Sensex and Nifty lost up to 1%, ended down after the slump in the shares of Reliance Industries, Lupin and State Bank of India. However, domestic stock markets hit the fresh record highs in the early afternoon trade. The sell-off in the stocks of heavyweight companies such as Lupin, Cipla, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, RIL, Tata Motors and Sun Pharma led the indices into the red. Indian stock markets are weighing on the mixed sentiments about Q2 corporate earnings. BSE Sensex lost 360.43 points or 1.07% to finish at 33,370.76 points while NSE Nifty washed off 101.65 points or 0.97% to end at 10,350.15 points.

The benchmark BSE Sensex on Tuesday scaled a new peak of 33,853.63 as its record setting spree continues for a third day on the back of rally in infrastructure, IT, capital goods and banking stocks.

The broader Nifty gained 33.95 points, or 0.32%, to trade at 10,485.75, approaching towards its life-time high of 10,490.45 points (intra-day) touched on November 6.

The BSE Sensex on Monday fell by over 97 points in early trade, retreating from its record highs, on profit booking in metal, oil & gas, banking, teck and PSU stocks after a recent rally.

Besides, capital outflows by foreign funds and a mixed trend at other Asian bourses and caution ahead of earnings from some more bluechip companies this week influenced the sentiment, brokers said.

Indian stock markets extended the record-breaking run with the key equity indices Sensex and Nifty opening at lifetime highs led by the optimism following a positive round of corporate earnings.Indian stock markets extended the record-breaking run with the key equity indices Sensex and Nifty opening at lifetime highs led by the optimism following a positive round of corporate earnings. The early indicator of NSE Nifty was also trading 0.16% higher at 10,472 on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

Key indices rose on Thursday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rate unchanged in policy meeting. The US central bank left interest rates unchanged at the end of its two-day policy meet, but remains on path for a possible December hike as it cited "solid rate" of growth

This lifted Asian markets, which in turn made the 30- share Sensex firm up 45.53 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 33,645.80. It rallied 387.14 points to close at a record high of 33,600.27 in the previous session.

Key indices kicked off Wednesday's early trade with record highs after India's performance on World Bank's 'ease of doing business' list. The country has risen from 130th to 100th this year, helped by a slew of reforms in taxation, licensing, investor protection and bankruptcy resolution.

The 30-share BSE Sensex was up 209.28 points or 0.63 percent at 33,422.41 and the 50-share NSE Nifty rose 61.20 points or 0.59 percent to 10,396.50.

Key indices on Tuesday opened on a dull note amidst negative global cues. Asian markes witnessed a sluggish trend after Wall Street broke got back from a record high spree.

The 30-share BSE Sensex was down 33.60 points at 33,232.56 and the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 11.50 points to 10,352.20.

Indian stock markets opened at record highs on Monday followed by the optimism over better-than-expected second-quarter earnings. BSE Sensex gained 102.88 points or 0.31% to open at 33,260.1 points while NSE Nifty advanced 30.8 points or 0.3% to start at 10,353.85 points. Among the Nifty companies Bharti Infratel, HDFC, Lupin, Tata Steel and UPL are scheduled to announce their Q2 results report card today. Within minutes of trading, the benchmark Sensex added 158.02 points to hit the all-time high of 33,315.24 and the broader Nifty jumped 47.85 points to mark the lifetime high of 10,370.9 points.

Four blue-chip companies are due with their second-quarter earnings today. As each being in the top slots in their respective market, it is expected that their Q2 results will guide Sensex and Nifty. Indian stock markets have rallied to record highs despite lower-than-expected first quarter results reported by major companies. Though, the markets have been surging on the hopes of better-than-expected Q2 and Q3 earnings. Recently domestic markets surged to record highs after the Modi government announced a mega plan of Rs 2.11 lakh crore to recapitalise the stressed PSU banks.

NEW DELHI: Equity investors continued with their strong run as Sensex and Nifty extended their gains in Friday's early trade.

30-share BSE Sensex opened with a jump of 81.19 points on 33,228.32 while the broader 50-share NSE Nifty started trading on 10,362.30, up by 18.50 points.

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