Investors indulged in buying beaten down blue chips at lower and attractive levels.

Participants will watch out for the Brexit poll outcome in the late morning trades tomorrow.

Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.

The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 1 points to end at 26,396 and the Nifty50 slipped 2 points to end at 8,109.

Investors indulged in profit booking at attractive and higher valuations

Sensex surged 486 points or 1.9%.

Investors accumulated quality stocks at valuable and attractive levels.

The S&P BSE Sensex slipped 305 points to end at 25,400 and the Nifty50 dropped 87 points at 7,783.

Next set of Q4 FY16 earnings, progress of monsoon along with election poll outcome will dictate market trend this week

Participants are eagerly waiting for the key macrodata -- IIP and CPI numbers due to be released later today.

Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, ITC, NTPC, L&T and HDFC, all up 2% each

The S&P BSE Sensex surged 160 points to close at 25,262.

The S&P BSE Sensex gained 57 points to end at 26,064 and the Nifty50 climbed 17 points.

The S&P BSE Sensex shed 42 points to close at 25,838 and the Nifty50 lost 13 points to end at 7,899.

The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said the monsoon this year is expected to be 'above normal.'

Banks led the decline with Nifty Bank and BSE Bank index dropping over 3% each.

Broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are up 0.8%-1%.

Markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday on account of Holi and Good Friday, respectively.

Financials were among the top losers along with Sun Pharma and index heavyweight Reliance Industries

Metals bucked the trend and shone across the board.