'Macro headwinds are rising for Indian equities in the form of rising commodity prices, especially oil, depreciating rupee, fiscal challenges, election-related uncertainty and upside risks to inflation'
Corruption in the scheme may have nothing to do with fake children being shown to siphon out money, says Somasekhar Sundaresan.
It is thought that the RBI has been accumulating dollars to fight odds.
Traders said sustained offerings by stockists on the back of weak global trend, as investors weighed the outlook for the Fed's monetary policy after improving economic growth, mainly reduced demand for gold as an alternate investment.
In dollar terms, the Indian markets managed to climb back to 2008 levels only in January this year. The subsequent fall in the rupee because of emerging market woes has once again pushed the markets below their 2008 level in dollar terms.
Telangana govt currently provides the state's 5.83 million farmers an income support of Rs 4,000 per acre per season, irrespective of the size of their land holding
Rajan also said it's a problem of collective action and not a problem of industrial nations or emerging markets
Besides, a sharp 8% decline in Chinese stocks added to the sell-off in domestic equities
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.
Foreign fund flows into and out of the domestic sharemarket will continue to be key for the rupee's fortunes.
Ajai Shukla presents an action plan for Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to fix the systemic weaknesses in defence.
Analysts expect global markets to remain in consolidation mode with a negative bias over the next six months.
India will host its first WTA tournament in five years when the city of Mumbai stages a $ 125,000 event in November, giving home players an opportunity to compete with the world's top-50.
Indian markets rose 19 per cent in the first half of this financial year, the best performance by any market during this period, globally.
Trading sentiment remained distinctly weak due to the cash crunch arising out of the government's move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes to flush out black money amid concerns about its impact on small and medium-sized businesses which largely run on cash.
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Traders said continued selling by stockists in tandem with a weakening global trend, on speculation that the US Fed may begin scaling back monetary stimulus as the economy improves, mainly kept pressure on prices.
Forex dealers said besides increased selling of the American currency by exporters and banks, a higher opening in the domestic equity market and the dollar's weakness against other currencies overseas supported the rupee.
Forex dealers said besides the dollar's gains against other currencies overseas, increased demand from importers for the American unit put pressure on the rupee but a higher opening in the domestic equity market capped losses.
US interest rate normalisation policy is likely to keep global FX markets volatile.
'There is gradual rise in the number of nations viewing Pakistan as the nursery of global terror.'
India has been a core portfolio holding for emerging market funds.
'A positive oil shock has a detrimental effect on growth and activity.'
Gold is currently trading at Rs 25,200 for 10 grams.
Side indices raced ahead with BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap advancing 0.4% and 0.3% up, respectively.
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.
Buying activity was so strong that all the sectoral indices except IT and technology ended in the green, rising by up to 3 per cent
Security researchers with Kaspersky Lab have recorded more than 45,000 attacks in 99 countries, including the UK, Russia, Ukraine, India, China, Italy, and Egypt.
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today criticised multilateral institutions like the IMF and the World Bank saying "they are not immune to cognitive capture".
You can use gold as a financial instrument to diversify your portfolio into hedging against uncertainties in the market, but for ambitious returns, you must explore opportunities in other asset classes such as equities, debts and real estate, says Adhil Shetty, CEO, BankBazaar.com.
If Chinese growth starts falling, sharply or otherwise, the risk on trade might reverse.
The total number of positive cases has increased by 106 in the last 24 hours to reach 1,024.
All sectoral indices, led by realty, PSU, oil & gas and banking, were in positive zone with gains of up to 1.25 per cent.
Participants are keeping an eye on the Winter Session of Parliament, which started today, and US fiscal policies to be followed by President-elect Donald Trump
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 rise in US interest rates and associated change in the direction of capital flows, the fall in oil prices and the slowdown in China will dominate the markets, say Abheek Barua and Bidisha Ganguly
Surprisingly, RIL scrip also fell by 2.73 per cent to 1,029.15, becoming the second biggest loser in the index
Lauda was so badly injured in that accident at the 1976 German Grand Prix that a priest gave him the last rites as he lay in a coma.
The rupee has dropped by 21 paise or 0.32 per cent in the last two sessions.
The Budget has to provide for capex on roads, railways, defence and other infrastructure sectors.
Falling sales since demonetisation has alarmed CEOs, who want to save cash till the economy recovers.
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