Both the exchanges tgether claim 2 million new participants this year till date.
Fresh worries for NTPC and NMDC auctions after the tepid response to the discount pricing of Hindustan Copper's stake sale.
After the fiasco in March this year over the share sale in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ( ONGC ), the government has softened its stand over the pricing.
Ashish Kumar Chauhan, who was appointed BSE's full-time chief executive officer and managing director early this month, has his job cut out - to steer the country's oldest stock exchange through challenging times and get it listed.
Promoter stake rises seven per cent in revised filing.
Odds on Romney rose to as high as Rs 20 against every Rupee and fell to as low as five paise on Obama.
He sold 8.84% stake for Rs 55 crore based on average stock price in September quarter.
Anti-corruption-activist-turned -politician Arvind Kejriwal has emerged as the 'new theme' for stock market traders.
The government is trying to send a signal it wants to stimulate the economy and the stock market.
Foreign investors are preferring to access the Indian market through the sub-account route rather than coming in as foreign institutional investors (FIIs), thanks to stricter regulatory norms and tax-related concerns related to the proposed general anti-avoidance rules (GAAR).
"We in the satta bazaar trust Sonia Gandhi's manoeuvring skills. Now that it has become a major ego issue for the UPA, Mamata will be isolated. UPA may manage to get Mukherjee elected as President with the help of Mayawati and other smaller parties," said a bookie from Delhi
The General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) may have been deferred for a year but many foreign institutional investors (FIIs) do not want to take chances. They are shifting their trading positions to Singapore, where derivatives of India's key equity index, the Nifty, are listed.
Stock indices slip on fears that income tax department will go after offshore derivatives
The ITAT is mulling e-courts, or simply hearing of cases through webcast, to clear the backlog of cases in smaller towns.
High crude oil prices, which the central bank perceives as a risk to inflation, may limit the extent of rate cut to 25 basis points rather than 50 bps, economists said.
The exchange granted 1.96 million stock options under two employee stock option (Esop) schemes in 2006 and 2008 to those eligible, according to regulatory filings.
In dollar terms, the Nifty has gained 26.7 per cent in this year, while the Sensex has advanced 25 per cent during the same period.
After a long lull, India's equity primary market is set to witness some activity. The Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) is set to hit the market with its initial public offer (IPO) in February. The investment banking circles are already buzzing with talks about valuation. Experts say, if priced well the issue could pump life into the moribund IPO market.
After a disastrous 2011, stock market investors are pinning hopes on next year. Top sell-side analysts believe though there is more pain ahead, 2012 is likely to end on a positive note.
It is a Catch-22 situation for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) playing Indian markets. Even while stock markets are trading at attractive valuations, a sharper-than-expected slide in the rupee against the US dollar is keeping them away, say analysts.
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