'If businesses are focused on de-leveraging, they can hardly be investing. This is the price extracted by investment mistakes during UPA rule, and should have been foreseen. 'But Modi-I must share the blame, for muted reform of the financial sector, partisan policy in telecom, the harm done to exports by an over-priced rupee, and so on,' says T N Ninan.
RIL said it has priced its 144A/Reg S bonds to yield 240 basis points over US Treasuries Note at a 4.125 per cent coupon.
Bharti Airtel , RCom and Tata Communications ended down between 0.1-1%.
Insufficient rainfall will have a negative impact on the economy.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the NDA government has done more work to fish out black money than any other previous government in a short span of two years and all efforts are afoot to book those who have not taken advantage of the disclosure scheme.
The IPO is expected to bring handsome fees for the selected banks at a time when billion-dollar listings have become scarce
The index went below the crucial 50 mark.
n New York market, the dollar posted second-quarter losses against nearly all major rivals yesterday, with the exception of the euro.
Investors were focussed on the RBI's monetary policy review on Tuesday which will give an insight into its inflation and rates outlook.
Aiming to intensify government's drive on black money, the PMO has asked the revenue department to look for ways other than bilateral tax treaties to bring back funds stashed abroad.
'The corporate tax cuts will obviously result in lower tax payments by companies,' says Central Board of Direct Taxes member Akhilesh Ranjan who retires after 37 years in government service.
Analysts welcomed the better Q2 GDP readings of 4.8 per cent, which came in above their expectations, but warned that the planned expenditure cuts by the government will be the key thing to watch out going forward.
The move to ban Rs 500 and 1000 notes may not curb the root cause of black money.
Asian Development Bank will, for the first time, tap the Indian debt market in March to raise a little over Rs 4,500 crore (Rs 45 billion) through rupee bonds, which would be used for assisting private companies engaged in core sector.
The government on Thursday cleared 40 foreign direct investment proposals worth Rs 501.14 crore (Rs 5.01 billion), including Rs 323.42 crore (Rs 3.23 billion) investment by Swiss major Campagnie Michelin.
The HSBC Services Purchasing Managers' Index eased to 53.0 in March from February's eight-month high of 53.9.
What the reserves offer for now is improved import coverage of about 13 months, almost double the 2013 level of less than seven months. And, ammunition to arrest a rapid rupee slide, says Anup Roy.
Apple Pay will be available in 250,000 locations across the UK.
L&T, ONGC and banking scrips power gains in today's trade
ICICI's Chanda Kochhar, ranked highest among Indian women, has been ranked second across the region
Credit Suisse said $5.6 may work for Reliance Industries' R-Series gas field in the KG-D6 block but the economics for its satellite fields and NEC-25 block are uncertain.
The market breadth in BSE remains positive with 1,554 shares advancing and 1,196 shares declining.
The index monitoring new business fell to a six-month low of 51.6 from March's 53.5, prompting some firms to cut jobs.
History would indicate that a recession is not that far off.
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The rupee was last at 62.05/06 after gaining to as high 61.9650 against the dollar, its highest since Nov 19. It had closed at 62.44/45 on Friday.
According to the global financial services major, FIIs have recouped around 25 per cent of the outflows seen over the June-August period, when the country witnessed its sharpest bout of FII outflows since the global financial crisis.
Markets at close: Sensex ends in green; Nifty rises to new closing peak.
There will be tripartite pact with member, bank/housing agency and EPFO.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The moves by the RBI, announced late on Wednesday, should increase supplies of gold and brighten the earnings outlook for jewellery makers after the government took tough measures to curb imports last year, analysts said.
Can we find fault with RBI for not intervening enough in the market? Actually no, say some experts. A correction in rupee was long overdue.
Markets recorded their biggest single-day fall since August 1 amid growth concerns in the euro zone.
It will take over large non-performing assets of banks and help in revive companies ridden with bad debts.
Investment trend by foreign investors will also be closely watched for stock movement
Street may be ignoring TCS headwinds as the stock's peak valuation doesn't seem justified by BFSI weakness, likely higher US tax rates and stronger rupee, reports Ram Prasad Sahu.
Gold is often favoured as a hedge against economic and financial uncertainty
It is strange that the wealthy evade taxes even though the marginal utility of the money saved amounts to little and tax rates in countries, including India, have dropped
A gradual weakening of the rupee, however, may add to inflationary pressures.
