Buying more shares when the market is falling is a good way to cover losses. Averaging works best when a company's fundamentals have not worsened but its stock is not doing well due to poor market sentiment or industry-specific conditions.

LIC picked picked up 2.25 crore shares, or 2.43 per cent stake, of the total 5.16 crore shares of Hindustan Copper's shares put on offer for sale in November last year.

The Sensex on Thursday dropped 147 points, its biggest fall in two weeks, as investors adopted a cautious stance amid political uncertainty and weak global stock market trends.

The government's bold decision to hike diesel prices and approval of a new economic stimulus plan by US Federal Reserve pushed the BSE Sensex up by a robust 715 points to end at 14-month high during the week.

The BSE benchmark Sensex snapped a five-week winning spree by slipping 307 points due to profit-booking at the current level on expectations of subdued corporate earnings following disappointing quarterly results from IT major Infosys.

The Sensex on Thursday fell 257 points, its worst single-day fall in nearly seven weeks, after IT majorInfosys' sharp cut in earnings outlook soured market sentiment prompting investors to shrug off even better-than- expected factory output growth in May.

The BSE benchmark Sensex continued its downslide for the fourth week in a row, shedding another 140 points to finish at 16,152.75 due to persistent selling pressure in view of various negative external as well as internal factors.

The BSE benchmark index Sensex on Tuesday rose by 111 points on heavy buying in fundamentally strong stocks led by the IT pack after the country's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services posted better-than expected quarter earnings.

The combined market capitalisation (m-cap) of five of the top-10 Sensex companies slipped by Rs 24,310 crore last week.

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Sensex moved in a narrow range throughout the session before settling at 16,751.73, up 12.72 points or 0.08 per cent.

In a volatile trading session, the BSE's 30-share benchmark index, Sensex tumbled 138.35 points or 0.86 per cent to close at 16,037.51.

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The big question doing the rounds in the recruitment arena is whether companies will reduce hiring. Most companies do not admit to any cutback in requirements. But few have forgotten the global economic downturn of 2008 which caught many economies and businesses unawares.

The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange index extended its freefall from Thursday's trade, losing over 300 points in a day marred with volatile trading. With losses ranging from between over 250 to 400 points, the 30-share BSE benchmark ended the day at 16141.67, down 328.12 points or 1.99 per cent. HOW THE MARKETS FARED

The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark eased worries of panicking investors by checking through-the-day losses in a highly volatile day and closed at 17,305.87, down 387.31 points, or 2.19 per cent - its 14-month low. Nifty closed at 5,224.25, down 107.75 points. How Sensex fared during the day

Blue-chips like Reliance Industries, TCS, Tata Steel and Infosys plunged into deep red on stock market on Friday, as investors dumped stocks with significant export exposure after an overnight sell-off in the US market.

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex plunges on heavy selling by funds and investors in line with melting global markets amid worries over the US economy and the European debt crisis. Market leaders RIL and Infosys fail to arrest the decline. At 12.30 pm, Sensex was trading down 685.80 points at 17,007.38.

The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-scrip index, which had lost 204 points in the last run , touched the intra-day low of 17,859.50 before closing 169.34 points down at 17,940.55.

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