Several major markets including the Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange, Foreign Exchange and the money market will remain closed on Tuesday, March 2 on account of 'Muharrum'.
All companies stock price surged on the news that UB Group has reached a deal with the world's largest spirit maker Diageo for a stake sale.
The National Stock Exchange listed the Dow Jones Industrial and S&P 500 on its platform last week.
Select markets including the Bombay Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange, foreign exchange, money market, oilseeds and spices will remain closed on Monday, February 2 on account of Id-Ul-Zuha (Bakri Eid).
The country's third largest software firm said on Thursday that it will demerge non-IT businesses like Consumer Care & Lighting into a new company, a move which will allow it to focus exclusively on information technology.
Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Wednesday said it has acquired GlaxoSmithKline's US penicillin manufacturing facility and the rights to the Augmentin and Amoxil brands in the United States for an undisclosed sum.
The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange will remain closed on Thursday, it was officially announced.
Reliance will also announce its third quarter results on the same day.
A fire broke out on Friday at the eighth floor of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building at Dalal Street in South Mumbai, fire officials said.No casualties have been reported so far, they added.
The good part is that even in the most beaten down sectors, there have been some select stocks that have given not just positive, but considerable, returns.
The company had registered a net profit of Rs 1,780 crore (Rs 17.8 billion) for the December quarter of the previous fiscal (2010-11), Infosys said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Overnight, in the US markets, fear returned to Wall Street.
RPG Group company KEC International on Tuesday said that it would acquire US-based SAE Towers Holdings for $95 million.
Two Anil Ambani group companies, Reliance Power and Reliance Natural Resources, on Monday said their respective shareholders have approved merger between the two entities, estimated to create a Rs 50,000-crore (Rs 500 billion) entity.
With the downgrade there is a danger that investors who hold these financial securities may sell out. Of course, the level of selling will depend on the way the investors react to this downgrade.
The Centre -- running out of cash, and time before the Budget to meet its fiscal deficit target -- will get as dividend Rs 3,964 crore (Rs 39.64 billion) from its flagship listed firm Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
The Union government, the largest owner of stocks in the country, is also easily the largest loser in the stock market this year.
The Bombay Stock Exchange will remain open on Saturday and hold a two-hour trading session, exchange officials said on Thursday.\n\n\n\n
The Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange will be shut on Friday for Moharrum
60% stocks in BS 200 underperform the Sensex in 2011.
24 stocks in the BS 200 list have stayed in the positive territory.
If the new Companies Bill becomes law, 10 of the 30 Sensex companies will have to look for new auditors.
Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals on Monday said it has received US health regulator's approval to sell anti-epileptic levetiracetam tablets in the American market.
Both the main stock exchanges have set in motion a separate platform to generate more interest and more liquidity for the small and medium enterprises (SME) segment.
Switzerland-based bank Credit Suisse said on Tuesday it expects the Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-stock barometer Sensex to touch the 22,000 mark in 12 months.
BPL Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that M Sasi has been appointed as director (finance & corporate planning) of the company (without any remuneration) for a period of two years, with immediate effect.
The Bombay Stock Exchange says it will train 6.5 million people in the next 10 years to work in the BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) sector, the largest employer in the Indian private sector.
In 2008, Tata Communications had entered into a strategic partnership with BitGravity for licensing content delivery network technology and federation of networks of both entities.
National Stock Exchange index Nifty shot up 50 points to 4,756.45.
Tata Motors Ltd has completed the public filing for listing the American Depository Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company has launched a new chemical entity Lulifin (Luliconazole) in the Indian dermatology market, the pharma major said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Bombay Stock Exchange-listed Zensar grew 23 per cent sequentially last quarter. Natarajan says a lot of growth will come from the increasing use of IT within Indian companies.
Debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines today reported that its net loss doubled to Rs 468.66 crore (Rs 4.68 billion) in the quarter ended September 30, 2011, as higher fuel prices depressed operating margins.
The Bombay Stock Exchange, in collaboration with the Taqwaa Advisory and Shariah Investment Solutions -- Tasis -- has launched an Islamic index in a bid to woo more investors from India and overseas.
Inflation, rate pressure and scams dampen mood, though demand remains strong.
All principal markets in Mumbai including, the Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange, Foreign Exchange, money market, bullion, oils and oilseeds, grains, pulses
There are thousands of stocks within the NSE, for example, that are rarely traded.
Intelligence agencies have sounded a terror alert in Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and major cities in Gujarat following reports that terrorists had entered these cities to target vital installations.The terrorists reportedly belong to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and have been trained by the Taliban.In Mumbai, the security arrangements at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and the Bombay Stock Exchange have been beefed up.
Cashing in on the opportunities galore courtesy the spurt in Indian equities, foreign fund house Citigroup Global Markets has raised about Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) by selling shares of 24 blue chip firms in just nine trading sessions.