Sharemasterindia.com 3:21 p.m.: Devang Shah, portfolio manager with Sharekhan told NDTV that the short term trend for Nifty is positive. Mr Shah adds that Nifty has important support at 8,480 and in the short term it can move upto 8,680 and if Nifty holds 8,680 levels then the medium term target for Nifty would be 8,800.
3:17 p.m.: Inox Leisure shares surge 6.4 per cent to Rs 208 after the company reported first quarter numbers.
3:10 p.m.: Banking and metal stocks have extended losses in the late noon deals. Meanwhile, select oil & gas and real estate stocks were also facing some amount of selling.