Activity in service sector contracted in March due to the fall in export demand globally and also because of Prime Minister Modi's appeal to stay indoors and shutting non-essential business shops

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today:The 30-share index BSE Sensex fell 700 points lower at 27,550 and 50-share barometer NSE Nifty fell 176 points to 8,076.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman last month had unveiled a Rs 1.7 lakh-crore fiscal stimulus package to help the poor and migrants tackle the financial difficulties arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the 21-day nationwide lockdown

According to estimates by Johns Hopkins University, confirmed coronavirus cases now stand at over 932,600 and over 42,000 deaths globally

Aarin's Mohandas Pai, Swiggy's Sriharsha Majety, Moglix's Rahul Garg among signatories seeking fiscal support and easier compliance burden

Underpinning the revised forecast are weaker revenue collection as a result of a downturn in economic activity and higher expenditures

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The two groups, which represent the vast majority of the readymade garment and knitwear manufacturers in the country, said cancellations were increasing daily amid coronavirus-driven lockdowns globally, and these risked jeopardizing millions of jobs in the poor South Asian nation

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: In March month, Sensex and Nifty have declined by 25%. The coronavirus is guaranteed to throw the world into recession, and economists are becoming less convinced about the potential for a strong snapback in growth.

Real estate stocks, utilities and consumer staples - commonly considered defensives - led declines following a rebound sparked by bargain hunters looking for stocks likely to weather an economic slump

Government announced a Rs 1.7 lakh crore stimulus package that includes free foodgrains and cooking gas to poor people for three months as well as cash doles to women and poor senior citizens to alleviate the financial impact due to the lockdown last week

 Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Sensex ended 1,028 points higher at 29,468 and Nifty closed 316 points to trade at 8,597

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Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: BSE 30-share barometer Sensex ended 1,375 points lower at 28,440 and NSE 50-share index Nifty fell 379 points to close at 8,281.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Europen indices have opened in red territory on Friday, following mixed cues from DOW Jones futures that turned red earlier and other global counterparts.

Leaders of Group of 20 major economies pledged on Thursday to inject over $5 trillion into the global economy to limit job and income losses from coronavirus

Share price of IndusInd Bank zoomed 45% to Rs 436.7 compared to the previous close of Rs 301.20 on BSE

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today:BSE 30-share barometer Sensex traded 1,500 points higher at 29,892 and NSE 50-share index Nifty was at 8,720, rising 402 points.

Market breadth favoured advances with the advance-decline ratio at 3:2. Only 4 out of 30 stocks on Sensex and 11 of 50 scrips on Nifty closed in the red.