The benchmark BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty rallied for the second week in a row by over 2.0 percent buoyed by across-the-board buying, Moody’s raising country’s credit outlook and speculations that the US Fed may keep interest rates low after weak jobs data.

However, Reserve Bank of India, in its monetary policy on April 7, left the short-term lending rate or repo rate unchanged and also kept the cash reserve ratio and the statutory liquidity ratio static, which weighed on the markets as Sensex closed almost flat on Tuesday.

Shares of midcap companies are continue at their upward march for the seven straight trading sessions with the National Stock Exchange (NSE) CNX Mid-cap index hit a fresh record high today.

At 1427 hours, CNX Mid-cap index was up 0.60% at 13,608 points, after hitting a new high of 13,631 in intra-day trade. The CNX Nifty was down 0.20% at 8,761.

Shares of rating agencies – ICRA, CRISIL and Credit Analysis and Research (CARE) – rallied by up to 12% after foreign institutional investors (FIIs) hiked their stake during the fourth quarter (January-March 2015).

ICRA has rallied 12% to Rs 4,993, CRISIL surged 7.5% to Rs 2,340 and CARE gained 3% to Rs 1,786 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). All these shares hit their respective record highs on the bourses.

MUMBAI: Extending the winning run to fourth consecutive session on Thursday, the benchmark BSE Sensex rose by over 190 points to close at a three-week high of 28,707.75 mainly led by gains in RIL, Infosys and Coal India amid sustained foreign capital inflows.

The barometer has garnered 750.26 points in four-day gaining spree.

The benchmark BSE Sensex pared its early gains to fell by 160 points as interest rate-sensitive stocks slipped after the Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan kept key repo rates unchanged in its first bi-monthly monetary policy.

The 30-share index, which gained 105.71 points in early trade, fell by 163.50 points, or 0.57 per cent, to 28340.96. The barometer had gained 546.97 points in the previous two straight sessions.

BSE Sensex, NSE Nifty are closed on Thursday and Friday due to public holidays. Trading will resume on Monday.

The benchmark BSE Sensex on Wednesday began the new fiscal year on a promising note by gaining more than 300 points to settle the day at 28,260.14, recording first weekly gain in three weeks while Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Ranbaxy Laboratories surged ahead of a planned merger.

BSE listed networking company Smartlink Network Systems is now eying 40 per cent growth in its wireless business in next financial year, 2015-16. The company has aggressively revamped its strategy in sync with the Centre's 'Make in India' initiative to grow its wireless business.

The company, has ramped up its production capabilities to double its market share within a year from the present 10 per cent in wireless broadband business in India. The company has extended its manufacturing capabilities with as many as 100,000 routers a month. It has 40 distributors across India. The company also offers its facility for contract manufacturing services to multinational companies. It has clocked annual turnover of Rs 120 crore in FY14-15.

Markets recovered from day's lows but continued to remain volatile helped by a rebound in bank and information technology shares even as select index heavyweights capped upside gains.

At 2:30PM, the 30-share Sensex was up 6 points at 27,463 and the 50-share Nifty was down 8 points at 8,334.

The benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 87 points today as stocks of healthcare, IT and realty sectors saw heavy buying on covering-up of short positions by speculators ahead of tomorrow’s monthly expiry in derivatives segment amid a mixed trend at other Asian bourses.

The 30-share index, which had lost 574.66 points in the previous five consecutive sessions, gained 87.88 points, or 0.31 per cent, to 28,249.60.

The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered over 108 points in early trade on Monday on buying at prevailing lower levels by investors amidst a firming trend at other Asian markets.

The 30- share index, which had lost 475.30 points in previous three sessions, rose by 108.64 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 28,369.72 with all sectoral indices, led by power, healthcare, oil & gas and capital goods, trading in positive zone with gains up to 0.68 per cent.

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