Side indices raced ahead with BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap advancing 0.4% and 0.3% up, respectively.
While the UK will possibly go into recession, the bigger fear is copycat referendums from other EU nations.
The Mahindra group's Igatpuri plant becomes the first in India to be declared carbon-neutral. Ashish Narsale / Rediff.com finds out how this was achieved.
Euro-zone growth could improve because of (a) reduced pace of fiscal tightening and (b) stronger exports, but weak domestic demand and a fragile banking system could increase deflation risks that could force the European Central Bank to turn further accommodative.
'Who are these people on the streets?' 'They are youth and students who were hoodwinked, bluffed by Modi for the last seven years, with a promise of 2 crore jobs every year.' 'And Mamata sings the same tune.' 'But the youth can see that as long as there is Mamata or Modi, there is no hope.'
For now, the rupee is likely to remain dependant on global factors. The dollar held on to broad gains on Thursday after Fed chairman Bernanke said the central bank still expected to start scaling back its bond purchase programme later this year, but left open the option of altering that plan.
Falling sales since demonetisation has alarmed CEOs, who want to save cash till the economy recovers.
Markets are also watching a meeting in Moscow of G20 finance ministers for signs of an orchestrated approach to the end of US money-printing, which could help defuse volatility in global markets.
India this year will emerge as the world's seventh largest economy, up from the 12 th position in 2008.
Rajan also said it's a problem of collective action and not a problem of industrial nations or emerging markets
Macro and micro environment are becoming more challenging.
After a volatile session, Sensex closed the day 563 points lower
Ajai Shukla presents an action plan for Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to fix the systemic weaknesses in defence.
If new goals have emerged, this is the time to make fresh investments.
In the broader market, the BSE Midcap was down 0.2%, while BSE Smallcap fell 0.1%.
According to Modi, the TMC's 'political syndicate' rules in the land of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Jana-Gana-Mana' and pursues appeasement and vote bank politics.
The World War I had been triggered by an assassination in then relatively unknown Serbia.
The broader Nifty also succumbed to the pressure before recovering to close lower by 6.35 points, or 0.07 per cent at 8,693.05
Arun Jaitley had a tough fiscal hill to climb.
Accommodative monetary policy has driven a bull market in stocks in recent years, but the Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates early next year and the U.S. Federal Reserve not long after, tempering future gains.
New Reserve Bank of India chief makes his first monetary policy statement on Friday with expectations he may scale back some of the emergency measures that have helped the rupee bounce from a record low.
In the broader markets, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were up 0.5% each
Markets finished lower for the sixth consecutive day as hopes of the Goods and Services tax (GST) bill being passed in the current session of the Parliament faded considerably.
Market breadth depicted gains with 1,476 advances over 1,403 declines on the BSE. 140 stocks remained unchanged.
The efforts of two women have given hundreds of street and slum children of Dehradun the hope to dream of a promising future.
'Chinese real GDP growth is 7.1% and India's is 7.4%'.
In all, 37 central banks around the world have eased monetary policy so far this year to boost growth, fight deflation or both
Protectionism and a rollback of regulation. Defusion of tensions with Russia and a lowering of geo-political risks. Looser fiscal policy and tighter monetary policy. At least Donald Trump can't be faulted for not trying something different where existing policies have disappointed, says T T Ram Mohan.
Ajit Balakrishnan reflects on pariahs, small businesses, and blockchains.
The road ahead for the markets in the short term will depend on external factors rather than domestic developments.
Flexibly targeting inflation is consistent with a demand stimulus, says Ashima Goyal.
Money will flow to Europe, Japan - and the emerging markets, including India.
Rajan drew attention towards the Nachiket Mor committee on PSL and said that the RBI is trying to make the entire process more effective.
Slow pace of reforms in India is disappointing: Faber
Veterans bemoan the 'lack of intention' shown by the Modi sarkar, who seem to have reneged on their poll promise.
'The people of the state can be won over by love, and not by swords.'
As concern about the unfolding economic crisis has risen in India, many experts have assured us that 2013 is not 1991.
They believe that long-term story is intact.
'The previous (Congress) government at least did not veto provisions of the cattle laws.' 'The BJP is actively weakening the provisions.' 'The BJP government tried to export goats from Nagpur for slaughter to the Middle East.' 'The whole country was aghast and offended. We are a country of Ahimsa.' 'The BJP has incentivised the butcher industry so meat export has gone up, live animal export has gone up, leather export is on the rise, smuggling has gone up.'
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