The Union government, the largest owner of stocks in the country, is also easily the largest loser in the stock market this year.
Signaling a growing clout of Indian blue chip banking scrips among foreign investors, HDFC Bank has joined ICICI Bank in the top five Sensex scrips held by foreign institutional investors
The benchmark index closed at 13,315.60 on September 18, after touching 12,558.14, below its May 2006-level. Interestingly, small-cap and mid-cap indices fell by over 15 per cent each, despite the Sensex and Nifty gaining 6 per cent since then.
The bellwether Sensex rose by over 500 points after the finance minister tabled the Budget in Parliament today.
Recent rally in Indian shares may not last long.
All markets will remain closed on Monday, April 14, on account of Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti.
You may have to pay for using the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex or other indices for launching any product or scheme based on it, as Asia's oldest stock exchange is increasingly becoming protective about its brands.
The number of stocks trading below their paid-up values is increasing rapidly after the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex corrected 44 per cent from its all-time high.
'It is like a chicken-and-egg situation.' 'All these product tweaks are innovative, but traders won't move unless there is liquidity.' 'And liquidity cannot be generated until traders move.'
Mumbai Indians's Rohit Sharma, Ricky Ponting and owner Nita Ambani visited the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Ahmedabad-based KGN Industries, a 'Z' group share that was re-listed at Rs 100 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Wednesday after over seven years, witnessed a mammoth intra-day high of Rs 55,000 on minuscule volumes of 827 shares.Although the BSE suspended trading in the share at 12.20 pm on Wednesday, the exchange said trading would resume at usual on Thursday.
FIIs pour $2 bn in January; flows into India equity funds hit 54-week high; doubts on sustainability persist.
Since its low on July 26, the US dollar index has gained a little over eight per cent. In the same period, the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index, or Sensex, has lost 12.4 per cent, establishing a negative correlation of about 1.5 times.
Hyderabad police on Thursday arrested two senior executives of scam-hit Karvy Stock Broking Pvt Ltd for allegedly involving in diverting funds raised from banks by pledging clients' securities as collaterals. According to a police press release, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, chief executive officer and G. Krishna Hari chief financial officer of Karvy were arrested basing on a complaint by IndusInd bank.
Thirty stocks from various sectors form the Sensex.
Shares of engineering and wagon manufacturing firms surged by up to 4 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange in early trade on Friday ahead of the Railway Budget 2009-10. KK Birla Group company Texmaco, which is in the business of wagon manufacturing, gained 2.53 per cent to hit a high of Rs 123.50 within minutes of opening trade. Kalindee Rail Nirman rose by 2.80 per cent to Rs 229.30.
According to a report 62 markets worldwide are now up.
The day, being a Saturday, may add to trading volumes and volatility
It's been a tough three years for retail investors. With the Sensex giving barely 4 per cent annual returns, even lesser than the inflation rate, it is very difficult to keep waiting. Investors are, therefore, booking profit and exiting the markets. Should you?
The Bombay Stock Exchange has decided to re-schedule trading timings till March 18 as VSAT services are likely to get disrupted following heavy solar activity.
The country's government-run firms suffered a loss of over Rs 82,000 crore (Rs 820 billion) on a single day on Monday with no significant announcement like FDI hike in some sectors or disinvestments in PSUs in the Budget 2009-10.
Heavy institutional buying in banks and technology counters helped the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark index end at an over seven-month high, overcoming uncertainty on the outcome of the elections and weaker-than-expected industrial output data.
Sustained buying by foreign institutional investors and selective buying by local funds pushed a host of stocks to their 52-week highs.
In total, BSE would shift as many as 40 securities to the trade-for-trade category or 'T' Group while NSE would transfer 18 scrips to the segment on its platform, as per separate notices issued by both the bourses.
The Bombay Stock Exchange on Thursday said it will keep a special window open for trading in gold ETFs (exchange traded funds) on 'Akshaya Tritiya' day on May 16.
'India needs at least 70,000 to 80,000 eyewear stores; our 2,000 stores are just a drop in the ocean.'
All employees of India's second largest information technology services company, Infosys, will get a stock bonanza on its 30th birthday on July 2.
The Bombay Stock Exchange has stepped in to check a sharp surge over the past few days in the shares of 12 companies, including domestic brokerage firm IL&FS Investsmart, and have restricted their movements within a range of 5 to 10 per cent.
The Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange, Foreign Exchange and money markets will remain closed on Wednesday on account of 'Buddha Purnima'.
The National Stock Exchange, Bombay Stock Exchange, MCX Stock Exchange and United Stock Exchange have been invited for the August 6 meet.
The Bombay Stock Exchange, Asia's oldest stock exchange, plans to launch a separate trading platform for small and medium enterprises. Sources close to the development said the BSE was preparing a strategy for an SME exchange.
'Investors need to be stock specific and should not rush to buy stocks at the current levels.'
The scrip of Bank of Maharashtra was on Monday listed on Bombay Stock Exchange and the first trade was struck at Rs 35 for 200 shares.
