Rate sensitive sectors were among the top gainers with Tata Motors and ICICI Bank leading the gains on the Sensex.
The Indian basket represents the price of Oman and Dubai sour grade crude.
Tata Motors was the top gainer on better-than-expected June quarter revenues
Nearly 240 projects were under various stages of implementation.
Much of the Q3 data will simply not be available for the CSO to factor in its calculation.
The cut-off date the RBI chose was March 1, 2018. This meant that by the end of August if these accounts were not resolved, then they would have to proceed through insolvency.
While India is catching China in motorbike sales, it lags far behind in cars, which use more petrol per journey.
Growth in the third quarter (October-December) is expected to be the weakest in years, with spending hit due to unavailability of enough replacement currency.
The industry has stepped up its demand for a rate cut
Deflation masked the rise in food inflation to a 5-month high.
RBI may hold rates steady as economic parametes are going strong, say experts.
Heading to the third year, will Urjit Patel be busy firefighting a currency crisis? Almost no governor of the RBI managed to evade it and Patel perhaps knows it.
Dy Governor notes it's an era of job changes for better.
Chinese stock markets suffered their biggest single-day drop since the global financial crisis.
The government recently announced a new formula for determining the price of natural gas, lowering it from $8.4 suggested by the C Rangarajan committee.
The minders of the Modi government's economic policy believe it would take 7 to 8 quarters -- or till around late 2018 -- for the economy to reap the rewards of demonetisation.
RE of GDP for 2015-16 show that the economy grew 7.9% in 2015-16, rather than the earlier estimate of 7.6 per cent.
The banking sector's credibility is on thin ice. Unless the government takes strict steps, things could get worse.
'A broad-based revival of private sector investment was likely in 2018-19 after businesses had successfully made the switch to the GST.'
Banks have not cut rates yet as March is typically a busy season.
RBI is expected to discuss about the impact of GST in its monetary policy.
'GST will bring in much needed transparency and higher investments in the coming years and we hope that a few percentage points to India's GDP.'
Hospitality chains are hosting dual brands on one property, looking for operational efficiencies without diluting their brands, says Shivani Shinde Nadhe.
The latest results suggest Tata Steel Europe may have lost pricing power, though production and turnover are up.
The meeting will focus on how to make the crisis an opportunity for India.
Reserve requirements, mandatory investment in G-secs under Companies Act may slow lending for HNI investment in IPOs.
The surge in the stock market has failed to stem the trend of small-sized brokers shutting operations.
Indian basket at 6-month low of $49.11 a bbl
Expenditure cuts necessitated by slowing revenue growth, weak industrial activity worrisome portents
Lower inflation, FCNR(B) outflows likely to influence central bank decision
The mismatch between PMI and core sector could also be due to the fact that while core sector is calculated year-on-year, PMI is calculated month-on-month.
Onions had the highest inflation rate among all major commodities.
The IMD attributed the projection to a weakening of El Nio and the Indian Ocean Dipole turning positive.
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Though Indian banks don't have large exposure to subprime mortgages, analysts are worried at the rise in their restructured loan portfolios and deterioration in credit quality.
I-T lens on current account deposits over Rs 12.5 lakh. All the news and more post demonetisation.
UPA-II has yielded a 7.5 per cent average annual growth rate
Hawkish tone likely to guard rupee from further slide
'While collections under the Income Disclosure Scheme explain it partly, indirect tax numbers not showing any effect of the withdrawal of high denomination currency notes was puzzling.'
