Expectations of continued stimulus withdrawal by the US Federal Reserve added to the market's gloom.
The government is selling over 41.22 crore shares or 5 per cent stake in NTPC.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Rising for the second session, the Indian rupee on Thursday climbed by 50 paise to nearly four-week high of 62.67 against the greenback on persistent selling of dollars by banks and hopes of capital inflows in view of a strong equity market.
The broader NSE Nifty index too finished lower by 4.80 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 10,632.20.
Genuine investments identified so far is Rs.1.08 cr out of around Rs 24,000 cr.
Just before the 2008 financial crisis made headlines, Indian companies were on a global buying spree. In the fifth part of the series, Dev Chatterjee and Krishna Kant discuss how the crisis came as a black swan event for some, changing the mood from exuberance to despair.
'Britain always had a very special relationship with the EU -- it always was an on/off relationship. It retained its own currency and visa.' 'Britain always had what you call in EU lingo 'opt out clauses', which other countries don't have.'
Navinder Singh Sarao used a couple of fairly simple techniques.
Markets hope the Budget will steer spending towards infrastructure.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has delivered a Arun Jaitley delivered a bold, far sighted budget
The domestic currency has gained by four paise or 0.06 per cent in two days.
Why do we need a cure here for peculiarly Western diseases when we don't have those diseases, and which the West itself is not trying to cure, asks Debashis Basu.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Barclays is not alone in trying to decide the best size and shape of its investment bank in a changed regulatory landscape.
Sun Pharma was the top gainer after SPARC received Sebi nod to raise up to Rs.250 crore through a rights issue
The broader Nifty too fell for the second straight session and closed with a loss of over 62 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 11,520.30, after hovering between 11,496.85 and 11,602.55.
Chinese stock markets suffered their biggest single-day drop since the global financial crisis.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
Uncorking the business of vintage wines and spirits.
The pre-dawn signals are on the balance negative.
Cleaning up India's grubby business climate is top of the agenda for both regulators and the government.
Previous peak in 2010 crossed in first five-and-a-half months this year.
Devastation struck Venezuela when oil prices started collapsing in 1982, following a global oil glut. The country's economy contracted overnight.
The New Year 2015, however, may see shares worth over Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) being put on the table by the government, including by way of part-sale of its holdings in PSUs and its residual minority stakes in some private sector entities.
'If there is any industry that is unfit for modern corporate form it is the diamond trade.' 'But no one was asking the right questions.' 'The music was playing and so the game was on,' says S Murlidharan, former MD, BNP Paribas.
The whole point about this is not who eventually wins or loses but how, in just a few years, technology has so changed our lives, says Subir Roy.
Increased demand from oil importers for the American currency and a weak opening in the domestic stock market also put pressure on the rupee.
As per the findings, CEOs are less optimistic about prospects this year.
Satyam Case has not ended after court verdict, there's lot to unfold say insiders.
For India to monetise gold, it is not the institutional depositor that policymakers must target but the average retail depositor.
China has relaxed its one-child policy and further freed up markets in order to put the world's second-largest economy on a more stable footing.
Mark Mobius, executive chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets Group, is positive on India and believes the Indian economy is on a strong footing
Of all the other cities in India, Bangalore is one city, where you can actually walk around and take in the crowd and confusion, says Sumit Ganguli.
If the impact of the Greece crisis spreads across Europe and parts of the world which are more interconnected than ever before, India cannot hope to be insulated, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
'It was only relatively recently that Subhash Kapoor was able to secure the sources in India, Afghanistan and Cambodia, that allowed him to get the really highest level objects, and that helped propel him in recent years up the ranks.'
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