Sensex ends flat (Second Lead)October 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key Indian equities index fell sharply towards closing bell Thursday and ended flat after having gained more than 191 points during the day. The 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, which opened at 16,908.02 points, shut shop at 16,800.53 points (provisional), down 6.13 points or 0.04 percent from Wednesday's closing figure of 16,806.66 points.
Sensex ends flat as investors sell IT, telecom scrips (Roundup)October 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key Indian equities index fell sharply towards the closing bell Thursday to end flat as heavy selling in blue chip IT and telecom scrips dragged down the benchmark index from its intra-day high. The 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, which opened at 16,908.02 points, shut shop at 16,843.54 points, up 36.88 points or 0.22 percent from Wednesday's closing figure of 16,806.66 points.
Sensex plummets in dying minutes of trade (Roundup)October 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key Indian equities index took a sharp dive in the last minutes of trade and ended Wednesday 0.9 percent down. The 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, which opened at 17,069.42 points, shut shop at 16,806.66 points, down 151.88 points or 0.9 percent from Tuesday's closing figure of 16,958.54 points.
Sensex ends flat (Third Lead)October 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of Indian equities markets closed flat Thursday, losing marginally from its previous close. The 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex, which opened at 17,186.2 points, shut shop at 17,116 points (provisional), down 10.84 points from Wednesday's closing figure of 17,126.84 points.
Sensex closes 88 points down in volatile trading (Roundup)September 25th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of Indian equities markets closed 88 points lower Friday owing to a fall in metals, IT and telecom stocks. Though market conditions were volatile through the day, mid- to small-sized company scrips helped steady broader market fluctuations.
Sensex ends volatile session flat (Second Lead)September 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of Indian equities markets ended a highly volatile session marginally in the green Thursday. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened higher at 16,686.38 points, closed at 16,711.11 points, up 34.07 points or 0.2 percent.
Sensex ends 59 points in the green (Roundup)September 9th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets ended 59 points higher Wednesday than its last closing figure. It had traded on a volatile note all day, though within a tight range.
Sensex ends week on positive note (Roundup)July 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian equities markets shut shop for the week on a positive note Friday, with a key index closing near its day's high and adding 634 points since last week's close. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 15,272.01 points, ended trade at 15,378.96 points, up 147.92 points or 0.97 percent.
Sensex closes 127 points after seesaw tradeJuly 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets closed on a high Tuesday amid volatile conditions, ending trade almost 127 points up from its last closing figure. The 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 14,103.65 points, rose 127.05 points or 0.9 percent to 14,170.45 points.
Indian markets crawl as investors await budget (Weekly Market Review)July 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian equities markets went up and down in volatile trading last week, but ended close to where they were a week ago, as investors waited anxiously for the budget to be unveiled Monday. A key index moved up from its previous weekly close, but only 1.01 percent.
Sensex opens on volatile noteJuly 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets was volatile in early trade Thursday, and was ruling nine points above its last closing figure about ten minutes into trade. The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened higher at 14,694.31 points, was ruling at 14,654.64 points, 9.17 points or 0.06 percent above Wednesday's close.
Sensex down 89 points in afternoon trade (Second Lead)June 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian equities markets were trading in a volatile zone Thursday, with a key index ruling 89 points lower than its previous close about 90 minutes before the end of trade. The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened higher at 15,517.36 points, was trading at 15,377.63 points - 89.18 points or 0.58 percent lower than Friday's close.
Sensex ends tamely after breaching 15,000-mark (Roundup)June 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets, which had breached the 15,000-mark in intra-day trading Wednesday, shut shop on a flat note after its key stocks came under selling pressure. Broader benchmark indices however remained firm.
Sensex ends flat after hitting 15KJune 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - The Sensex ended at 14,870, down 4 points after hitting days' high of 15,045 after a gap of nine months. The 30-share Sensex, which has surged 1,285 points in the last five sessions, gathered 168.30 points on Wednesday at 15,043.21 its highest level since early September last year.
Sensex ends marginally up in volatile trade (Lead)May 25th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of Indian equities markets closed marginally higher Monday after slipping into the red in the afternoon session. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 13,988.1 points, ended at 13,913.22 points - 26.07 points or 0.19 percent above Friday's close.