The benchmark BSE Sensex ended down 2.23 per cent. The Bank Nifty fell 3.59 per cent.
The broadening of the market rally sends the signal that growth will be broad-based, observes Akash Prakash.
Shares of ING Vysya Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank rallied by up to 6% on the BSE on reports that Kotak Mahindra Bank in final stages to buy the bank.
Market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 1,838 declines against 1,218 advances.
The companies are crying foul over the cancellation of 25 blocks held by 68 firms over the past two days.
Only a handful of overseas acquisitions by Indian firms have survived the bloodbath, says Bhupesh Bhandari.
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Russian firms expand their footprint in India. And take bigger steps to do business with India's private sector.
While sport climbing made its debut in the Olympics only this year, it has had a popular home in India for many years now.
Hinduja brothers have been ranked as Britain's richest Asians in 2014 with a total worth of 13.5 billion pounds, an increase of one billion pounds over the previous year.
The Nifty and Bank Nifty ended at record closing high of 7,913 and 15,865 respectively.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has to deal with 3 powerful enemies: the media, the political establishment, and business houses.
Paid Rs 15,474 cr against CIL's Rs 13,075 cr in FY15
Happy at the clear mandate given by voters to the BJP-led NDA, India Inc on Friday exuded confidence that Narendra Modi will initiate bold and decisive policy reforms to promote economic growth.
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BSE Mid-cap and BSE Small-cap lost 2.5% and 3.1% after oil prices soared
These firms reported a combined operating profit of Rs 26,077 crore (Rs 260.77 billion).
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Revenue yield on every rupee of investment fell to Rs 1.06 in FY13 from Rs 1.20 in FY08.
Few top honchos of India Inc did very well in 2014.
Asked if Ganguly would be cornered at the meeting, he laughed and cited an example.
The industry said if the policy was announced, it would have taken 28 million vehicles bought before March 2005 off the road.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
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Capital goods shares continued to trade firm in late noon despite weak market trend on the back of encouraging core sector growth in February.
Sensex rises, Nifty holds 8,900; FMCG, Pharma shares lead.
Top ten billionaires in India.
'The economy will pick up in 2020 or a little later... When it picks up, will it reach 10%, 8% or still lower? It all depends on how realistic are the diagnosis and the prescriptions that follow,' says Professor K J Joseph.
Promoters of 517 companies have pledged nearly 46.35 per cent of their shares, the highest since the 2008 global financial crisis.
ONGC was the top performer while private banking major ICICI Bank extended gains
The defence ministry has lost sight of what it intended to achieve -- which was to nurture private defence firms that would compete on equal terms with the 9 defence PSUs and the 41 Ordnance Factory Board factories.
There is a dearth of talent in the Indian banking industry. A testimony to this is the two new CEOs in the private sector -- Sandeep Bakhshi in ICICI Bank Ltd and Amitabh Chaudhry in AXIS Bank Ltd -- have come from the insurance sector, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Rate sensitive sectors were among the top gainers with Tata Motors and ICICI Bank leading the gains on the Sensex.
Airtel acquired African telecom operator Zain in 2010 for $10.7 billion.
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India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
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Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
A century-old European bicycle brand gets a makeover under its new Indian owner. But is there room for yet another premium commuter bike?
To merge arms, sell stake in combined entity to CIE for Rs 770 cr; to use proceeds to buy 13.5% in Spanish firm for Rs 740 cr
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