Housing sector to benefit from Budget.
One thing has remained constant through the Indian economy in the last seven decades: the dominance of family-owned businesses. Krishna Kant reports.
Clean energy cess to hike cost for power sector.
Most Asian stock markets steadied on Wednesday.
The government will unveil the Consumer Price Index data and the Wholesale Price Index data for August on Monday.
Vikas Krishan regrets underestimating 19-year-old Youth Olympic champion Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan in the final at the Asian Boxing Championships in Thailand.
Metals bucked the trend and shone across the board.
Telecom stocks fell after Mukesh Ambani extended Reliance Jio's free offers till March 2017.
Ahmedabad-based firm to fund deal through equal amount of equity and debt.
Select companies in infra, capital goods, private banks, auto, oil & gas, and mining could be considered by investors.
The S&P BSE Sensex closed 318 points at 24,455 and the Nifty50 shed 99 points to end at 7,438.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices underperformed the largecaps and ended over 1% lower.
Mistry's intention of selling ailing steel maker Corus, Tata's so-called feather in the cap, was one reason for his ouster
ICICI Bank and SBI were among the top Sensex gainers along with FMCG majors ITC and HUL.
'There are retaliatory incursions, ambushes, captures and killings by Indian forces along the 700 km border; alleged spies are caught on both sides, then mutually traded as pawns; envoys are summoned in both capitals to be routinely given dressing downs.' 'And there is always a handy courier pigeon, like Sajjan Jindal, sent over to test the troubled waters,' says Sunil Sethi.
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Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar said the discussions at the day-long meet involved an overview of five models of participative policy, framework of engineering, procurement and construction contracts and sectoral guidelines for foreign and domestic investment.
Broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are up 0.8%-1%.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended down 371 points at 24,966 and the Nifty50 closed 101 points lower at 7,615.
The govt has hiked customs duty for metallurgical coke.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 142 points at 29,462 and the 50-share Nifty gained 26 points to end at 8,895.
Narsingh Yadav's chances of making it to the Olympics will be known on Thursday. The National Anti-Doping Agency's disciplinary panel adjourned its hearing on the dope scandal surrounding the wrestler on Wednesday evening, even as he failed a second dope test and lodged a police complaint against two fellow-grapplers.
Kabaddi may now be behind only cricket in the popularity stakes.
Top discus thrower Seema Punia's decision to train in Russia to prepare for the Rio Olympics has left the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) fuming as that country is now at the centre of an unprecedented doping scandal.
Rebound in IT majors TCS and Infosys in late trades helped markets end higher.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Metal stocks also had a good session, with JSW Steel zooming by 7%, and Tata Steel and Nalco gaining about 3% each.
FPIs sold shares worth a net Rs 1236.95 crore on Friday.
In the broader markets, the mid and smallcap indices were up 0.3% each, underperforming the BSE benchmark index which gained 0.5%.
Major global indices like CAC 40, DAX Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng, Nikkei, Straits Times, Sensex, Nifty have lost 1% - 10% in a week
A decline in the real estate sector, rising debt and the company's alleged involvement in 2G scam caused damage to the business and its image.
Sensex ends in green, bluechips in spotlight.
Markets end almost flat, bluechips in focus.
Pharma shares extended losses after the government's ban on combination drugs.
The rising graph of the country's grapplers seems to be having no positive impact on the proposed Indian Wrestling League (IWL) as it has been postponed once again due to mild response from prospective franchises.
Banks stocks continued to trade weak along with FMCG major ITC.
Brokers said a flurry of buying by investors in blue-chips mainly influenced the sentiment.
The Sensex soared 402 points higher to end at 25,720 and the Nifty surged 130 points to close at 7,819.
IT shares lost ground tracking a sell-off in tech stocks on Nasdaq on Friday
Busting a major 'front running' case in the stock market, Sebi on Friday ordered impounding of unlawful gains worth nearly Rs 15 crore (Rs 150 million) from brokerage firm Sharekhan and 15 other entities.
The good news for the group has come from the port business.
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