In morning session, the biggest gainers in the Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank, NTPC, SBI, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Vedanta, Axis Bank, Tata Steel, PowerGrid, ONGC and Infosys, rising up to 1.35 per cent.

Bucking the trend, the broader markets ended tad lower, with MidCap and SmallCap indices falling as much as 0.04 per cent and 0.17 per cent, respectively.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was negative as 1,352 shares advanced, against a decline of 1,379 shares, while 200 shares remained unchanged.

Axis Bank (2.84%), Tata Motors (2.64%) and Infosys (1.57%) were the top Sensex gainers. Top Sensex losers were Bajaj Auto (2.82%), YES Bank (1.35%) and Hero MotoCorp (1.11%).

Yes Bank executive director Rajat Monga and Rajesh Sud, former MD and CEO of Max Life Insurance, are in the race to fill Rana's shoes.

The stock touched an intra day high of Rs 171.90 rising up to 3.43% compared to the previous close of 166.20 on the BSE.

While the Sensex rose 117 points to 35630, Nifty gained 50 points to 10,721. Of 30 Sensex stocks, 27 were trading in the green

At 9:25 hours, the BSE Sensex was trading 67.22 points lower at 35,824.30, and the NSE Nifty was at 10,755.60, down by 36.9 points.

The BJP-led NDA continues to shy away from the outright sale of bluechip state firms to the private sector in the present regime

The m-cap of the BSE-listed companies slumped by Rs 7,25,401.31 crore to Rs 1,44,48,465.69 crore this year.

While the Sensex closed 8  points lower at 36,068, Nifty ended two points in the green at 10,862.

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After wading through the sea of losses in the global markets, we come across numerous bright spots in the Indian indices. The constituents of key benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, have recorded growth in double digits during 2018

While the Sensex closed 137 points higher to 36,484, Nifty ended 58.60 points in the green at 10,967. Top Sensex gainers were  Asian Paints (3.36%), Axis Bank (2.88%) and SBI (2.68%).

Amitabh Chaudhry is being paid a basic salary of Rs 3.60 crore, much higher that his predecessor Shikha Sharma, who was paid the basic salary of Rs 2.90 crore during 2017-18.