Mumbai: Continuing its rising spree for the seventh straight day, the benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 133 points in early trade on Wednesday as metals, FMCG, capital goods and PSU sector stocks led the rally on sustained capital inflows.

Besides, a firming trend overseas also buoyed market sentiments.

The BSE 30-share barometer spurted by 133.27 points, or 0.51 percent, to trade at 26,159.07 with all the sectoral indices trading in positive zone with gains up to 0.96 percent.

Mumbai: Continuing its winning streak for the six session in a row, the benchmark BSE Sensex on Tuesday rose over 119 points in early trade on encouraging corporate earnings and sustained foreign capital inflows coupled with a firming trend on other Asian bourses.

The 30-share index, which had gained 708 points in the previous five sessions, gathered another 119.33, or 0.46 percent, to 25,834.50.

All the sectoral indices, led by infrastructure, realty FMCG and oil & gas, were trading in positive territory with gains up to 0.78 percent.

Mumbai: Shares of Housing Development Finance Corporation Monday rose by 3 percent after the company reported 14.6 percent rise in its standalone net profit for the first quarter ended June 2014.

HDFC's shares ended 3.06 percent up at Rs 1,011.05 on the BSE. During the day, it gained 3.53 percent to Rs 1,015.75.

The stock was the top gainer among the 30-Sensex blue-chips.

Rise in the stock was instrumental in sending the BSE benchmark Sensex higher by 73.61 points at 25,715.17.

At the NSE, the stock rose by 2.21 percent to Rs 1,004.75.

Mumbai: Shares of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Monday settled nearly 8 percent higher after Jignesh Shah-led FTIL signed an agreement to sell 15 percent stake in MCX to Kotak Mahindra Bank for Rs 459 crore.

MCX's shares zoomed 7.90 percent to close the day at Rs 848.35 after rising 13.83 percent to Rs 895 -- its 52-week high at the BSE in intra-day trade.

On the NSE, shares of MCX ended 7.91 percent higher at Rs 848.70.

FTIL's scrip climbed 2.11 percent to close at Rs 273 on the BSE.

New Delhi: The USD 4-billion merger of Ranbaxy Labs with Sun Pharmaceutical has got clearance from the two leading stock exchanges -- BSE and NSE.

The 'no-objection' from the two exchanges would allow the two companies to file their scheme of amalgamation with the High Court for further clearance of the deal and marks one of the numerous regulatory approvals that Sun Pharma and Ranbaxy need to consummate for the transaction.

The deal had separately come under scanner of the markets regulator Sebi for alleged insider trading violations and the present 'no-objection' from the exchanges.

Mumbai: Shares of RIL on Monday rose over 3 percent after the company posted a 13.7 percent jump in its first quarter profit.

After making a positive start, shares of RIL gained 3.17 percent to Rs 1,007.75 on the BSE.

At the NSE, it jumped 3.19 percent to Rs 1,008. The stock was the top gainer among the blue-chips on both Sensex and Nifty during the morning trade.

Reliance Industries had on Saturday posted a 13.7 percent jump in its first quarter net profit to almost USD 1 billion, the highest quarterly profit by a private firm, on the back of higher refining margins, better petrochem earnings and surge in US shale gas business.

Mumbai - The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered by 617 points during the week on fresh buying mainly in capital goods, metal, banking and power sectors on easing of infrastructure financing norms by the RBI coupled with easing of inflation.

The decline in prices provided space for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates in next month's policy review to revive economic growth.

Mumbai - The benchmark BSE Sensex fell over 45 points in early trade Friday as funds and retail investors booked profits after three days of gains, even as TCS shares rallied nearly 4 percent after encouraging June quarter results amid a weak global trend.

The 30-share index declined by 45.82 points, or 0.17 percent, to 25,515.34 with realty, power, PSU and metal sector indices leading the fall. The index had gained 554.44 points in the previous three sessions.

The National Stock Exchange Nifty moved down by 16.85 points, or 0.22 percent, to 7,623.60.

Washington, July 17 : Blackberry's stock dipped by almost 10 percent following announcement of Apple's collaboration with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) to offer special iPads and iPhones to customers.

The partnership of Apple and IBM has raised many questions. Some analysts had asked whether Apple and IBM might take over Blackberry's already loose grip in the tech market.

This deal would result negatively for Blackberry as it tried to influence the business market, reports the Mashable.

Mumbai - The benchmark BSE Sensex on Thursday rose over 60 points in early trade, extending gains for the third straight day as funds and retail investors made selective buying ahead of the TCS and Bajaj Auto quarterly earnings.

The 30-share index gained 60.75 points, or 0.23 percent, to 25,610.47 with IT, power, FMCG, healthcare and consumer durable sector stocks leading the rise. The index had gained 542.74 points in the last two sessions.

