Today’s the day. All eyes in the Indian stock markets are trained on the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) bi-monthly monetary policy review.

NSE Nifty closed in red at 8768.30 levels, down by 32.75 points or 0.37%, while BSE Sensex closed at 28335.16 levels, down by 104.12 points or 0.37%.

Heavy electrical equipment manufacturer, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., has surged to Rs 154.9 per share, up by Rs 10.9 per share or 7.56% after announcement of its standalone financial results for the quarter ended on December 31, 2016. The stock witnessed an upward movement in closing hours of Tuesday’s trading session. BHEL secured the top position in the bunch of Nifty 50 stocks.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd., is the top gainer in the Sensex, closing at Rs 1502 per share, up by Rs 17.05 per share or 1.15%.

Auto stocks like Bajaj-Auto, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp and M&M remained weak throughout the day, eventually dragging the Sensex down.

Nifty Bank closed at 20327.25 levels, down by 44.35 points or 0.22%. Bank stocks remained calm with some positive bias ahead of RBI’s monetary policy.

Tata Motors Ltd., closed at Rs 507.15 per share, down by 3.46%.

BSE IT closed in green along with BSE Consumer Durables and BSE Capital Goods. Firstsource Solutions Ltd., was the top gainer in the BSE IT index. The stock closed at Rs 43.4 per share, up by Rs 3.85 per share or 9.73%.

BSE Metal and BSE Realty closed in red showing weakness.

Infosys: – The stock gained traction in the closing hours of the market on Tuesday owing to the buyback speculation to the tune of Rs 12000 cr. Infosys has Rs 38000 cr as cash on books.

CEAT Limited plunged to Rs 1136 per share, down by Rs 40.65 per share or 3.45% after the announcement of its Q3 results.

Sadbhav Infrastructure Project Ltd., jumped to Rs 106.8 per share, up by Rs 6.3 per share or 6.26% after it announced its standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter ended on December 31, 2016.

Future Retail Ltd., surged to its fresh 52-week high of Rs 218.35 per share, up by Rs 29.35 per share or 15.52% after the announcement of its financial results for the quarter ended on December 31, 2016.

The broader markets also closed moderately lower on negative breadth but outperformed benchmarks. About 1562 shares declined against 1330 advancing shares on the BSE.

The rupee was trading at 67.40 per US dollar.

Top 5 Nifty Gainers: Hindalco Industries (2.37%), Tata steel (1.66%), Cipla (1.41%), BPCL  (1.17%), and Tech Mahindra Ltd (1.08%).

Top 5 Nifty Losers: ITC (-1.06%), Axis Bank (-0.92%), Infosys Ltd. (-0.56%), Dr. Reddys Lab      (-0.56%) and HDFC (-0.45%)

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The broader markets outperformed benchmarks as the Nifty Midcap ended at record closing high, up around a percent. Market breadth was also in favour of advances as two shares gained for every share falling on the NSE.

NSE Nifty managed to close at 8801.05 levels, up by 60.1 points, while BSE Sensex closed at 28439.28 levels, up by 198.76 points. Nifty & Sensex closed at 5 months’ closing highs.

Whirlpool, Titan and PC Jewellers Limited were the top gainers in the BSE Consumer Durables index, closing up by more than 2% each.

BSE FMCG index outperformed its sectoral peers.

Sugar stocks gained, with Renuka Sugar, KCP Sugar Industries and Dhampur Sugar all closing up by more than 10% each.

BSE Realty index was the top performer by gaining more than 1.7%. HDIL, Godrej properties, Prestige and Unitech were top realty gainers on Monday, gaining more than 2.5% each.

Biocon has hit its all-time high of Rs 1084.75.

IndusInd Bank too has hit a record high of Rs 1335.95.

Future Retail, Aarti Industries, ICICI Prudential Life and Andhra Sugars were some of the stocks which hit a new high on Monday.

IGL hit a fresh high of Rs 515 in Monday’s trading session.

Shares of Jubilant FoodWorks jumped 12.30% as the company posted total income up by 3.9% in its Q3 results.

HDFC Bank, IOC, MTNL, Natco Pharma, Sun TV, Godrej Properties, Indian Bank and ICICI Bank have hit their new 52-week high in today’s trading session.

Bajaj Financial Services Ltd., was the top gainer in the bunch of mid-cap stocks. The stock gained more than 8% on an intraday basis.

Aegis Logistics Ltd. closed higher by 19.6% at Rs 178.80 per share.

The rupee was trading at 67.21 per US dollar.

Top 5 Nifty Gainers: Ambuja Cement (4.25%), ACC (4.21%), Sun Pharma (4.12%), ICICI Bank (3.11%), and Auro Pharma (3.05%).

Top 5 Nifty Losers: Dr. Reddys Lab (-1.73%), Cipla (-1.31%), Hindalco Industries (-1.15%), Tata Motors (-1.09%) and ONGC (-1.05%)

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After opening the day on a flat note, the Indian share markets have continued to trade on a weak note and are trading marginally below the dotted line. Sectoral indices are trading on a mixed note with stocks in the pharma sector and realty sector witnessing maximum buying interest. Auto stocks are trading in the red.

NSE Nifty gained 6.70 points at 8740.95, while BSE Sensex was up 13.91 points at 28240.52.

MTNL is the top performer in the pack of small-cap stocks on BSE. The stock closed at Rs 24.35 per share, up by 19.95%.

Sun TV was the star performer of the day. The stock was top performer in the bunch of mid-cap sector stocks. It closed at Rs 686 per share, up by 24.31%.

Bombay Stock Exchange, made a remarkable initial run on the NSE. The first IPO of the year, finally listed at a premium of 35%. The stock also hit a high of Rs 1200 per share at its first hour of trade, and at this price it was trading 49% above its issue price of Rs 806 per share.

February 3 was a busy day in the share market, since almost 100 stocks are scheduled to announce their results for the quarter ended on December 31, 2016.

Following are some of the stocks which were eye-catching in Friday’s trading session:

Strides Shasun Limited closed at Rs 1193.95 per share, up by Rs 110 per share or 10.15%.

Ajmera Realty closed at Rs 177.20 per share, up by Rs 9.4 per share or 5.6%.

Manpasand Beverages closed at Rs 657 per share, up by Rs 19.70 per share or 3.09%.

Intellect Design Arena Limited closed at Rs 140.35 per share, down by Rs 10.10 per share or 6.71%.

SREI Infrastructure Limited closed at Rs 96.15 per share, up by Rs 4.05 per share or 4.4%.

Cipla closed at Rs 608.35 per share, up by 4.18%.

Five PSU Banks: Union Bank, Bank of India, IDBI Bank, Bank of Baroda and Vijaya Bank touched their fresh 52 week high on Friday.

Reliance Communications Limited closed at Rs 36.65 per share, up by 8.59%.

The rupee was trading at 67.31 per US dollar.

There were 826 advances, 524 declines and 49 unchanged stocks on NSE, reflecting strong positivity floating in the market.

Top 5 Nifty Gainers: Cipla (3.99%), BHEL (2.66%), SBI (1.94%), Coal India (1.81%), and Dr. Reddys Lab (1.39%).

Top 5 Nifty Losers: Tata Motors (-1.72%), ICICI Bank (-1.63%), Reliance Ind. (-1.10%), Tata Steel (-0.94%) and HDFC (-0.70%)

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