The 30-share Sensex ended up 292 points at 29,571 and the 50-share Nifty closed up 75 points at 8,910.
Theoretically, there is an inverse relationship, but other factors need to fall in place for it to work well this time
Times Now, the English news channel Arnab Goswami headed until recently, had an average daily reach of 1.7 million people. That may be a fraction of the 48 million Aaj Tak reached every day in 2016, but Goswami had no trouble getting investors for his new venture.
The IPL has the potential to make cricketers among the best paid athletes in the world if you look at what they will earn per hour.change that.
Over 20 years, connectivity has massively expanded. But 50,000 villages have been left behind.
Investors remain cautious ahead of F&O expiry.
In 2013-14, India became the third-largest contributor to Vodafone Group's service revenue and operating free cash flow.
Spectrum is critical for Tata Tele because in some circles, Rajasthan for example, it has spectrum only in 60 per cent of the geography, while allocation for the rest has yet to come from the government.
Despite low tariffs, voice usage is not growing.
The two nations share a problem of corporate debt gone bad that is so large and opaque.
Cairn has slashed its planned capital expenditure (capex) by 60 per cent to $500 million against the earlier $1.2 billion.
Pharma major Lupin and mortgage lender HDFC were the top losers.
Over the past four quarters, the Sensex companies' earnings trajectory has improved sharply because of a weak rupee.
Brokerages expect Nifty50 firms to post 11.8% growth in net profit in Q1 but sales may decline
Sensex eneded 374 points higher on rate cut expectation from the RBI.
When oil prices collapse from $110 to $45, economic agents in India experience a large income windfall.
Ever since Diageo struck a deal to buy controlling stake in United Spirits Ltd, the two companies have pulled all stops to ensure the "dream combination" gets all the regulatory clearances.
Another negative surprise in HCL's numbers was the decline in the margin by 40 basis points to 21.4 per cent.
Here's a look at how key Tata group companies fared under Cyrus Mistry's stewardship.
The company's buy of Concur will strengthen its position in cloud computing
Sensex witnessed the biggest single day gain since May 2009 in absolute terms.
The route to that target is clear in Sikka's mind.
Given their growth prospects and reasonable valuations, Mindtree, Hexaware and NIIT remain top picks of most analysts.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, bottom, left, says he is fond of Bill Gates' famous quote: "Success is a lousy teacher." Back from a long foreign business trip, the founder-chairman of Bharti Enterprises talks to Malini Bhupta and Kiran Rathee about the challenges posed by Reliance Jio and how he is determined to come out on top once again. Mittal says , today, Airtel is as ready as Jio in pure-play 4G operations.
Some feel that Tata Steel has put these assets on the block only after exhausting all the options.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Thursday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head -- Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, discussed the best stocks to put the investors' money in.
The CMD's focus on raising employee morale and cutting costs is paying off. The airline's operating losses have shrunk and earnings are looking up
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Q1 results indicate more pain ahead, as slowdown has spread to more sectors, pricing power has come down and rising interest cost is eating into profits.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Thursday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head - Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, answered some important questions on the market.
Raamdeo Agrawal says, an investor should figure out if the company actually makes money or not, making an investment comes later.
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