BSE-Oil & Gas, PSU led gains on BSE.
After the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Brokers Forum, the Association of National Stock Exchange Members of India (ANMI) has decided to approach the government and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on extension of trading hours from January 4.
Positive Asian cues aided risk-on sentiments.
The much-awaited demutualisation of Bombay Stock Exchange was completed on Friday after Asia's oldest bourse sold its 51 per cent stake to 21 investors.
A BSE spokesperson, confirming the resignation, told PTI in Mumbai that that BSE board has accepted his resignation and he would be relieved of his responsibilities from end-this month.
Equity funds' exceptional performance was obviously due to the stock market rally that was led by small and mid-cap stocks. Realty, banks and consumer goods companies emerged as top gainers.
NASDAQ, the world's largest electronic equities exchange, is looking to acquire equity position in National Stock Exchange of India Limited.
In dollar terms, the Nifty has gained 26.7 per cent in this year, while the Sensex has advanced 25 per cent during the same period.
Last year, Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam announced their intention to merge aming to create a $2.4 billion entity.
Government is set to release CPI for the month of May and Index of Industrial Production IIP for the month of April today.
BSE-IT, capital goods, banks, real-estate led gains.
With the ownership of the Indian Premier League's Kochi franchise kicking up a storm, the Deccan Chargers on Thursday sought to come clean on their shareholding pattern.
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex sank by 951 points on black Monday on panic selling by funds, triggered by weak global cues.
Only a seasoned investor, who is clued on and has the resources to hold on or pay back the broker, should take such chances.
From today, you will be able to buy and redeem open-ended mutual fund schemes on the National Stock Exchange through your stockbroker. The Bombay Stock Exchange too will follow suit soon.
The Sensex ends up 16 points to end at 20,514.
The 30-share Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange closed 86.55 points higher at 21,337.67 and the National Stock Exchange Nifty index closed at its highest closing levels in 2014, up 25.15 points at 6,338.95.
Reliance up 0.94%, Sun Pharma up 2.85, ICICI Bank up 0.76%, Bharti Airtel up 1.56% and Tata Steel up 2.2% were the top Sensex gainers today.
BSE Metal and IT indices plummeted by almost 2%
The special trading session would be conducted to pay obeisance to Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity.
Benchmark share indices ended lower, amid a volatile trading session, weighed by weakness among Metal, Banks and Capital Goods shares. Weak performance of the global markets also dampened the sentiments among local investors.
The combined turnover in the futures and options segment and cash segment on the two premier bourses -- the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange -- was at Rs 2.82 lakh crore (Rs 2.82 trillion), up by Rs 46 crore (Rs 460 million) compared to the previous record of Rs 2.36 lakh crore (Rs 2.36 trillion) seen last month only.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share Sensex closed at 18,401 up 405 points. The National Stock Exchange's 50-share S&P CNX Nifty closed at 5,409 up 124 points.
In a significant decision, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has decided to set up a panel to review all records maintained by auditors on the quarterly results of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share Sensex and the National Stock Exchange 50-share Nifty.
'We have a lot of hope from mobile, algorithmic trading and the small and medium enterprise segment. The journey has just begun.'
The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange have extended trading timings for a fortnight, starting September 25 to October 09, on account fo sun outage during this period.
The country's first private sector port, Gujarat Pipavav Port, which made a stellar listing on the bourses on Thursday, said it expects to clock around a 65 per cent growth in container trade in the current fiscal.
The National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange will hold a two hour trading session on Saturday to enable the NSE to test a back-up trading system, exchange officials said on Wednesday.\n\n\n\n
Benchmark share indices ended nearly 2% down on Monday, amid weak cues from Asia and Europe, with index heavyweight Infosys leading the decline
BSE Metal, IT and Consumer Durable indices surged by nearly 2% each. However, BSE FMCG index declined by nearly 1%.
Hindustan Unilever on Tuesday reported 15.59 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 871.36 crore (Rs 8.71 billion) for the third quarter ended December 31, 2012, on account of robust sales across various business verticals.
Piramyd Retail shares opened at the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday at Rs 146 against an issue price of Rs 120.
BSE-FMCG, consumer durables, pharmaceuticals led declines.
Jet settled higher by 2.35 per cent at Rs 623.40 on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The country's third largest software firm said on Thursday that it will demerge non-IT businesses like Consumer Care & Lighting into a new company, a move which will allow it to focus exclusively on information technology.
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) have decided to postpone new trading timings to January 4, 2010. The trading on both the bourses will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Both the bourses expect this move to ramp-up their volumes.
BSE-real-estate, bankex, auto lead gains on BSE.