Russia continues to 'support and assist' the Ukrainian separatists, State Department Spokesperson, Jen Psaki alleged.
The broader markets ended negatively with mid-caps and small-caps shedding 0.5 per cent on the BSE.
'Afghanistan is a beautiful country but has no luck as far as lasting peace is concerned'
The upcoming general elections will be the focus and the economy and market performance will pivot around that event. The general consensus is that the India stock market should be up around 10 per cent by the end of the year.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended up 28 points at 25,844 and the Nifty50 ended flat at 7,915.
A group of envoys including those from several Europe Union countries and a few Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) member states began a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to take a first-hand account of the situation in newly-carved union territory, especially after the recently-concluded local body elections.
Auto stocks Hero MotoCorp and Mahindra & Mahindra gained 1-2 per cent on the back of strong sales in the month of September.
BHEL down around 2.4% and Bharti Airtel down around 1.6% were other major losers.
Uddhav said there was no point in Modi becoming emotional at a time when people have tears in their eyes.
Financials were among the top losers along with Sun Pharma and index heavyweight Reliance Industries
At 11:37 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 28 points at 27,037 and the Nifty50 was up 2 points at 8,268
Was Kerkar duped by his employees, as he claims, or did a cocktail of greed, poor cost control and bad management bring the travel firm down, wonder Pavan Lall and Aneesh Phadnis.
Even as the industrial cycle has ground to a halt during the 21-day lockdown, the industry has been hit hard by foreign orders from major clients in the US and Europe being cancelled. Also, a sudden lack of labour has crippled the sector because of a mass exodus of workers from industrial units to the hinterland.
Gold is currently trading at Rs 25,200 for 10 grams.
Sectors such as Auto, Banks, Capital Goods, FMCG, Metal, Oil & Gas and Power are trading marginally lower.
Index heavyweight RIL surged 3% to end above Rs 1,000 mark while IT majors were also the top gainers.
The US launched an investigation, focusing on whether the tax in India and other countries discriminated against American companies, were retroactive, and reflected unreasonable tax policy.
India may be at the fag end of a downcycle that has lasted over 7 years
India Inc is ready to diversify into unchartered areas.
'The market position from here on is expected to go up'.
Retired banker P Balagopala Kurup says one of the reasons he favours inflation targeting is that its first priority is to insulate the lesser fortunate citizens from adversity and in the process to ensure that the economy retains its inherent vibrancy and strength.
Modi is subject to two sets of criminal proceedings, the first brought by the CBI relating to a large-scale fraud said to have been committed upon PNB and the ED case, relating to the laundering of the proceeds of that fraud.
Capital flows have become much more skittish and volatile during this period, with short-term horizons dominating allocations.
The Sensex ended 290 points higher at 29,095 mark and the Nifty gained 94 points to close at 8,806 levels.
Analysts expect global markets to remain in consolidation mode with a negative bias over the next six months.
Besides Budget, markets will be driven by global events and the outcome of assembly elections.
Markets surged in late trades to snap five-day losing streak led by bank shares.
BSE Realty index zoomed by almost 7% followed by counters like Metal, Oil & Gas, Auto, Banks, Auto, Healthcare and Power, all surging between 1-5%.
Syriza lawmakers walked the corridors telling reporters the government might not survive the night.
Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Opposition parties on Wednesday alleged that selective leak of information on demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee notes to 'friends of BJP' and demanded making public the names of those who had bought gold and foreign exchange of over Rs 1 crore since April.
ITC, Sun Pharma, Cipla and Tata Steel were top gainers on BSE Sensex
Rupee is seen to remain in the range of 67.50-68.80 in the short-term
Sensex is under pressure due to concerns in the global market.
It's that time of the year when the FIFA lovers will be in full cheer to support their favorite teams in the World Cup 2018.
With Iran reaching an agreement on its nuclear programme, India is expected to be one of the major gainers.
The Sensex was up 70 points and the Nifty was up 20 points led by SBI on robust Q2 earnings.
Several Sensex stocks hits 52-week low in intra-day trade on Monday with financials leading the decline.
The 63-year-old former Kingfisher Airlines boss, an avid cricket fan, is wanted in India on fraud and money laundering charges amounting to an alleged Rs 9,000 crores.
'Ladakh is a tiny salami-slice issue.' 'The big one for China is Arunachal Pradesh, more than 83,000 sq km.' 'Do they imagine they can grab any of this by force?' 'In the 21st century, nursing those thoughts only means you need to get your heads examined.' 'It isn't going to happen,' declares Shekhar Gupta.
Eurosceptics lined up to laud Greek democracy for disowning what some cast as the oligarchy
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