The S&P BSE Sensex closed 318 points at 24,455 and the Nifty50 shed 99 points to end at 7,438.
IIP for November 2015 and CPI for December 2015 will be announced today.
Retrospective claims may not stand the test in international courts.
The Delhi Police on February 20 arrested five corporate executives.
Inputs by the Petroleum Ministry were found among stolen documents.
Leaks of documents are neither new nor limited to particular ministries.
Delhi Police on Thursday arrested 2 more persons in connection with the corporate espionage case.
A defence ministry staffer, involved in the corporate espionage case, was remanded to one-day police custody.
Prayas Jain has been arrested for allegedly buying secret documents.
A casual worker employed at the Defence Ministry was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly providing forged identity card to a key accused in petroleum ministry leaks case while police maintained that no sensitive documents were leaked or stolen from the defence ministry.
Busting a major 'front running' case in the stock market, Sebi on Friday ordered impounding of unlawful gains worth nearly Rs 15 crore (Rs 150 million) from brokerage firm Sharekhan and 15 other entities.
The reason is believed to be a 19% increase in interest cost.
Markets ended higher, amid firm global cues, and are on track for third straight day of gains.
India is set to sign an agreement with the US to resolve transfer pricing disputes, which will then serve as a template for settling such rows with multinational companies based in the UK, France and other European countries.
FII investments, movement of rupee against dollar and crude oil to influence trading
The breadth was neutral with 1,329 advances and 1,320 declines.
The policy statement by the RBI governor is also expected to be upbeat.
Sensex ends in green, bluechips in spotlight.
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Whatever the critics may say, the numbers suggest that India continues to be a favourite destination for foreign investors.
Markets ended their lowest close in 2015 on fears of FII outflows as the US Fed may hike rates.
A 37-year-old mother was on Sunday charged for killing her seven children from five different husbands and her niece, who were found stabbed to death in Cairns city in north Queensland in Australia.
A 37-year-old mother has been arrested on charges of killing eight children, including seven of her own, in the regional city of Cairns in north Queensland in Australia.
Instead of condemning all businessmen, the PM may like to listen to some of them.
Eight children aged between 18 months and 15 years have been found stabbed to death inside a home in the Australian city of Cairns, prompting police to launch an investigation into the tragic incident.
Markets ended in red, index heavyweights drag.
The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) might take a write-down on the KG-D6 block.
Markets end almost flat, bluechips in focus.
Investor lobbies and tax lawyers estimate the bill for international funds and banks could be as high as $8 billion
Since its peak, the S&P BSE Sensex has dropped nearly 3,000 points.
New Zealand were 190 for 5, 255 runs ahead of England, at the end of day three in the third Test.
The leaders are also expected to endorse common reporting standards agreed to by the finance ministers, which target tax evasion by individuals from 2017 onwards.
The I-T department had said Vodafone India under-priced shares in a rights issue to its parent. The tax demand was for the two financial years ended March 2011.
Bank shares were the top gainer in early trades with Bank of Baroda up over 4%.
Cairn India is 25th on the list with 22.2 per cent CGR.
This time, the global appetite for risk is in favour of India.
Transparency is more than welcome, but govt should not look vindictive.
More than 10% (40 of 498 companies) have lost at least half their market value.