On the sectoral front, key indices ended in the negative zone led by the Nifty Realty index (down 1.2 per cent) and the Nifty Pharma index (down 0.8 per cent).
HDFC (up 1.7 per cent), Reliance Industries (1.2 per cent), and Power Grid (0.56 per cent) were the top large-cap gainers today
Among individual stocks, Bharti Airtel, M&M, HDFC, Kotak Bank, Nestle India, and Dr Reddy's Labs were the only Sensex gainers today
Bajaj Finance on Tuesday beat mortgage lender HDFC in terms of market capitalisation (m-cap) to become the eighth-most valued stock on the BSE
Seeking shareholder approval would impede normal functioning
Some troops in Russia's military districts adjacent to Ukraine are returning to their bases after completing drills, Russia's defence ministry was quoted as saying
The NSE Nifty50, on the other hand, breached below the 16,850-mark to end 532 points, or 3.06 per cent, lower at 16,843. This was the indices biggest intra-day fall since November 26, 2021
India is a solid structural investment opportunity and the markets are likely underestimating the growth recovery underway in the economy, Jitendra Gohil said
The 'multi-cap' schemes - that invest at least a fourth of their corpus in large-caps, small-caps and mid-caps - have gained investor favour in recent months
Reliance Industries Limited, the most valued firm by market valuation, emerged as the only gainer from the top-10 pack
In the broader market, the BSE midcap and smallcap indices were trading over 1 per cent lower.
Indowind Energy reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 21.64 lakh in the December quarter, mainly due to low revenue. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 61.02 lakh in the quarter ended December 31, 2020, a BSE filing stated. The total revenue of the company stood at Rs 4.22 crore in the quarter, compared to Rs 5.32 crore a year ago.
Sebi, in January, came out with a framework for operationalising the gold exchange, wherein the yellow metal will be traded in the form of EGRs
Repo rate was left unchanged at 4 per cent and the reverse repo rate at 3.35 per cent
Stock market LIVE: Sectorally, Nifty Auto index was the top performer now, up 1.5 per cent, followed by Nifty Private Bank, and IT indices. PSU index was the sole loser, down 0.8 per cent.
Stock market rallied strongly after the lows due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
Revenues from operations grew 60% YoY to Rs 192.7 crore
The 30-pack index was lifted by Tata Steel (up 3 per cent), RIL (up 2 per cent), Bajaj twins, and Asian Paints
FIIs' favorite names and heavyweights like HDFC twins, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Kotak Bank, and Reliance Industries saw sharp cuts
Benchmark indices fell for the second day on Friday, but ended the week with 2.5-per cent gain