Sensex falls over 253 point in early trade

August 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark 30 share Sensex rose by 289 points in early trade on Monday, extending its gaining streak for the third session in a row. The increase in the early trade is due to the heavy buying by funds, driven by a firming trend in the global markets.

August 21st, 2009 MUMBAI - The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex fell by 162 points to below 15,000 levels in opening trade on Friday. The 30-share index fell to 14,850.51 in the first five minutes of trade.

August 13th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark recovered sharply, gaining over 308 points in early trade on Thursday. The recovery was due to the emergence of buying at lower levels triggered by an attractive industrial data and firming global trend.

August 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex fell by almost 197 points in early trade on Wednesday. The 30-share index moved down by 196.58 points, or 1.21 per cent to 14,878.01 points after stocks of auto, metals and realty sectors suffered the most.

August 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex rose to a 14-month high in early trade on Tuesday. The Sensex was trading 86 points low at 15,837 in early trade.

June 25th, 2009 MUMBAI J - :Influenced by the buying of funds and positive trends in the other Asian markets the Bombay stock exchange (BSE) share index rose up by over 155 points during the first trade. The Sensex, which has added 98 more points to its tally yesterday, gained 155.73 points at 14,578.46 in the first five minutes after the opening of the market.imilarly, the National Stock Exchange's (NSE) index also moved up by 45 points.

June 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets closed 232 points in the red, still above the day's lows, after having plummeted about 90 minutes before end of trade Thursday. The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Sensex, which opened at 14,503.05 points, fell 232.81 points or 1.6 percent to end trade at 14,290.03 points (provisional).

June 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex recovered 133 points in early trade on Friday. The index touched high of 15544.23 and low of 15446.82.

June 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets started the week in the green Monday, but then dipped to trade just below its previous close, about 15 minutes into trade. The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, opened at 15,153.21 points, above Friday's close of 15,103.55.

May 21st, 2009 MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equity markets ended trade in the red as consolidation set in Thursday. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 14,043.38 points, ended at 13,732.61 points - 328.05 points or 2.33 percent - below Wednesday's close.

May 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian markets soared late Tuesday, with a key index rising over 490 points from its last closing figure to breach the 12,000-point mark at close of trade. Banking and IT stocks led the rally.

March 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex has plunged below 10,000 points by losing 250.43 points in opening trade due to profit-selling by funds amid weak trends on the global markets. The 30-share Sensex, which had gained nearly 1,070 points, or 12.06 per cent in last week, slipped by 251.43 points, or 2.45 per cent in opening trade as funds and retail investors preferred to book profits at prevailing attractive levels.

March 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian equities continued to be south-bound in afternoon trade Monday amid heavy selling. About 45 minutes before the closing bell, a key index was trading 4.45 percent lower than its previous close.

March 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian equities markets started trade deep in the red Friday, with a key index ruling 1.68 percent below its last closing figure. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensitive Index (Sensex) opened at 8,103.75 points, lower than its 8,197.92 point close Thursday.

January 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian equities markets opened in the green Friday, with the key index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, starting trade marginally higher than its last closing figure. The Sensex started at 9,125.65 points, higher than its 9,046.74-point close Thursday.