This is rupee's lowest since 62.32 on January 9.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 30 points.
India's current limit of $25 billion for ownership of government bonds by FIIs is fully utilised, leading to calls for increasing it
However, volatility is likely to be on the rise, said Benjamin Yeo, MD & CIO (Asia & Middle-East) for Wealth & Investment Management, Barclays.
Analysts say that the focus now shifts to global events
Hopes that better-than-forecasted monsoon may help the RBI cut rates sooner than expected, too triggered buying activity.
America's decision to give India exemption from imposition of certain sanctions for the development of the port is driven by the South Asian strategy, which was announced by President Donald Trump in August.
The dollar gained against other currencies overseas.
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Assume that the rupee will trend lower over the next 10 years as India increases overseas sovereign exposures, and your long-term asset allocation should be geared to deal with this trend, suggests Devangshu Datta
From the political maelstrom in Washington to the humanitarian disaster in Yemen to the deadly unrest along the Israel-Gaza border, photographers captured a world in turbulent transition.
Above normal monsoon forecast and strength in Asian equities lifted sentiments.
The dollar strengthened against major world currencies.
Markets taking cue on future rate cuts from RBI policy.
Metals, auto and banking shares were in the limelight in this session; the FMCG pack, however, ended lower.
Travel companies and agencies are offering early bird discounts going up to 40 per cent. Priyadarshini Maji reports
With Iran reaching an agreement on its nuclear programme, India is expected to be one of the major gainers.
A look at the records of Spain's Rafael Nadal and Serbia's Novak Djokovic before their title clash at the Australian Open on Sunday (prefix number denotes seeding):
In a major development in the fight against black money, multilateral grouping OECD today unveiled a 'single global standard' for automatic exchange of financial account information by various countries including India and Switzerland.
Even as the Indian benchmarks, the BSE Sensex and Nifty 50, crumbled over three per cent today, experts are optimistic about the Indian economy and believe investors can still make 30 per cent plus returns in 2015
Analysts expect the Reserve bank to cut rates in next monetary policy.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have performed better than the front-liners
Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in Indian equities worth Rs 277.92 crore on Tuesday
The FTSEurofirst was on course for its worst one-day per centage fall since it slumped more than 7 per cent in October 2008
"We have the toughest sanctions ever imposed. But on oil, we want to go a little bit slow because I don't want to drive the oil prices in the world up," Trump told reporters.
The earlier government was blamed for non-performance, the current one will be rightfully blamed for mismanagement
In the past two weeks China has cut interest rates.
Given the developments, analysts do not foresee a quick recovery.
National Geographic's new travel photography competition is entering its third week and is attracting stunning pictures from across the globe. Some of the jaw-dropping pictures show the famous "Firefall" of Yosemite National Park to a sunset at the Taj Mahal. The annual competition is accepting entries until May 3 at 12pm and asks for pictures in three categories: nature, cities and people.
The India growth story is still intact, and fall in the Indian stock markets is an imported one and if the government succeeds in legislating the GST and Land Bill, India could yet emerge as a winner believe stock market experts
The 30-share Sensex ended down 69 points at 28,192 and the 50-share Nifty closed 20 points lower at 8,551.
In recent past, midcap stocks have performed well, say experts.
The world endured bushfires, drought, tsunamis and earthquakes in 2018.
Sensex falls at close; metals, banks perform well.
One of the major advantages of buying Iran crude is the additional credit period of 90 days that the country gives to India, compared to 30 days by other countries.
The broader markets, however, outperformed their larger peers.
Pahal looks to cut down diversion and eliminate duplicate.
Both the Sensex and Nifty hit their lowest levels in this calendar year.
'Unless we start making the products we need, we cannot become a developed country or call ourselves an economic power.'
The rupee on Monday slipped by 5 paise to close at 63.57 per dollar on fresh demand for the American currency from banks.
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