Going by the pecking order, TCS remains on the top, followed by RIL, ITC, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Coal India, ONGC, HDFC, SBI and Sun Pharma.

To avoid potential restrictions, the transaction was structured as smaller Allergan buying Pfizer, although the combined company will be known as Pfizer Plc and continue to be led by its CEO Ian Read.

From the 30-share Sensex pack, 20 stocks rose and 9 were losers, while Tata Motors closed unchanged during the week ended yesterday.

The agency added it expects the 2016 credit profiles of the top-four Indian telcos to come under pressure amid tougher competition, larger capex requirements and debt funded M&A.

Made secretly and given names that sometimes resemble the original, counterfeits account for up to 30% of the $4 billion pesticide market, shows the study.

The rupee strengthened by 10 paise to 66.08 against the dollar in early trade on Friday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange on increased selling of the US currency.

Bihar is one of the poorest states in the country, and needs the Centre's support to click the growth trajectory.

Zarin Daruwala has joined the list of dozens of ICICI bankers who are heading many of the financial services ventures.

Firm dollar in the overseas market also affected the rupee value against the dollar, a forex dealer said.

The company had posted an operating loss of Rs 691 crore in the last fiscal. CMD Anupam Shrivastava said that income from services increased by 4.16 per cent in 2014-15, which is highest in five years.

The low oil prices have created a favourable environment as it helped to absorb the loss faced by oil companies and kept inflation under control, Arun Jaitley said.

It hovered in the range of 65.90 to 66.10 per dollar during the day.

The stock rose after the steel major said it plans to cut costs and divest some non-core assets, as it swung to a second-quarter loss.

The stock advanced as the company's consolidated net loss in July-September quarter narrowed to Rs 398.67 crore.

The stock rose after the company reported a net profit of Rs 43.84 crore for the second quarter ended September 30.

SH Kelkar made its stock market debut on BSE with a premium of 23% at Rs 222 against the issue price of Rs 180. The stock ended the day 15.16% up.

The m-cap of Infosys dropped by Rs 8,636.51 crore to Rs 2,52,767.28 crore and HDFC Bank lost Rs 7,486.54 crore to Rs 2,64,953.03 crore.

Data released before the Tokyo market opened showed that Japan's economy slipped back into recession in the July-September quarter.

Petrol now costs Rs 61.06 per litre as against Rs 60.70 a litre earlier whereas a litre of diesel now costs Rs 46.80 as compared to Rs 45.93 per litre earlier.

The average price of cut and polished diamonds have been falling steadily whereas the prices of roughs remain high, making the whole business seemingly unsustainable.