Indian stocks have emerged as the best performers among those in the emerging and the developed markets across the globe so far this year, giving investors the highest return of nearly 60 per cent.
24 stocks in the BS 200 list have stayed in the positive territory.
The decision to partially decontrol the sugar sector, the only industry left under the government control, was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Thursday.
There is a need for further focus and strengthening of guidelines.
Stock market guru Madhusudan Sarda answers queries in a live chat and gives his view on various stocks.
'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.'
The railway minister said the target of 700 km of new lines in the current year (2012-13) had to be scaled down to 470 km due to inadequate resources.
The market capitalisation of China, the world's second-largest economy, has topped $10 trillion for the first time.
Income Tax officials visited three out of the 129 offices of Indiabulls Securities Ltd, as part of a survey being carried out to track investors who traded 'penny stocks'.
A sharp rise in Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) stock prices baffled market players on Tuesday.
Whether earnings growth sustains will be crucial to determining how Indian equity markets fare in the days to come.
I think the Indian economy is poised to grow at over 8.5% and looks to continue for atleast another 4 to 5 years, says market expert Pranav Sanghavi.
INX will trade initially in equity derivatives, currency derivatives, commodity derivatives including index and stocks
The government on Saturday said it would create a third trading platform to revive the regional stock exchanges which have been hit badly after the rapid growth of Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange.
Co-location attracts institutional investors, which drives volumes for long-dated options, with higher realisations at lower costs.
'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.'
With the government intending to take Air India and Indian Airlines to the stock market, investors will have wider choice for the shares in the sector, which otherwise is constrained by demand-supply mismatch due to the presence of only five small ai
All companies stock price surged on the news that UB Group has reached a deal with the world's largest spirit maker Diageo for a stake sale.
As part of efforts to develop the corporate bond market, trading platforms for the fledgling instruments are expected to be operational from July at the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange.
With the downgrade there is a danger that investors who hold these financial securities may sell out. Of course, the level of selling will depend on the way the investors react to this downgrade.
Expectations of muted expenditure on railway infrastructure and the assumption that there would be no further fare hikes may have contributed to the fall, according to analysts.
The appreciation of the rupee, the dividend distribution tax and the hangover of the minimum alternate tax on information technology companies under the Software Technology Parks of India scheme have pulled the prices of IT stocks down.
It was a day of irony on bourses today - while the stock market while the stock market recorded its second biggest single-day loss of 717 points, the stocks scaling their life-time high outnumbered those dropping to record lows by a wide margin. There were just five stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange that dropped to their all-time low share prices, while as many as 89 stocks rose to their record highs.
Nearly 80 stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today witnessed an unusual price movement of up to 20 per cent. Belonging to 'S' and 'Z' categories and the trade-to-trade group, these scrips normally attract 5 per cent circuit breakers.
The BSE Sensex bounced back by 14.8 per cent (2,261.65 points) from Tuesday's intra-day low of 15,332.42 to close at 17,594.07 on Wednesday. The index, which lost 5,874.35 points from its all-time high of 21,206.77, has retraced 39 per cent of its total losses.
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.
60% stocks in BS 200 underperform the Sensex in 2011.
Sylph Technologies stock rises 100,000% to Rs 800 on re-listing.
Our stock exchanges no longer belong to one state or one community.
Based on the current scenario, he classifies real estate as the highest in the risk grade, followed by infrastructure companies involved in construction, hotels, commodities and auto.
The board has approved the allotment of the shares, under the employee stock options plans of the company, Satyam said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. After the allotment, the paid-up share capital of the company stood at Rs 195,35,94,874 up from Rs 195,34,44,694, the filing added.
Mega star Amitabh Bachchan, known as the Big B of the Bollywood, invests in small and mid-sized companies as well when it comes to stock market purchases, and is sitting on losses on some of his recent investments.
No circuit filter on the day of listing helps operators to push up prices.
The company has fixed February 9, 2011 as the record date for ascertaining the eligibility of the shareholders, who would be entitled to receive sub-divided shares and bonus shares, it said in a separate filing to the BSE.
Leading bourse Bombay Stock Exchange on Tuesday favoured more stock markets in the country saying it will help in channelising the household savings into productive capital.
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