The senior RBI official, who assumed office on July 31, a day before he was to retire from the state-run Bank of Baroda as its chairman, said developments in construction technologies should make it possible for developers to bring down home prices.
The Bank of Japan's action has nullified the effects of the end of the US' quantitative easing programme but the dependence of foreign institutional investors remains a concern
At 12:25 PM, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 358 points or 1.3% at 26,368.
At ATMs, as a step to avoid getting Rs 2,000 notes, people are withdrawing Rs 1,900 in Rs 100 notes and then putting another request for the balance Rs 600, so that they remain within the limit of Rs 2,500 per day of withdrawal.
Telecom stocks fell after Mukesh Ambani extended Reliance Jio's free offers till March 2017.
The Asian markets are largely trading in the green, taking heart from a positive close on Wall Street.
The Survey shows fiscal consolidation despite slowdown in growth.
Sensex gained 38.18 points or 0.15% at 25,918.95 and Nifty ended higher by 12.50 points or 0.16% at 7,739.55.
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Markets crashed due to domestic worries; bluechip stocks tanked too.
Union Bank of India, United Bank of India reduced base rates.
India's GDP for the three-month period ended September 30 grew 7.4%.
The S&P BSE Sensex plunged 301 points to close at 25,490 and the Nifty50 fell 86 points to end at 7,815.
Modi has been relentless in building his brand regardless of banks having a problem of fraudulent and unauthorised transactions with his companies.
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A steep decline in the Asian equities after crude oil fell to its lowest since September 2003 dented sentiments.
Metals, auto and banking shares were in the limelight in this session; the FMCG pack, however, ended lower.
About 1,556 shares have advanced, 1,211 shares declined, and 182 shares are unchanged.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 39 points at 26,265 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 1 point at 7,954.
ITC, Sun Pharma, Cipla and Tata Steel were top gainers on BSE Sensex
The FMCG index gained more than 1% on the back of stellar gains in ITC.
BSE Auto was the top sectoral loser with a 4.6% fall followed by realty sector down 3.7% and consumer durables 3.6% post disappointing IIP numbers
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The Sensex soared 402 points higher to end at 25,720 and the Nifty surged 130 points to close at 7,819.
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan is widely expected to hold the key rates citing high inflation at the fourth bi-monthly monetary policy announcement on Tuesday, even though the pro-growth lobby has been wishing for a rate cut.
Investors will keenly watch out for the Futures & Options expiry for July on Thursday
The Nifty and Bank Nifty ended at record closing high of 7,913 and 15,865 respectively.
Close to 9 lakh registered companies are not filing annual returns with the ministry of corporate affairs and are a potential source of money laundering, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said on Saturday.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 30.30 points at 28,161.72 and the 50-share Nifty dipped 7.95 points at 8,543.
Bank of Baroda ended flat after sharp gains in the previous session.
'The UPA was the gang that couldn't shoot straight. The NDA is the gang that can't stop shooting. They (the Modi government) are shooting at anybody, everybody, all directions, shooting themselves in the foot.'
Market breadth continued to remain strong, with 1899 gainers and 674 losers on the BSEs.
To neutralise this, RBI has been doing forward swaps
Participants are eyeing the Bihar elections.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 162 points at 28,338 and the 50-share Nifty was down 67 points at 8,463.
Realtors split on possibility of price fall, gold may replace cash in secondary deals.
Markets ended their lowest close in 2015 on fears of FII outflows as the US Fed may hike rates.
Investors booked profits at higher levels despite the growth oriented Budget.
While the latter is being viewed as a greater concern, the former may gain prominence in the next few weeks.
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