Significant weakness in banking, metal and technology stocks saw the index slide to a low of 15,125 - down 455 points from the day's high. The Sensex recouped some losses but eventually ended with a loss of 292 points at 15,212. The NSE Nifty shed 68 points to settle at 4,552.
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Cyber squatters may have made their life a tad difficult, but enterprising individuals have managed to make an honest living selling domain names -- with auction portal eBay India alone recording one sale every eight hours.
Rohit Sharma played down the perception, saying anything can happen in the fickle T20 format.
Overall the film has enough colour, humour, and drama to make it one of the biggest summer hits of the year.
Lakme Fashion Week is around the corner; so it seems apt that we look back at some of the most... how shall we put it... intriguing designs we've seen in the recent past.
The Sensex opened a tad higher at 15,770 - up 13 points - but slipped into negative zone soon on weak cues from Asian markets. The Sensex recouped some ground in late noon deals, and finally ended with a loss of 169 points at 15,588. The NSE Nifty settled 51 points lower at 4,710. L&T, Wipro, Tata Steel, Ranbaxy, Grasim, NTPC, Maruti, M&M, TCS, Infosys and Hindustan Unilever were major losers. BHEL, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, HDFC and SBI were major gainers.
The NSE Nifty ended up 7 points at 4,259.
The actors do well, but Shaad Ali's film is nothing more than a packaging.
New Zealand and Bangladesh enter their final group match of the ICC Champions Trophy, in Cardiff, on Friday, with the knowledge that even a win may not be enough to see either of them into the semi-finals.
'It is time to stand up for our sisters and brothers and friends and their families.' 'It is time to share the burden and remind them, like the highest court in the land just did, that they are not alone and that you wouldn't stand for their persecution,' says Ankit Deshpande.
India has progressed extremely well and probably better than any country near the Indian Ocean in establishing a tsunami warning system, an internationally acclaimed tsunami expert said on Thursday.
The Sensex opened almost flat at 13,886, up seven points.
Some reports in the Indian media have also quoted Prof Murthy as warning that the project may result in Kerala being affected 'fiercely' in the event of a tsunami in the Indian Ocean in the future.
The NSE nifty ended at 4,167, up 25 points.
The Sensex opened with with a positive gap of 47 points at 13,654. The index is now up 62 points at 13,670.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
Infosys' March quarter numbers may have come in a tad below expectations with revenue growth at just 3.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter and a drop in the operating margins owing to an appreciating rupee.
'Mental health experts are concerned because when you see so much negativity, even if it is confined to social media, your perceptions change.' 'You begin to feel that the real world is also this way.' 'And the sense of optimism and positivity -- traits that build resilience and wellbeing, both physical and mental -- begins to slip away,' warns Veenu Sandhu.
Here are a few cameras that will help you bring home the memories With holidays around the corner, travelling to exotic places is on our minds, says Abhik Sen
The Sensex is up 57 points at 14,269 in the opening trades
The Nifty gained 73 points to close at 5,569.
The home currency failed to keep momentum going and largely traded in a narrow range with positive bias in the absence of any market moving factors
With these 18 drugs, the government now has brought in 467 medicines under the price control.
This is its lowest level since August 30
Who benefits, who loses from the rising rupee, while a boon for travellers and students, exporters may find themselves facing a greater disadvantage.
The NSE Nifty ended at 4,838, up 90 points. The market breadth was negative - out of 2,843 stocks traded, 1,629 declined, 1,166 advanced and 48 were unchanged on Friday.
A weak rupee, though seemingly good for exporters, would push up input cost further for Indian companies.
Extending gains for the second day, gold prices moved up by another Rs 70 to Rs 28,300 per ten gram in the national capital on Friday on increased buying by jewellers and retailers, driven by festive season demand coupled with firming global trend.
The NSE Nifty ended at 4,508, down 2 points.
Markets shrugged off RBI's neutral stance on key policy rates.
The country has reduced its holding of American treasury bills by as much as $1.9 billion compared to July when it stood at $58.9 billion.
His views are expressed in the soon-to-be published "Advantage India: From Challenge to Opportunity", one of the last books written by Kalam
The NSE Nifty ended 15 points down at 4,252.
The Sensex opened a tad (nine points) higher at 14,089.
Insurance penetration in India at 3.9%, below world average.
The Sensex opened a tad higher at 13,772 - up seven points.
Overall forex market sentiment remained cautious
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