Earlier, Sensex rose above the historic mark of 50,000 and Nifty above 14,700 for the first time amid rise in Asian markets. Sensex and Nifty hit fresh lifetime highs of 50,184 and 14,753, respectively

Bajaj Finance, followed by SBI, ONGC, IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries, HDFC and Axis Bank were among the top gainers. On the other hand, ITC and HDFC Bank were the laggards

Buoyed by strong global cues ahead of a new presidency in the US under Joe Biden, Sensex closed 834 points higher at 49,398 and Nifty gined 239 points to 14,521

Sensex slumped 549 points or 1.11 per cent to 49,034 and Nifty tumbled 161 points or 1.11 per cent to 14,433

Losses in metal, media, IT, bank and realty sectors were capped by gains in PSU banking, pharma, FMCG and auto sectors

On Sensex , Infosys, HCL Tech, ITC, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, HUL and TCS were among the top gainers. On the other hand, Axis Bank, Maruti, ONGC, Bajaj Finance and Reliance Industries were among the laggards

All equity MF categories except dividend yield and sectoral funds witnessed outflows during December with the largecap fund category (-Rs 3,876.4 crore) seeing the highest outflows, followed by multicap (-Rs 3,540. 8 crore) and contra fund (-Rs 1,640.9 crore) categories

Tech Mahindra, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, Power Grid Corporation of India, NTPC, Sun Pharma, HCL technologies were among top gainers

Dalal Street witnessed gut-churning fluctuations, with the BSE Sensex swinging between historic losses and eye-popping gains, sometimes in the same session

\"We resume coverage of Indian IT with a strong positive outlook,\" Goldman Sachs said in its report and gave a 'buy' rating to IT majors like Infosys, Mindtree, TCS, Tech Mahindra & Mphasis. The brokerage house gave a 'sell' on Wipro and a 'neutral' on HCL Tech and L&T Infotech

Nifty IT was followed by Nifty Pharma, which closed 2% higher, followed by a 1.3% rise in the metal index. All the sectoral indices closed in the green territory today

More than Rs 7 lakh crore of investor wealth was eroded in a single session as Sensex fell 2,037 points to 44,923, its day's low and Nifty lost 628 points to the intraday low of 13,131

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Global equities were bearish today as coronavirus infections increased in parts of North Asia, such as Japan and South Korea, and weighed on investor sentiment. European countries have banned flights from the UK as the British government began emergency lockdown on Sunday, over fear of new virus strain.

India Stock Market Highlights Today:  Intra day, both indices touched all time highs today, with Sensex hitting, 45,742 and Nifty touching, 13,435

During the session, Sensex touched a lifetime high of 45,148 and Nifty hit an all-time high of 13,280. During the week, Sensex and Nifty have risen 929 points or 2.1% and 289 points or 2.23%, respectively.

On the sectoral front, the gains led by PSU banking, metals, media, and auto stocks were capped by losses in IT, private banks and financials

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Maruti Suzuki, Hindalco, Tata Steel and GAIL India were the top gainers on Nifty rising up to 3.62%. SBI Life Insurance, Infosys, Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank were the top losers falling up to 1.79% on Nifty

Asian and European equities were mostly positive today as hopes for additional US economic stimulus and a coronavirus vaccine kept market sentiment positive

Investor risk sentiment improved after positive macro-economic data released on the domestic front. Traders said better than expected GDP and PMI data amid unabated foreign capital inflows also strengthened market sentiment

Traders said market participants awaited Q2 GDP data to be released later in the day