While the Sensex gained 118 points or 0.34% to 35,260, the Nifty rose 0.38% or 40 points to 10,616 level.

Tata Motors (4.84%), Hero MotoCorp (3.82%) and PowerGrid 2.87% were the top Sensex losers. Of 30 Sensex stocks, 25 closed lower.

The recent infusion from foreign portfolio investors comes following a net outflow of more than Rs 38,900 crore in October, which was the steepest withdrawal in nearly two years.

Bourses would remain closed on Wednesday and Thursday for 'Diwali Laxmi Pujan' and 'Diwali Balipratipada'. The BSE and NSE will conduct a special 'Muhurat' trading session on Wednesday.

The brokerage is concerned about patchy monsoon, election season, rising twin deficits, high crude prices, weak INR, slowing Chinese economy, trade wars, etc.  It wonders whether the market will recover at all or whether a bear market is the next phase?

Strategies such as localisation as well as premiumisation and an entrepreneurial work culture have enabled HUL become the fifth most valuable company in BT 500.

Seeing the value of investments going down is not a pleasant sight and many investors stand confused wondering whether the carnage will stop or not.

Sameet Chavan, Chief Analyst, Technicals and Derivatives at Angel Broking, takes viewers through all the market action today. Indian equities continued their downtrend for the third-straight session Monday, with the benchmark Sensex sliding over 181 points due to fag-end selling mainly in financial and energy sector stocks. Investors remained cautious over liquidity concerns as well as mixed start of the corporate earnings season. Besides, crude price going past USD 80 a barrel also dampened sentiments.

Besides, crude price going past USD 80 a barrel also dampened sentiments. Among 30-share Sensex pack, IndusInd Bank was the worst hit with 8.52 per cent fall, while Reliance Industries slipped 3.56 per cent.

This is much higher than the over Rs 21,000 crore net outflow seen in entire September. Prior to that, overseas investors had put in a net amount of Rs 7,400 crore in the capital markets in July-August.

Non resident Indians are a happy lot as a slump in rupee has given them a windfall gain on their foreign exchange earnings.

Mutual fund houses have made investments of over Rs 11,000 crore in domestic equities in the first two weeks of this month despite volatility in the stock markets, even as foreign investors pulled out a massive Rs 19,000 crore.