With global crude prices softening and the govt taking steps to curb inflation, the Indian growth story still has some steam left in it.
In the Sensex kitty, ITC turned star performer by surging 2.45 per cent, followed by NTPC rising 2.19 per cent.
The septuagenarian minister, in a blue overall, accompanied Wing Commander N Harish on the flight over Kurukshetra and other towns of Haryana before touching down safely at 1010 IST.
The indices closed with losses for the week, with the Sensex declining 476.14 points, and the broader NSE Nifty falling 155.45 points during the period.
The old guard is still involved in broad corporate decision-making, but quite a few new business heads have started making their mark at the group
'It has only become a pathology because of gender relations,' argues historian Veena Talwar Oldenburg in a startling new thesis.
Sensex has shed over 150 points in afternoon trade.
While the long-term sustainable job recovery in the US markets could be a possibility in the not so distant future, there are no such luxuries for its Indian counterpart.
United Phosphorus' awesome recent run continued today as it sprang a solid 13.8% to Rs 278.80 in early trades. It had even hit Rs 287.90 barely as trading commenced today.
Indian investments in equity and debt account for the second-highest remittances outgo (about a quarter).
The Sensex opened with a small positive gap of eight points at 4,752. After early volaitility in the markets, the Sensex has bounced back into positive zone on selective buying support
This will be for the first time that IAF pilots will get hands-down experience with a mid-air refueller.
Lupin was the top gainer after the USFDA cleared its Goa facility
Market breadth depicted gains with 1,476 advances over 1,403 declines on the BSE. 140 stocks remained unchanged.
The Sensex is holding on to its gains on steady gains in techs, PSUs and heavyweights, and is now up 32 points
The NSE Nifty also gained 53 points, or 0.49 per cent, to settle 10,855.15 after shuttling between 10,870.40 and 10,749.40.
The 30-share Sensex stayed in the green for the better part of the session and hit the day's high of 38,297.70 as buying pace gathered momentum towards the fag-end.
'Invest a part of your portfolio in a global currency that can't be printed, or meddled with -- gold,' suggests Chirag Mehta.
HDFC, ONGC, Maruti Suzuki, HeroMoto Corp and Bajaj Auto gained the most on BSE Sensex
Skittish investors snapped up gold and other safe-haven assets amid fears of a global economic slowdown
Other than ITC, other laggards include PowerGrid, Infosys, M&M, NTPC, SBI, HDFC, Kotak Bank, HDFC Bank, TCS, Hero MotoCorp, Coal India, ONGC, RIL, Asian Paint, IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank.
Sebi will soon put in place new norms for changes in constituents of the key stock market indices.
Foreign portfolio investors were net buyers in equities to the tune of Rs 119 crore, as per provisional stock exchange data.
New York City has the world's largest number of billionaires but Asian cities, which include Mumbai, dominate the list of top 20 billionaire places in the world, indicating that the region is at the beginning of a new cycle in wealth creation, says a report.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, tells Puneet Wadhwa that the US bond market that hit bottom in 1981 and has been in a bull-run since then, is coming to an end.
Construction major L&T was the biggest gainer among the Sensex components, spurting 2.30 per cent, after the company said its board has approved a Rs 9,000-crore share buyback plan.
Ravin Gandhi wrote an op-ed for CNBC following Trump's Charlottesville remarks but was quickly trolled and racially abused by readers.
The good news for us is that India's economy - and sentiment about it - is much better than it was a year ago, says Jamal Mecklai.
India is the next major breeding ground for start-ups.
