India's ranking in the Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) index of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) has slipped by three notches, even as the country's rapid export growth made South Asia the fastest growing region in exports of manufactured goods.
The Monster Employment Index for the month of August stood at 153, registering a 25 per cent jump over the same period a year ago, when the index level was at 122.
Tata Motors (down 1.7%) was the top loser on Sensex and Nifty, while Lupin (1.6%) gained the most.
Kotak Bank was the biggest loser in the Sensex pack, falling 3.71 per cent, followed by RIL, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, PowerGrid, IndusInd Bank, Asian Paints, HDFC and ITC.
Indian consumers' perceptions of the state of their personal finances are also encouraging - 88 per cent rate it as excellent or good
Singapore Exchange plans to launch more India-based products to provide opportunities for global investors interested in tapping the Indian market.
Other gainers included Kotak Bank, HCL Tech, ONGC, Asian Paints, Vedanta, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Maruti and TCS, gaining up to 1.41 per cent. Sun Pharma was the top loser, cracking 8.58 per cent.
Nifty crosses 9,750-mark; Bharti Airtel, TCS, Wipro, Lupin and Coal India gained the most on BSE Sensex
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices hit their fresh lifetime highs for the second day in a row
The US FOMC concludes its two-day meeting today while the Bank of Japan will start its two-day meeting today.
The pace of economic growth in emerging markets continued to revive from the stagnation seen earlier in the year.
Investors are willing to wait to give a new government a chance.
The NSE Nifty added 40 points to end at 5119. The market breadth was positive. Out of 2966 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1533 advancing stocks as against 1304 declines.
Extending losses for 7th session, Nifty fell below the 8,000 mark for the first time since Nov 25
Dealers attributed the rupee's fall to increased demand for the US currency from importers.
The broad-based Nifty slipped below the 8,600-level by losing 24.60 points, 0.28 per cent, to 8,590.65
While media reports suggested that Tata-Singapore Airlines is looking at an all-stock merger of Jet, Tatas, in a statement said, discussions to take over Jet Airways have been preliminary and no proposal has been made
Online activity grew in January on improved markets sentiment.
S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 2% and 1.6% respectively
Coal India topped the losers' list in the Sensex pack on Tuesday, falling 2.36 per cent, followed by Bharti Airtel at 2.16 per cent.
Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian said China imports a lot of components, parts, assembles and integrates and then exports them.
Broader gains were capped as investors awaited corporate results from major firms
Markets ended in red; index heavyweight under pressure.
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In 2009, India was the fourth best country in South Asia after Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka.
