Mumbai: Indian stocks advanced to a two-week high as the nation’s lenders rallied with consumer companies amid gains in regional equities.

The S&P BSE Bankex Index of 10 lenders climbed to a one-month high. The gauge is headed for its best week since July after the Essar Group’s $13 billion deal with a group involving Russia’s Rosneft PJSC improved prospects for loan recoveries at local banks.

MUMBAI: Market came under a spell of volatility on Wednesday as the Sensex slipped into the negative zone from a positive start after profit-booking resurfaced at FMCG, auto and realty counters despite higher Asian cues.

Investors went in for profit-booking after Tuesday's biggest single-day rebound in close to five months. But oil and gas, healthcare, energy, utilities, consumer durables, power and IT sectors saw continued buying interest.

MUMBAI: The BSE benchmark Sensex made a promising start by bouncing almost 208 points on Tuesday on widespread gains following fresh buying amid a firm trend in Asian markets.

The 30-share index jumped 207.64 points, or 0.75 per cent, to 27,737.61, with all sectoral indices led by realty, metal and banking making all the right moves.

Caution took over investors as the market frittered away all the early gains as the benchmark Sensex started moving down, showing signs of heavy volatility.

Selling pressure distinctly came to the fore in telecom, auto, capital goods and technology sectors.

Stocks: The curtailed trading week saw the Sensex falling below the psychological 28k-level amid intense volatility, losing 387.54 points, while the broader Nifty going below the key 8,600-level.

The heavily curtailed three session trading week saw the market opening on lacklustre note as sentiment bridled due to holidays and government release of key economic data like IIP, CPI and WPI and keenly watched corporate results, while the key indices started positive and traded choppy later part of week.

MUMBAI: The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered about 70 points in early trade on Friday after investors indulged in fresh buying taking cues from encouraging retail inflation numbers for September, despite weaker revenue guidance by TCS and Infosys for the current fiscal.

A higher trend on other Asian bourses, helped trading sentiment improve, brokers said.

Markets remained rangebound with positive bias after gains in IT majors ahead of their second quarter earnings helped capped further downside.

At 12:35pm, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 74 points at 28,135 and the Nifty50 was up 31 points at 8,728. In the broader market, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were up 0.2%-0.5% each. Market breadth was positive with 1680 gainers and 917 losers on the BSE.

MUMBAI: BSE benchmark Sensex rebounded from last week's sharp tumble, ending the current week with modest gains by 195.18 points at 28,061.14, while broader Nifty garnered 86.45 points to finish at 8,697.60.

The surprise 0.25 per cent rate cut by the new RBI Governor Urjit Patel in its first monetary policy review somewhat sidelined the escalating domestic geo-political tensions due to last week's surgical strike by Indian Army, while global bounce-back following easing worries about future of German giant Deutsche Bank as well as firming oil price gave fresh flip to the market sentiment.

Markets continued to trade in negative terrain with IT majors leading the decline ahead of September US jobs data to be released later today.

At 12:30pm the S&P BSE Sensex was down 67 points at 28,039 and the Nifty50 was down 22 points at 8,688. In the broader markets, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were trading with marginal losses. Market breadth was weak with 1214 gainers and 1207 losers on the BSE.

The benchmark Sensex rebounded almost 104 points today after investors lapped up select blue-chips, tracking a firm trend in rest of Asia.

The 30-share index was trading higher by 103.56 points, or 0.36%, at 28,324.54, with sectoral indices led by oil and gas, capital goods, consumer durables and healthcare leading the charge.

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