No stock on BSE Sensex ended in red while only 3 stocks in the broader Nifty50 index settled the day negative
This is how films that bring to life man-made industrial disasters should be made, says Prasanna D Zore.
Rupert Murdoch-led News Corp has acquired 25 per cent stake in real estate portal PropTiger.com for $30 million.
A Russian medallist at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is suspected of having tested positive for a banned substance, a source at the Games said on Sunday, in a potential major blow to Russia's efforts to emerge from a drug-cheating scandal.
There are few strategies to invest safely in a volatile market.
Kalashnikov-wielding terrorists in police uniforms on Wednesday gunned down 47 Shia Ismaili Muslims, including 16 women, shooting them in the head as they attacked their bus in Pakistan's volatile Karachi city in the latest sectarian violence claimed by the dreaded Islamic State terror group.
On the lines of Shariah-compliant products, intermediaries ask exchanges to consider investment benchmark.
The US Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 per cent, only the second increase in a decade.
Even if the central bank doesn't pull the trigger later, it is still expected to by the end of the year.
IT shares lost ground tracking a sell-off in tech stocks on Nasdaq on Friday
Markets in countries whose economic fortunes were closely linked to China's growth tumbled.
Stocks of companies having operations and exports to Europe were the top losers.
Many giving double-digit returns, with India up less than one per cent; even so, it has done much better than other emerging markets.
Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday challenged Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party to disclose the names of the people from whom they have got more than 80 per cent of their funds being spent in the Lok Sabha election campaign.
A survey conducted by Business Standard reveals that a majority of the country's states are still firmly against the move, while a few are open to considering only conditionally.
Any government aid to the airline will ultimately hurt the economy
Rumours about a spike in taxes for equity investors are flying thick and fast.
An expectation of tax sops in Budget, weakness of dollar and robust tax collection are adding positive sentiment
PSU bank shares were the top gainers on hopes of a rate by the RBI on easing consumer inflation
Asian emerging market stock prices did see a bounce post Fed-talk.
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With uncertainty looming large over Indian markets, retail investors can increase their exposure to US funds.
Beijing did not announce expected policy support over the weekend
Seven arrests made as woman blows herself up and man is killed by grenade during raid on apartment in St-Denis, north of Paris
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The world seems to have caught severe pneumonia, or worse, as China had flu.
China's CSI300 stock index shed 1.1 per cent, hitting a five-week low, while shares of Hong Kong-listed Chinese companies sagged 0.9 per cent.
It is, as a matter of fact, not the spokesman's 'responsibility' to answer questions pertaining to people who are not related to the party
Analysts expect global markets to remain in consolidation mode with a negative bias over the next six months.
Protectionism and a rollback of regulation. Defusion of tensions with Russia and a lowering of geo-political risks. Looser fiscal policy and tighter monetary policy. At least Donald Trump can't be faulted for not trying something different where existing policies have disappointed, says T T Ram Mohan.
Markets surged in late trades to snap five-day losing streak led by bank shares.
India must reckon with the possibility that it will struggle to attract higher overseas investment.
China's devaluation creates new risk in global financial markets and could prolong the West's slowdown.
BSE Realty index zoomed by almost 7% followed by counters like Metal, Oil & Gas, Auto, Banks, Auto, Healthcare and Power, all surging between 1-5%.
Gold has pushed lower as a result of Chinese selling.
What China's market crash means for India
Sarao was described as a fun guy, outgoing and talkative by other members of the tight knit South Asian community.
Market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 1,838 declines against 1,218 advances.
Markets end higher ahead of Fed outcome, China stimulus
The markets tend to react six to eight months in advance
Sensex witnessed the biggest single day gain since May 2009 in absolute terms.
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