank and Bharti Airtel were the top losers.

CLOSING BELL: The BSE benchmark index ended lower for the fourth straight trading session, and has shed 2,448 points during this period.

CLOSING BELL: Tata Motors, NTPC, Power Grid, Infosys, Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints, RIL, ITC, HDFC, Wipro, TCS, Axis Bank, HUL, and HCL Tech were the top Sensex gainers today

CLOSING BELL: The S&P BSE Sensex traded in a broad range of 921 points on Thursday as it hit a high and low of 54,346 and 53,425, respectively

The broader markets ended with deeper losses, with both the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices down over 1.5 per cent each; the breadth too at 2:1 was in favour of the bears.

CLOSING BELL: On the NSE, the Nifty50 shut shop at 16,138, down 77 points or 0.47 per cent

CLOSING BELL: The sharp knock in metal stocks came after he government levied export duty on 11 iron and steel intermediates and key steel products.

CLOSING BELL: Dr Reddy's Labs, JSW Steel, Nestle India, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Cipla, Adani Ports, L&T, RIL, Axis Bank, and SBI led from the front, rallying over 3.5 per cent each

CLOSING BELL: The Nifty IT index plunged 6 per cent on the NSE today after global brokerage JPMorgan downgraded the sector to "underweight".

CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, the Nifty Realty and PSU Bank indices were the worst hit as they slipped 1.75 per cent and 1.6 per cent on the NSE

CLOSING BELL: Shares of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) listed at Rs 867.20 on the BSE, a 8.6 per cent discount when compared with its issue price of Rs 949 per share

NTPC, Bajaj Finance, Maruti Suzuki, SBI, HDFC, Kotak Bank, M&M, and IndusInd Bank were the top gainers on the Sensex index

CLOSING BELL: SBI was the biggest laggard on the index, down nearly 5 per cent, as the lender's Q4 missed Street's estimates

CLOSING BELL :: The S&P BSE Sensex opened gap-down and sunk 1,386 points intra-day to hit a low of 52,702 levels

In the primary market, Venus Pipes & Tubes IPO was subscribed 2 times on Day 1 of the offer period; Delhivery IPO was off to a slow start.

The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended with heavy losses of over 2 per cent each. Debutant Rainbow Children's Medicare ended a steep discount of 17 per cent to its issue price.

The Midcap and Smallcap indices declined over 2 per cent each; The breadth too favoured the bears in 3:1 ratio.

CLOSING BELL: Around 3:30 PM, the mega IPO of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) was subscribed 91 per cent with policyholders' quota seeing a subscription of 2.79 times