Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has moved higher by 10% to Rs 146 on the back of heavy volumes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on Thursday laid foundation stone for India's first bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

Till 11:00 AM; a combined 23.1 million equity shares changed hands against an average 3.2 million shares were traded daily in past two weeks on BSE and NSE.

Key indices on Wednesday open flat over release of macro economic data. According to the data released by the Central Statistics Office on Tuesday, the industrial output has gone up by 1.2% in July from a year earlier.

Factory output, measured in terms of Index of Industrial Production, the cumulative growth for the period April-July this year stood at 1.7% on y-o-y basis.

The BSE benchmark Sensex reclaimed the 32,000-mark by surging about 156 points in early trade on Tuesday on sustained buying by domestic investors ahead of key macroeconomic data to be released later in the day.

The 30-share Sensex was up 155.78 points, or 0.48 per cent, higher at 32,037.94 with sectoral indices led by metal, realty, consumer durables, FMCG and capital goods stocks trading in the positive zone.

The BSE Sensex closed flat at 31,662.74 after a volatile trade as jittery investors booked profits at every rise amid deepening worries over North Korea.

The broader NSE Nifty ended up by 13.70 points, or 0.14%, at 9,929.90, after moving between 9,964.85 and 9,917.20.

Fresh triggers in the equity markets caused the Sensex and Nifty to trade on a negative note in Wednesday's morning trade.

The 30-share BSE Sensex opened on 31,713.50, down by 95.95 points while the broader 50-share NSE Nifty lost 52.95 points to start trading on 9,899.25. However both the indices soon extended losses as Sensex tanked more than 220 points to hit the intra-day low of 31,586.53 within the first half an hour of trading.

Key indices on Monday opened flat over escalating global tensions after a fresh nuclear test by North Korea on Sunday.

Asian markets were under pressure as North Korea’s latest nuclear disrupted markets and forced investors to run towards safe haven assets.

Mumbai: A general restraint prevailed in the stock market on Thursday with all eyes on GDP data for the June quarter as the Sensex and the Nifty both closed positive for the second day, aided by supporting overseas trend.

The indices were on their toes ahead of release of the growth numbers slated for post-market hours on Thursday. Since it was the last day for August derivatives contracts, speculators went about covering their short bets in the last lap, which kept the positivity going.

In a bid to recover from Tuesday's session, markets today opened with early gains. The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 146.18 points to open on 31,534.57 and the 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 63.45 points to start trading on 9,859.50.

On Tuesday the key indices globally were spooked over North Korea's missile attack on Japan.

Sensex and Nifty were losing more than a per cent in Tuesday's afternoon trade as the equity markets reeled under weak global cues caused by a missile launch by North Korea.

At 1.47 pm, the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 346.71 points at 31,404.11 while the broader 50-share NSE Nifty was at 9.801.05, down by 111.75 points. All the sectoral indices on Nifty were in the red.

The equity markets on Monday started the week on a positive note as both Sensex and Nifty gained half a per cent when the bourses closed.

The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 154.76 points to close on 31,750.82 while the broader 50-share NSE Nifty closed on 9,912.80, up by 55.75 points.

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