Mumbai: The benchmark BSE Sensex gained over 149 points in early trade on Wednesday on increased buying by funds and retail investors after the RBI relaxed financing norms for infrastructure development and affordable housing.

The 30-share barometer gained 149.34 points, or 0.59 percent, to 25,377.99 with stocks of realty, banking, infrastructure sectors leading the rise, brokers said.

In the previous session, the index had gone up by 221.67 points.

The National Stock Exchange index Nifty traded higher by 44.70 points, or 0.59 percent, at 7,571.35.

Mumbai: The benchmark BSE Sensex rebounded by over 200 points in early trade Tuesday on revival of buying by funds and retail investors after retail inflation eased to 30-month low of 7.31 percent.

The 30-share barometer recovered by 202.32 points, or 0.81 percent, to 25,209.30 with stocks of realty, capital goods, power, PSU, metal, auto and oil & gas sectors leading the gains.

The index had lost almost 1,093 points in the previous five sessions.

On the similar lines, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty reclaimed the 7,500-mark by recovering 59.30 points, or 0.80 percent, to 7,513.45.

Mumbai: The benchmark Sensex Monday extended losses for the fifth consecutive day as it slipped another 17 points to end at 25,006.98 on selling pressure mainly in consumer durables and IT shares, amid capital outflows.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) were net sellers of Rs 723.48 crore on last Friday as per provisional data from the stock exchanges. The offloading occurred after being buyers in previous six sessions, that had consequently helped stocks scale new highs in the run-up to the Union Budget.

Mumbai - The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered over 71 points in opening trade on Monday on the back of fresh buying by funds after industrial production grew to 19-month high of 4.7 percent in May amid positive cues from other Asian markets.

The 30-share barometer rose by 71.41 points, or 0.28 percent, to 25,095.76 with stocks of auto, FMCG, oil & gas sectors, leading the gains.

The index had lost over 1,075 points in the previous four sessions.

Indore - Public sector telecom major BSNL enjoys number one market position with 1.8 crore landline and broadband connections which amounts to 65 percent market share, a company official said Friday.

"At present a total of 2.8 core landline and broadband users exist in the country and among them BSNL's share is 1.8 crore, which is 65 percent of the total market share," BSNL's Madhya Pradesh Circle Chief General Manager, N K Yadav told reporters.

During the current financial year, the company expects an increase of 25 percent in broadband connections across the country, he said.

Mumbai - Shares of IT major Infosys on Friday gained over 4 percent in morning trade after the company reported a healthy 21.6 percent increase in consolidated net profit for the quarter ended June 30.

After a positive opening, shares of the company further surged 4.14 percent to Rs 3,429.35 on the BSE.

At the NSE, the stock climbed 4.23 percent to Rs 3,432.

However, profit-booking pulled down the stock, but Infosys was still trading in green, up 0.96 percent at Rs 3327 at 1200 hrs.

Mumbai, July 10 - The BSE Sensex fell over 250 points after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley began presenting his maiden General Budget for the year 2014-15 on Thursday.

Market expectations were high from the budget ahead of Jaitley's speech, and the benchmark Sensex was raised by nearly 75 points.

However, market predictions failed, as investors did not see any big announcements in Jaitley's speech.

Jaitley began presenting the budget proposals for fiscal 2014-15 with the permission of Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan at 11 a. m.

Mumbai: Tracking a firming global trend, the benchmark BSE Sensex Thursday rose by nearly 75 points in early trade ahead of the Union Budget 2014-15.

The 30-share barometer gained by 74.93 points, or 0.29 percent, to 25,519.74. The index had lost 655.27 points in the previous two sessions.

Sectoral indices led by capital goods, power, metal auto and PSU were trading in positive zone with gains up to 0.44 percent.

Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty index moved up by 6.25 points, or 0.08 percent, to 7,591.25.

Mumbai - The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered over 78 points in opening trade Wednesday on emergence of buying by funds and retail investors at prevailing levels ahead of the release of Economic Survey later in the day.

The 30-share index, which had lost 518 points yesterday, its worst drop in 10 months, recovered by 78.30 points, or 0.31 percent, to 25,660.41, with stocks of capital goods, oil & gas, consumer durables and PSUs, leading the recovery.

On similar lines, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty moved up by 11.35 points, or 0.15 percent, to 7,634.55.

Mumbai - Continuing their record-breaking spree, markets on Tuesday hit new record highs with the Nifty breaching the 7,800-level for the first time and the BSE Sensex scaling another peak of 26,190.44 on hopes of growth-oriented measures in the Budget.

The 50-issue Nifty crossed the 7,800-level for the first time by gaining 21.70 points, or 0.27 percent, to trade at an all-time high of 7,808.85, surpassing its previous intra-day high of 7,792.00 touched yesterday.

It had gained over 72 points in the last two days.