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.
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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.
According to data from BSE, the 4,357 companies available for trade had a combined mcap of around Rs 416 trillion on Tuesday against India's GDP at current prices of Rs 296.6 trillion in FY24.
The day, being a Saturday, may add to trading volumes and volatility
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.
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.
'Even now, investors are not bothered about the war but are more concerned whether it will remain localised or not.' 'In case things are contained, markets can stage a bounce back in the next few days.'
Sustained buying by foreign institutional investors and selective buying by local funds pushed a host of stocks to their 52-week highs.
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.
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.
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 Pakistan establishment keeps him well protected.'
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.
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.
Several markets, including commodity, foreign exchange and money markets will remain closed on Tuesday on account of 'Maha Shivratri'.
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.
The scrip of Power Trading Corporation Ltd was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Wednesday and the first trade was struck at Rs 32 for 100 shares.
The scrip of Datamatics Technologies Ltd was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Friday and the first trade was struck at Rs 184.90 per share for 180 shares, 68.09 per cent premium to the issue price.
It is not only Mumbai's Dalal Street that is witnessing firecrackers on its skies in the run-up to Diwali, markets across the world tend to soar higher during the festival days -- be it Christmas in the United States or the Rio festival in Brazil.\n
The Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange, forex, money market and oils & oilseeds will remain closed on Tuesday, December 9, on account of 'Bakri-Id'.
The Bombay Stock Exchange has warned investors to be careful before investing in the stock markets.
Co-location attracts institutional investors, which drives volumes for long-dated options, with higher realisations at lower costs.
'For 40 years, India valued only technical skills. IITs, coding -- that became everything.' 'Soft skills were sidelined. But those are the skills that will keep you employable now, not technical skills.'
The Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange will be shut on Friday for Moharrum
The bourses said they would soon announce the list of securities eligible for pre-open and call-auction session.
'Sebi had no problem with derivatives until trading exploded after Covid.' 'But now, having built a dangerous road, from which different entities, mainly governments, are extracting a heavy toll, Sebi is concerned that people are driving on it in much greater numbers,' explains Debashis Basu.
Major markets, including the Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange, Foreign Exchange will remain closed on March 25, on account of Good Friday.\n
Ahmedabad-based KGN Industries, a 'Z' group share that was re-listed at Rs 100 on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Wednesday after over seven years, witnessed a mammoth intra-day high of Rs 55,000 on minuscule volumes of 827 shares.
Key shareholders of low-cost airline SpiceJet have rejected an offer by the Reliance ADA Group to pick up a 51 per cent stake in the airline for Rs 40-45 per share. The offer was made last week.
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