The BSE Sensex and Nifty rose on Tuesday for a third consecutive session as software services exporters such as Tata Consultancy gained on continued hopes for monetary stimulus from global central banks.

Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:38. Sensex at 1-week high; Wipro, TCS underperform. The BSE Sensex was trading at one-week high due to consistent buying interest in banks, metals, capital goods, power and healthcare stocks.

Sustained buying by funds and retailers tracking a firming trend in Asian region helped the BSE benchmark Sensex gain on Monday morning that was trading above 150 points.

Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 15:56. Sensex ends 199 pts up; PSU banks underperform post Q1 nos. The 30-share BSE Sensex closed off day's high on Friday as gains trimmed to 199 points from 335 points in second half of trade.

The BSE Sensex rebounded from six-week lows, surging nearly 200 points on Friday, on heavy buying by funds after better earnings by private banks and firming global trends.

The 30-share BSE Sensex plunged 206 points or 1.2 per cent as Indian markets closed near the day's low Thursday. The broader Nifty index declined 67 points to close at 5043.

Blackout leaves 300 mln without power. A massive grid failure in Delhi and much of northern India left more than 300 million people without electricity on Monday in one of the worst blackouts to hit the country in more than a decade.

Arun Kejriwal July series futures will expire on Thursday. The previous series in June expired at a level of 5149 against the previous week's close of 5205 points.

The Sensex rose on Tuesday in volatile trading, snapping two sessions of falls after Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) surged to a record on robust earnings, although Wipro dropped after the software services exporter issued a subdued earnings forecast.

Draghi pledge becomes make or break. ECB chief Mario Draghi may now have positioned himself as the difference between a tranquil August and an action replay of 2011's nightmare summer shakeout in global markets.