India Markets Monday Wrap-Up: Markets Stage A Strong Finish

By Equitymaster: The Indian stock markets had a lackluster outing on the bourses today. After opening in the negative, markets remained in negative territory throughout today's session. Indices constantly remained below the dotted line. While the BSE-Sensex closed lower by around 63 points (down 0.4%), the NSE-Nifty closed lower by around 16 points (down 0.3 %). The BSE Mid Cap and BSE Small Cap, however, bucked the trend. These smaller indices closed higher by 0.2% and 0.7% respectively.

By Equitymaster: The Indian stock markets had a lackluster outing on the bourses today, post the central bank's 0.5% rate cut yesterday. After opening above the dotted line, markets remained above yesterday's close for most of today's session.

By Equitymaster: The Indian stock markets had a positive outing on the bourses today. After opening at par, markets remained in the positive zone for a bulk of today's session. They continued to trade in a similar range for the entire session. While the BSE-Sensex closed higher by around 112 points (up 0.7%), the NSE-Nifty closed higher by around 35 points (0.7%). The smaller indices also had a positive day on the bourses.

By Equitymaster: The Indian stock markets had a weak outing on the bourses today post the higher inflation numbers which were announced. This spooked investors, especially those in banking stocks as the RBI may have little room to cut rates further. After opening in the green, markets remained in the positive zone for a bulk of the morning session. However towards noon, the indices trended moved lower and finally closed below par. However they came off the day's lows.

By Equitymaster: Indian stock markets had a rather volatile outing today. While the indices began the day's proceedings on a strong note, profit booking subsequently took toll and pushed the indices into the red. In the later hours a surge in buying activity was witnessed which pushed the indices above the dotted line. However, they struggled to stay afloat in the final trading hour.

Equitymaster submits: Indian stock markets had a volatile outing today as they oscillated to either side of yesterday's close. Whatever attempts were made to notch gains were thwarted by profit booking at higher levels. Selling activity took toll in the final hour as the indices closed below the dotted line. While the BSE-Sensex closed lower by around 18 points (down 0.1%), the NSE-Nifty closed lower by around 10 points (down 0.2%).

By Equitymaster: The Indian stock markets had a lackluster outing on the bourses today post the market holiday yesterday. After opening in the green, markets remained in the positive zone for a bulk of the trading session today. However towards the final hour or so, the indices trended towards the dotted line and finally closed below par. While the BSE-Sensex closed lower by around 17 points (down 0.1%), the NSE-Nifty closed lower by around 9 points (0.2%).

By Equitymaster: The Indian stock markets had a lackluster outing on the bourses today, ahead of the central bank's monetary policy which is due tomorrow. After opening below the dotted line, markets remained in and around the dotted line for most of today's session. However, towards the end of today's session the indices moved upward moderately. While the BSE-Sensex closed higher by around 56 points (up 0.3%), the NSE-Nifty closed higher by around 19 points. The BSE Mid cap and BSE Small cap fared slightly better.