The Sensex opened on a flat note at 4,452. It is now up six points at 4,459.
Nifty saw the biggest weekly gain since the first week of September and comfortably maintained its crucial 8250 levels in today's session
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 13 points at 5,148. It inched a tad higher to touch an intra-day high of 5,149, and is now at 5,143 - up eigth points. The Nifty is up four points at 1,615.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has donated an autographed racquet to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for auction, the proceeds from which will help provide relief to 'working animals'.
Forex dealers said increased selling of the American currency by exporters and banks supported the rupee but a lower opening of the domestic equity market and dollar's rise against other currencies overseas restricted the gains.
Nifty PSU bank index dropped nearly 2%
The domestic currency resumed higher at 62.30 per dollar as against the last closing level of 62.41 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market and firmed up further to 62.20 a dollar.
To cut interest rates, the central bank head has to open up a debate on inflation target revision.
The announcement was made by AIADMK coordinator and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam and Union Minister and senior BJP leader Piyush Goyal, party election in-charge for Tamil Nadu, who described it as a "mega alliance".
In the broader market, the BSE Midcap index bucked the trend to gain 0.3%
The breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, turned negative from positive
The government on Monday reduced the import tariff value of gold to $458 per 10 grams due to fall in its global prices.
IndusInd Bank was down nearly 1% even after it reported a 21% rise in its fourth-quarter profit
It is startling that Mark Zuckerberg has failed to convince so many in India about the merits of Free Basics.
Rahi Sarnobat beat all expectations to become India's first woman shooter with an Asian Games gold and the low-profile wushu players delivered their best ever performance even in defeat on another high-yielding day for the country at the regional showpiece.
At the NSE, the stock zoomed up by 8 per cent to Rs 444.
With stock prices at elevated levels, investors must cut valuation risks in their portfolio
HDFC Bank managing director Aditya Puri, ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar, and Axis Bank MD and CEO Shikha Sharma did not receive their bonuses in full for financial year 2016-17
Rohan Bopanna's stupendous run at Wimbledon earned him a career-best No 5 ranking in the ATP doubles chart and made him the top-ranked Indian in the game.
A decade on from their last driver's title, courtesy of Kimi Raikkonen in 2007, Ferrari emerged from eight days of testing in Spain with the fastest lap times coupled with impressive reliability.
Bank Nifty pared all its intraday gains to end over 1% lower led by losses in BoB, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and Bank of India
Banks are clear that lending rates are not going to fall further, say Hamsini Karthik and Anup Roy.
Data captured in central government records have a lag.
'The genetic thing is not in your control. The virulence is not known.' 'The only thing is if you can avoid it.' 'Once you get COVID-19, none of it is in your control.'
The rupee has dropped by 21 paise or 0.32 per cent in the last two sessions.
The judgment stated that there cannot be "any distrust about the responsibilities" the Chief Justice discharges.
The Sensex ended below 28,000 for the second straight day at 27,869.
'Irrespective of their politics, people feel happy.' 'One of the best compliments I have received is that I have made it from Kashmir to Karnataka.'
Shares in Jindal Steel and Power Ltd were heading towards their biggest daily loss in almost two years on Monday.
Production cost in Africa varies between $1 and $2 a kg while in Assam it is $1.9 and in West Bengal over $2
Several places in Arunachal Pradesh, including capital Itanagar, were cut off by floods and landslides.
The rupee had gained seven paise to close at 61.15 on Friday on suspected RBI intervention in the forex market.
Aviation companies were in focus with all the three airliners SpiceJet, InterGlobe Aviation and Jet Airways adding in the range of 2% to 3% on the BSE
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices added 0.5% and 0.7%, respectively
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In the global market, the dollar was quoted lower in the early trade with investors looking ahead to the following day's European Central Bank policy decision.
Shares of IT companies were in focus with the Nifty IT and S&P BSE IT index gaining more than 2% in an otherwise lower market
This brings the Fed a step closer to raising interest rates this year
If oil prices continue as they are and we can cut costs, we'll be able to break even in the next financial quarter, says Singh.
"The shift is gradually happening more on account of favourable risk-reward for stocks in these sectors and the shift would be more pronounced as investors roll over their targets to 2017," the head of research at a foreign brokerage said.
