
At close, the Sensex was down 870 points or 1.74% at 49,159, and the Nifty was down 229 points or 1.54% at 14,637.

Concerns over rising Covid-19 cases have resulted in market volatility in the the past few days

At least 29 stocks on the BSE have managed to deliver positive returns year after year since March 2016.

Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty cracked over 2% on Monday as a spike in domestic coronavirus cases and fresh curbs imposed by Maharashtra de

The 30-share index traded 1,091 points, or 2.18%, down at 48,938 at around 10.14 am (IST).

Cues from RBI policy , macroeconomic data, COVID-19 trends, Q4 earnings and global cues to be the key near term triggers for markets

In opening trades Sensex slipped 395 points or 0.79% at 49,634. While the broader market index Nifty50 was at 14,790 down 76 points or 0.68%.

Trading of Nifty 50 index futures on the Singapore stock exchange indicates that the Nifty could fall 82 points at the opening bell.

Domestic equity markets ended on a strong note with gains of over one per cent on Thursday.

Prior to the inflows, mutual funds had been withdrawing money from equities since June 2020, data available with the Sebi showed