Nucleus Software Exports shares gained over 14 per cent in the afternoon trade on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) after the company announced tie-up with Microsoft to deliver cloud-based lending solution globally.

At 12.38 pm, the share price of the company was trading 14.98 per cent higher at Rs 294. It opened at Rs 259.80 and had touched a high and low of Rs 298.80 and 256.70, in trade so far.

The benchmark BSE Sensex lost ground by over 120 points in early trade, as investors started scaling down their bets ahead of IIP and inflation data to be released later in the day amid weak global cues.

Moreover, the rupee sliding to nearly a two-year low of 64.67 against the American currency weighed.

The key benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty gained around 0.4 per cent to 28,236.39 and 8,564.60 respectively for the week ended August 8, 2015. The BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty were at 28,114.56 and 8,532.85 on July 31(last week). Market experts believe domestic equity markets are likely to remain volatile in coming weeks.

Between July 31 and August 7, the BSE Realty index gained 3.59 per cent at 1,437.20. It was followed by the BSE Auto index (up 3.44 per cent at 19765.17), BSE Consumer Durables index (up 2.95 per cent at Rs 11413.47) and BSE Healthcare index (up 2.78 per cent at Rs 17,521.15). The BSE Power index remained flat at 2,064.21.

The Bombay Stock Exchange has decided to shift stocks of 91 companies to the restricted trading segment from August 11 to ensure safety in capital markets and safeguard the interest of investors.

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) will also move 24 securities to this category.

Markets continued to remain range bound in late trades on Thursday as gains in pharma and capital goods shares helped offset losses in index heavyweights.

India which deferred the talks with the European Union on the proposed free trade agreement expressing disappointment and concern over the EU banning sale of around 700 pharma products clinically tested by GVK Biosciences also aided sentiment.

MUMBAI: The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered sharply over 213 points in early trade on Wednesday powered by capital inflows by foreign funds and buying by retail investors amid a strong Asian trend.

Besides, better-than-expected Q1 earnings by Bharti Airtel buoyed sentiment.

The BSE Sensex ended 115.13 pts down at 28,071.93 after RBI kept the policy rates unchanged. NSE Nifty closed 26.15 points down at 8,516.90.

Asian Paints, BPCL, Bank of Baroda were among top gainers in the Nifty. Stocks of Idea, Cairn, ONGC and GAIL were among the top losers in the Nifty.

The BSE Sensex continued to trade in the positive terrain and was trading over 100 points up on Monday despite muted Asian markets.

At 2.14 pm, Sensex was up 117.06 points at 28,231.62. Similarly, Nifty was up 24.75 points at 8,557.60 during the same time.

BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty after an early bounce back were just managing to hold in green in the early noon session. There were bouts of profit taking that were restricting any major gains and consistency in the markets.

Yes Bank and Vedanta stocks gained ahead of their First Quarterly of the financial year.

Local search engine Justdial today reported 18% increase in net profit at Rs 33.17 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.

The company had reported a net profit of Rs 28.11 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago, it said in a BSE filing.

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