Market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 1,838 declines against 1,218 advances.
Experts say lending rates won't come down significantly,as banks are grappling with NPAs
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Amid fears of a downgrade from ratings agencies, the finance ministry is gearing up for a visit of Japan Credit Rating Agency officials on September 6.
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The 30-share Sensex lost 22 points to close at 27,090 and the 50-share Nifty gained 7 points to end at 8,121.
However, Hyderabad had clearly done their homework as Rashid grabbed the top wicket-taker's 'purple cap' on Sunday after his 3-19 set up a comprehensive win over Gujarat Lions.
Mahabharat fame Shaheer Sheikh makes a comeback with Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi.
Stocks of companies having operations and exports to Europe were the top losers.
Markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday on account of Holi and Good Friday, respectively.
'There will be some issues of contention, especially on H1B visa and on trade policy.'
Moody's earlier this week lowered its growth forecast to 7 per cent, from 7.5 per cent.
Economist Arvind Panagariya has also argued for loosening deficit targets to boost capital spending
After working on Mr India and Sagar, Partho Sen-Gupta left to study filmmaking in France at 26. He returns with the dark and moody Sunrise.
Pitching for making the country's 7,500-km long coastline an "engine of growth", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India wants to mobilise Rs 1 lakh crore investment to enable port development and invited global community to invest.
A strong showing will be vital to Narendra Modi's chances of a second term.
The 30-share Sensex and the 50-share Nifty ended flat at the mark of 29,008 and 8,767 respectively.
'Earnings revival could be two quarters away.'
Indian markets ended on a lower note after the stimulus announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to meet expectation.
A mixed global trend and weakness in rupee influenced the sentiments during the day.
Sensex in green, midcaps, smallcaps fail to show up; bluechips rule.
Modi's party also wants to regulate property markets and tie investor money to specific projects to stop developers diverting cash elsewhere.
The BSE Mid-Cap index was currently up 0.83%. The BSE Small-Cap index was currently up 0.8%.
Some feel that Tata Steel has put these assets on the block only after exhausting all the options.
Metals bucked the trend and shone across the board.
ICICI Bank extended yesterday gains, rising 10% in two trading sessions
Officials say a fall in global oil prices will reduce the government's subsidy burden, giving it a greater chance of hitting its ambitious fiscal deficit target of 4.1 percent of gross domestic product in the fiscal year to March.
'People think Salman is ready to remove his shirt for small things but it takes a lot to convince him to take that shirt off.' Sultan director Ali Abbas Zafar tells us what to expect from his film.
Indebted developers are cutting staff as they slow work on existing projects and postpone new ones until they clear a backlog of 700,000 unsold homes
The minister has sought the help of US technology, expertise and innovation to make road safety a priority in India.
What happens when a Delhi professor is given the rare opportunity to travel with the Pakistan army along the LoC? Find out in this fascinating excerpt from Happymon Jacob's book, The Line of Control: Travelling With The Indian And Pakistani Armies.
Former RA&W chief A S Dulat, who served as Atalji's adviser on Kashmir, gives us an insider's glimpse of a prime minister he has hailed as the 'greatest after Nehru'.
BSE Metal and Capital Goods indices plunged over 2% followed by counters like Consumer Durables, Auto, Banks and Realty, all falling down between 1-2%.
Earning numbers of blue-chips, including ITC and SBI, due tomorrow.
Despite difficult working conditions, Indians are still seeking jobs in Gulf countries
'I worked as a cleaner at a store.' 'I worked as a security guard...' 'I have slept on footpaths.' '[I came to Mumbai with great difficulty.' 'I have not seen better people than I have in the film industry.' 'Nobody has helped me the way people have done for me here.'
Looking at the Hindi film heroine at her thrilling best.
'Mandana (Karimi) openly said that it's not the real her in the show. Then the question is, who is the real you? Whom am I talking to?'
'What if Modi becomes the fascist the leftists paints him as? What if he does suspend the Constitution and declares himself the ruler, with support from the army? What exactly will you do, Mr Leftie?' asks Rajeev Srinivasan.
Sensex eneded lower on poor perfromance by financials and IT stocks.
RBI must balance the need for improving domestic bank credit demand and respond to lower inflation.
We present an excerpt from Kishore Kumar: Method In Madness by Derek Bose.
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