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Stock markets registered gains of almost 1 per cent on Tuesday, led higher by banking, financial services, FMCG and energy shares. BSE benchmark index Sensex ended 331 points, or 0.95 per cent, higher at 35,144 and the Nifty index of the National Stock Exchange settled at 10,582, up 100 points from the previous close. With this, markets snapped two days of losses, after release of strong macroeconomic data by the government on Monday. Top advancers on the 50-scrip Nifty index were auto maker Eicher Motors, oil companies Indian Oil, BPCL and HPCL, and power utility firm NTPC, closing between 3 per cent and 6.2 per cent higher.

At 12:00 pm, the S&P BSE Sensex traded at 34,827.37, up 14.38 points or 0.04 per cent while the broader Nifty was at 10,495.60, with a gain of 13.40 points or 0.13 per cent.

Domestic stock markets started the week with a loss of nearly 1 per cent in a highly volatile session on Monday. The losses came amid selling in all sectors barring IT, and weakness in Asian peers. The 30-scrip BSE benchmark, Sensex, shed 345 points to end at 34,812 after a choppy session, whereas the NSE Nifty settled at 10,482, down 103 points from the previous close. Investors turned cautious ahead of release of key macroeconomic data due later in the day.

Sensex Today: All the sectoral indices traded with losses led by banks, auto and metal stocks. IT stocks bucked the negative trend as the Nifty IT index (up 1.15 per cent) was the only sectoral gainer amid a weaker rupee.

The government will release Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Wholesale Price Index (WPI) data for October next week.

Domestic stock markets finished the last session of the holiday-shortened week on Friday on a negative note amid weakness in Asian peers. The S&P BSE Sensex declined 79 points - or 0.2 per cent - to end at 35,158, while the Nifty index of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) settled at 10,585, down 13 points from the previous close. Weakness in IT, energy and metal stocks weighed on the markets. Pharma stocks, however, bucked the negative trend to emerge as the biggest sectoral gainer. Twenty eight out of 50 scrips on the Nifty finished the day with losses.

The Nifty Pharma index advanced 1.33 per cent. IT stocks, were however, under pressure as the rupee gained 35 paise to 72.65 against the US dollar in early trade.

Markets registered gains of 0.7 per cent on Wednesday in a special one-hour trading session to mark the Diwali festival.

Stock markets registered gains of 0.7 per cent on Wednesday in a special one-hour trading session to mark the Diwali festival. The Samvat 2075 - the year from Diwali 2018 to Diwali 2019 - began with the Sensex closing 245 points higher at 35,237, and the Nifty settling just two points shy of 10,600, up 68 points from the previous close of 10,530. Across-the-board gains, led by auto, fast-moving consumer goods and energy stocks, pushed the domestic benchmark indices higher.

Stock markets jumped as much as 0.9 per cent on Wednesday, in a special trading session to mark the occasion of Diwali 2018. The Samvat 2075 - the year from Diwali 2018 to Diwali 2019 - began with the Sensex rising 310 points to touch an intraday high of 35,302, and the Nifty moving 86 points - or 0.8 per cent - higher to hit 10,616. Gains across sectors, led by auto, fast-moving consumer goods and energy stocks, pushed the domestic benchmark indices higher.

The Nifty ended up 0.06 per cent at 10,530 on Tuesday, while the benchmark BSE Sensex closed 0.12 per cent higher at 34,991.91.

TCS emerged as the best performer among Sensex constituents, rising 2.22 per cent, followed by Yes Bank gaining 1.95 per cent.

Happy Deepavali 2018: Samvat 2075 (Diwali 2017 to Diwali 2018) will begin with a 60-minute special trading session on Wednesday, November 7. Trading will begin at 5:30 pm and stop at 6:30 pm. Samvat 2074 or the year from Diwali 2017 to Diwali 2018 has fetched lukewarm returns to investors in the domestic stock markets.

Domestic stock markets finished Tuesday's session on a mildly higher note, as they gave up most of the gains registered during the session. BSE benchmark index Sensex rose 40 points to end at 34,991, up 0.1 per cent from the previous close. The NSE Nifty settled 6 points higher at 10,530. Advances in information technology and energy stocks pushed the markets higher, however declines in FMCG and public sector banking shares limited the upside. The benchmark indices had risen as much as 0.7 per cent during the day.

Sensex Today: Gaining between 0.33 per cent and 8.53 per cent, the top five Nifty gainers were Vedanta, Sun Pharma, State Bank of India, Yes Bank, and HDFC.