Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) shares have lost more than a third of their value in the last six months, as a lacklustre market has hurt volumes in the exchange's cash segment and several efforts to revive its derivatives segment are yet to show results.
Rail stocks on Thursday fell by up to 8.6 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) as cautious investors offloaded shares ahead of the Railway Budget, 2011-2012 to be presented on Friday.
Shares of Tata Motors, which surged over eight per cent in morning trade, shed gains to settle up three per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange as the company launched the world's cheapest car 'Nano'.
All wholesale commodity markets, including bullion and metals, will remain closed on Monday on account of 'Republic Day'.
Much is riding on the role of market intermediaries to get this platform going
Much is riding on the role of market intermediaries to get this platform going
Bombay Stock Exchange is working on trading in different categories like debts, interest rate derivatives, forex and power.
There are thousands of stocks within the NSE, for example, that are rarely traded.
All the wholesale commodity markets, including bullion, metals and steel, will be closed in New Delhi on account of 'Dussehra'.
The Reserve Bank of India said on Thursday it would allow banks, primary dealers and national financial institutions to hedge interest rate risks on the country's exchanges.\n\n\n\n
BSE, the first ever stock exchange in Asia, has had an interesting rise to prominence over the past 137 years.
Share prices of the two top stock exchanges - the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange - are expected to rise after the Securities and Exchange Board of India proposed to allow domestic institutional investors, insurance firms and banks to hold up to 15 per cent stake in these exchanges as against the current limit of 5 per cent.
We visit a few brokerage houses and the stock exchanges to demystify the nuances of mobile trading of stocks and derivatives.
'We have done tremendous automation in the stock markets'.
You could exit on completion of your set target or on spurt in the stock price.
SKS stock has been highly volatile, amid several controversies around the company and the sector.
India allows derivatives trading in 31 more stocks
Profit-booking in IT and index-heavyweights dragged markets.
Trading would be conducted during normal hours.
The Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange will remain closed on Thursday in the wake of the terror attack in Mumbai.
A special court in Mumbai has directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to register a first information report (FIR) against former Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and five other officials in connection with alleged stock market fraud and regulatory violations.
This comes a couple of days after activists of the Sena's student's wing, Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena, targeted establishments that still have Bombay in their names, including the city's prestigious school, Bombay Scottish, a Bombay Dyeing showroom and offices of The Times of India, whose city supplement is called Bombay Times. Senior Sena leaders on Tuesday held a protest outside PJ Towers on Dalal Street and threatened further action if their demand was not met.
Stock and other financial markets are likely to resume trading today, after a day, as these were shut in the wake of deadly terrorist attack in Mumbai.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is considering segregation of settlement for proprietary trades and retail trades to avoid misuse and circumvention by certain brokers, its chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch said recently. Proprietary trading refers to trades done by brokers and other financial institutions using their own capital. "There are some people who are permitting access to their clients through prop accounts for a variety of reasons, including wanting to fund their margins.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India is keeping a close watch on the movements in the stock prices at the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange, which hit the upper circuit halting the trade for the day, a senior finance ministry official said.
The Bombay Stock Exchange will start a separate platform for the small and medium-size enterprises by the year-end, a top bourse official said on Wednesday.
The abnormal price rise in two penny stocks - KGN Industries and Sylph Technologies - will top the agenda of the weekly surveillance meeting that the Securities and Exchange Board of India holds with stock exchanges.
The company's meeting with the striking employees failed to resolve the deadlock over unpaid salaries.
In the sea of stocks that are flooding the market, choosing the stock that works best for you is very difficult. Here are a few points that could help you narrow down your search.
The stock markets will be open on Saturday for trading from 10.30 am to 1.30 pm.
India, with m-cap of about $1.6 trillion, is ahead of Switzerland.