Adding gains for the fourth day on the trot, the Sensex jumped over 143 points and the Nifty retook the 8,800 level in early trade amid foreign capital inflows driven by a higher growth projection for India by IMF. However, the 30-share Sensex and its 50-share counterpart soon gave up the gains and were trading slightly below the red line.

MUMBAI: The Sensex surged by over 159 points on Tuesday as interest-sensitive stocks took the centrestage ahead of RBI's announcement of its policy decision later in the day amid firm Asian cues.

The rupee gained more against the dollar, buoying the overall mood.

Market built on its early gains and scaled higher on buying pick-up, buoyed by manufacturing PMI for September that came in above the 50 mark for the ninth straight month signalling expansion.

The benchmark Sensex rallied 331 points led by realty, auto, energy and industrials.

MUMBAI: Market benchmark Sensex surged over 181 points and the NSE Nifty reclaimed the 8,800-mark on Thursday after global markets cheered a surprise deal by OPEC to cut oil production for the first time in eight years.

Short-covering of bets with Thursday being the last session of September expiry in the derivatives segment kept the momentum on.

India is a promising market for initial public offerings with two of its premier stock exchanges, BSE and NSE, registering the maximum number of IPOs in the Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) region worth $1.8 billion, says an EY report.

According to the quarterly EY Global IPO Trends: 2016, the surge in IPO activity was largely being driven by higher investor confidence in the Indian economy and continuing regulatory reforms.

Markets have rebounded in trades today and are trading marginally positive supported by buying among blue chips mostly the Tata group shares.

By 9:40 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was 77 points higher at 28,371 and the Nifty50 rose 26 points to trade at 8,749. Among broader markets, BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are up over 0.5% each.

Benchmark indices ended over 1% lower, amid weak global cues, with rate-sensitive sectors especially financials leading the decline. Investors' focus across the globe has shifted to American politics ahead of the first US presidential debate.

Besides, domestic markets will remain volatile this week as traders roll over positions in the futures & options (F&O) segment from the near month September 2016 series to October 2016 series. The near month September 2016 derivatives contracts expire on Thursday, 29 September 2016.

Home-grown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Monday said it will raise Rs 475 crore through issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on a private placement basis.

In a regulatory filing, M&M said: "The Loans and Investment Committee... Has approved issuance and offer of 4,750 rated, listed, unsecured, redeemable 7.57 per cent secured non-convertible redeemable debentures with a face value of Rs 10 lakh each aggregating Rs 475 crore on a private placement basis."

Benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty ended the week with marginal gains after US Federal Reserve left key interest rates unchanged. Markets also got a boost from reports that foreign institutional investors poured over Rs 5,500 crore into the capital markets within a fortnight this month. For the week ended September 23, the 30-share index closed 69.19 points, or 0.24 per cent, up at 28668.22, while the Nifty 50-index jumped 51.70 points, or 0.59 per cent, to 8831.55.

The benchmark BSE Sensex opened in the red, down from the over two-week high it hit on Thursday.

The 30-share Sensex was trading at 28,759.51, down 13.62 or 0.05% lower from Thusday's close of 28,773.13.

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