Increased demand from oil importers for the American currency kept pressure on the rupee
The company would venture into khadi products and animal feed this year, Ramdev said.
'The government's projections for 2019-2020 will be disappointing big time.'
One of the key concerns for non-users of voice assistants is trust.
Liquidity pushed benchmark indices 22% higher to become the best performing equity market globally
Being one of the early commentators to flag economic slowdown and caution investors on corporate earnings, Gautam Chhaochharia, head of India research, UBS Securities, in an interview with Hamsini Karthik says the markets remain in an expensive zone despite the recent correction.
Co-founders of India's latest unicorn expected Covid-19 to be a speed breaker; instead it accelerated sales. Cars24 now enjoys more than 90 per cent market share among all other similar online transaction platforms. Dhruv Munjal traces the birth of this used-cars platform.
While salary growth may range from a marginally positive to stagnant or even negative, the increment for some of the "super-specialised" profiles can go beyond 15%.
As inflation rate is near the upper limit of the comfort zone, experts rule out rate cuts anytime soon
Institutional investors - both foreign and domestic - lapped up the government's big-ticket share sales on Friday, helping it add nearly Rs 9,000 crore to its revenue kitty.
It is clear as daylight to anyone that a charge or a cost to simply reduce interest on a floating rate loan is extortion, but this is exactly what the RBI has officially sanctioned, says Debashis Basu.
The broader NSE Nifty gained 22 points to 10,480.60
Apple Pay also faces competition from Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) - a consortium of retailers including Wal-Mart and Best Buy - which is developing its own mobile payment platform.
Soon, one will be able to pay utility bills at the local supermarket, while buying groceries, with the RBI allowing the setting up of payment banks.
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Close to 50 companies have announced stock splits this year so far, something experts say is typical in a bull phase.
It was because of strong inflows into debt-oriented schemes that saved 2019 from being a "dark-dull year of investing" as inflows into equity funds has dropped this year due to a volatile market.
Investment in market leaders with a safety-first approach could yield reasonable returns across sectors.
The BSE Sensex moved up 103 points to 35,319.35, while the wider NSE Nifty finished at 10,741.70, up 23.90 points.
The 50-stock NSE barometer Nifty finished 22.50 points, or 0.21 per cent, down at 10,526.20
Covering-up of short positions ahead of Thursday's expiry of August series in the derivatives segment gave equities a slight push
The mismatch between industrialists' demand and account holders is because of inflation, Rajan said.
At a time when capital allocations to real estate are growing globally, investors are expecting transparency standards in real estate to be at par with other asset classes, says Anuj Puri.
Most say a rate cut could come in RBI's June policy.
The markets will remain choppy ahead of RBI policy.
The BSE benchmark Sensex surged about 241 points to end at 35,165.48 and the NSE Nifty gained 84 points to close at 10,688.65.
Pharma was the top losing index amid worries about their earnings outlook with Lupin down over 4%
This is the index's biggest single-day fall in almost a month
Bombay Dyeing is betting on creating a range of unique, customised textile products, a route that is largely unexplored by the home textiles players although several industry reports and consumer behavior studies have talked about the potential for personalisation.
In the broader market, the BSE Midcap was down 0.2%, while BSE Smallcap fell 0.1%.
Inflation indexed bonds assure a positive return over inflation.
Sentiment was largely positive after April IIP grew at 4.9 per cent, spurred by higher growth in manufacturing and mining sectors.
'Usually, customers who don't get loans from banks approach NBFCs.' 'This is one reason NBFCs price their loans costlier than PSBs or private banks.' 'NBFCs will have higher delinquencies levels than private banks for most products.'
Experts tell Ujjval Jauhari that investors need to be careful in picking stocks given high valuations and with markets possibly ignoring potential risks
Sun Pharma was the best gainer among Sensex components, surging 6.91 per cent
The laggards in the Sensex kitty were Vedanta, Tata Steel, M&M, HCL Tech, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, L&T, Asian Paint and HDFC
Industries with the highest number of top-rated companies at risk were hospitality/travel, media and entertainment, retail, financial services and consumer goods/manufacturing
Investment trend by foreign investors will also be closely watched for stock movement
The derivatives expiry on Thursday is also expected to add to the volatility.
New Delhi says existing food stocks will be sufficient to contain any food price shock.
'We don't expect any immediate impact on salaried jobs.'
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