The new series claims GDP grew at seven per cent between April and June 2015, while gross value added (GVA) grew at 7.1 per cent.
It was perhaps over-enthusiasm that prompted the Indian investigative agencies to take a private jet to Dominica to bring back fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi. Predictably, the eight-member team had to return empty-handed after almost a week-long wait. The agencies were banking too much on the "state-less" status of Mr Choksi, as Antigua, which had given him citizenship in 2017, wasn't willing to take him back. Thus, the calculation was that Mr Choksi would be whisked away from the Dominican courtroom to the waiting plane. The reason for the optimism was also because Antigua is friendly territory for India.
The Kerala-born businessman is the latest in a slew of foreign buyers who have shaken off mounting fears of a 'Brexit' from the European Union
What will be the impact on the Euro itself? Will it devalue and to what extent?
Market breadth continued to remain strong, with 1899 gainers and 674 losers on the BSEs.
The year 2015 may well turn out to be a watershed in global macroeconomic adjustment.
Budget should raise revenues & reduce spending to increase capital expenditure.
'You have to be a total anti-national bozo to shut down the Nokia plant in Sriperumbudur, which was the first large manufacturing plant for mobile phones in India.' 'Why was the unit shut down? Because of somebody's ego.'
Analysts agree China, Greece and US Fed developments need careful monitoring but India should gain, over time, from relative rise of the dollar and fall in commodity prices.
FPIs, which are holding large exposures in Indian debt, could also be expected to book some capital gains as yields slide down
May touch 64/$ due to foreign flows slowing down
The 30-share Sensex gained 321 points to end at 26,430 and the 50-share Nifty surged 100 points to end at 7,879.
Among key stocks, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Dr Reddy's Labs and ICICI Bank, all up between 1%-3%
All the sectoral indices, led by realty, metal, consumer durables and power were trading in the negative zone on Thursday.
Global economy will have to grapple with few tough situations in 2015.
Ends the August F&O series on a high tracking gains in RIL, HDFC and ITC.
Determining the direction of the dollar in Trump's America will be more critical for asset allocation than getting your call on interest rates right, says Akash Prakash.
'The macro-economic stresses -- high interest rates, rupee depreciation and capital flows -- have receded now.' 'Interest rates have come down, inflation is down and the rupee has bounced back.' 'If oil prices continue at this level, there will be no vulnerability.' 'Growth is a different story.'
Markets end higher ahead of Fed outcome, China stimulus
In several areas, the Indian government has put out a model law.
'The big power struggle in faraway Europe erupted at a most critical juncture when India has been increasingly sceptical about American policies and statesmanship,' argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'Why should my vaccine certificate, which I got paying my own money, have the picture of the prime minister?'
The trend was visible in the early trade on Thursday as investors indulged in trimming their bets after the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's September meeting indicated a possible rate hike this year.
The World War I had been triggered by an assassination in then relatively unknown Serbia.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended down 371 points at 24,966 and the Nifty50 closed 101 points lower at 7,615.
In June alone, property investment was up only 3.5 per cent from a year ago.
There is little that Andreas Schmid, the Swiss-born chairman of Flughafen Zurich AG (Zurich Airport International AG), and Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP), could have in common. But Schmid, whose company is building the Noida airport in partnership with the UP government, finds himself on the same footing as the firebrand Hindutva leader who rules the state. Both hope the Rs 30,000-crore ($4 billion) project, hanging fire for 20 years, shows some progress when UP goes to the polls in 2022.
Bank of Baroda ended flat after sharp gains in the previous session.
India on Wednesday asked for enhanced economic ties with Central and East European countries.
The combination of sanctions, and low fuel prices is really hurting the Putin regime.
Indices reversed all its losses during late trades.
'We think FY18 will end with a 10 to 12 per cent earnings growth, but FY19 will see a recovery to over 15 per cent.'
The world seems to have caught severe pneumonia, or worse, as China had flu.
A stable dollar will at minimum reduce incremental cross-currency pain for Indian cos.
The banking, oil and metal sectors were the top sectoral losers on the BSE, while IT stocks rendered support at lower levels.
The Uttar Pradesh Defence corridor is estimated to attract Rs 20,000 crore investment and create 250,000 jobs.
Globally, jewellery buying fell 14%, investment slid 11%.
Metals, auto and banking shares were in the limelight in this session; the FMCG pack, however, ended lower.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan stressed that trade, immigration and capital flows must not be hindered.
Gold has pushed lower as a result of Chinese selling.
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