Indian equity, forex, money and commodity markets will remain closed today on account of Labour Day/Maharashtra Day.

The benchmark indices on Friday settled lower as investors booked profits in index heavyweights such as ITC and HDFC ahead of a long weekend, but posted their biggest weekly gain in six weeks.

Mumbai: The market benchmark BSE Sensex hit a soft patch for the second day running as it retreated from record highs to close below the 30,000-mark on Friday after investors pocketed gains ahead of an extended weekend.

However, indices still registered their biggest gain in six weeks on widespread buying and improving risk appetite. The Nifty managed to stay above the psychologically- crucial 9,300. The 30-share Sensex opened higher, but failed to hold on to the 30,000-level, touching an intra-day low of 29,848.21 as investors booked profits in recent gainers.

MUMBAI: Benchmark sensex fell over 111 points to close at 29,918.40 on Friday as investors booked profits amid mixed global trends.

Despite opening higher, the 30-share index stayed in the negative zone for most of the session and slipped below the key 30,000-mark to touch a low of 29,848.21. It finally settled 111.34 points, or 0.37 per cent, lower at 29,918.40.

Mumbai: The BSE’s benchmark Sensex index closed above the 30,000 mark for the first time on Wednesday, riding a worldwide stock rally fuelled by central-bank asset buying. Experts advised investors against irrational exuberance, saying underlying fundamentals hadn’t changed; few expect the liquidity-driven rally to stop.

The Sensex rose 190.11 points, or 0.63%, higher to close at 30,133.35 points. This follows the 50-share Nifty’s record closing above 9,300 points on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Nifty climbed 0.49% to close at 9,351.85.

Leading stock exchange BSE started its two-day mock trading session for infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs), ahead of next month's IPO by first such trust.

The exchange has developed the facility on its web-based platform - IBBS (Internet-based book building software) - to accumulate the bids from the applicants for InvITs.

Markets ended in red for the second straight week due to weakness due to persistent selling pressure in view of disappointing earnings results from companies amidst weakness in the global market, as investors maintained caution ahead of elections in France over the weekend and as geopolitical tensions notably those between the US and North Korea weighed on sentiment. The Sensex fell in three out of five sessions of the week. As trading was largely listless and rangebound throughout the session.

MUMBAI: The benchmark BSE Sensex rallied around 162 points in early trade today on widespread gains as investors indulged in widening bets amid firm overseas cues.

The BSE 30-share barometer surged 161.95 points, or 0.55 per cent, to 29,584.34. The gauge had gained 103.29 points in the previous two sessions.

The benchmark BSE Sensex advanced almost 64 points to 29,400.14 in early trade on Thursday on sustained buying by domestic institutional investors amid firm Asian cues.

The 30-share index rose 63.57 points or 0.22% to 29,400.14. The gauge had gained 17.43 points in the previous session. Also, the NSE Nifty was up 23 points, or 0.25%, to 9,126.50.

Buoyed by forecast of a normal monsoon and shrugging off weak trend in global markets, the benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 54 points in opening trade on Wednesday after investors took to select stock-picking. The 30-share barometer was trading higher by 54.45 points, or 0.18%, at 29,373.55 with IT, power, technology, healthcare and FMCG sector stocks leading the recovery.

NSE Nifty reclaims the psychological 9,200-mark and BSE benchmark Sensex soared about 267 points in early trade, triggered by across-the-board buying amid mixed overseas cues.

Investors appeared optimistic ahead of quarterly earnings of some key companies, including IT major TCS which is scheduled to release its results later in the day.

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