Traders said sustained offerings by stockists on the back of weak global trend, as investors weighed the outlook for the Fed's monetary policy after improving economic growth, mainly reduced demand for gold as an alternate investment.
Ajai Shukla presents an action plan for Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to fix the systemic weaknesses in defence.
Rajan also said it's a problem of collective action and not a problem of industrial nations or emerging markets
Besides, a sharp 8% decline in Chinese stocks added to the sell-off in domestic equities
Foreign fund flows into and out of the domestic sharemarket will continue to be key for the rupee's fortunes.
Euro-zone growth could improve because of (a) reduced pace of fiscal tightening and (b) stronger exports, but weak domestic demand and a fragile banking system could increase deflation risks that could force the European Central Bank to turn further accommodative.
India will host its first WTA tournament in five years when the city of Mumbai stages a $ 125,000 event in November, giving home players an opportunity to compete with the world's top-50.
Analysts expect global markets to remain in consolidation mode with a negative bias over the next six months.
Trading sentiment remained distinctly weak due to the cash crunch arising out of the government's move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes to flush out black money amid concerns about its impact on small and medium-sized businesses which largely run on cash.
Indian markets rose 19 per cent in the first half of this financial year, the best performance by any market during this period, globally.
US interest rate normalisation policy is likely to keep global FX markets volatile.
Forex dealers said besides increased selling of the American currency by exporters and banks, a higher opening in the domestic equity market and the dollar's weakness against other currencies overseas supported the rupee.
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Traders said continued selling by stockists in tandem with a weakening global trend, on speculation that the US Fed may begin scaling back monetary stimulus as the economy improves, mainly kept pressure on prices.
Forex dealers said besides the dollar's gains against other currencies overseas, increased demand from importers for the American unit put pressure on the rupee but a higher opening in the domestic equity market capped losses.
'There is gradual rise in the number of nations viewing Pakistan as the nursery of global terror.'
India has been a core portfolio holding for emerging market funds.
Gold is currently trading at Rs 25,200 for 10 grams.
'A positive oil shock has a detrimental effect on growth and activity.'
Side indices raced ahead with BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap advancing 0.4% and 0.3% up, respectively.
Buying activity was so strong that all the sectoral indices except IT and technology ended in the green, rising by up to 3 per cent
Security researchers with Kaspersky Lab have recorded more than 45,000 attacks in 99 countries, including the UK, Russia, Ukraine, India, China, Italy, and Egypt.
Markets are also watching a meeting in Moscow of G20 finance ministers for signs of an orchestrated approach to the end of US money-printing, which could help defuse volatility in global markets.
The total number of positive cases has increased by 106 in the last 24 hours to reach 1,024.
You can use gold as a financial instrument to diversify your portfolio into hedging against uncertainties in the market, but for ambitious returns, you must explore opportunities in other asset classes such as equities, debts and real estate, says Adhil Shetty, CEO, BankBazaar.com.
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today criticised multilateral institutions like the IMF and the World Bank saying "they are not immune to cognitive capture".
If Chinese growth starts falling, sharply or otherwise, the risk on trade might reverse.
According to Modi, the TMC's 'political syndicate' rules in the land of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Jana-Gana-Mana' and pursues appeasement and vote bank politics.
Participants are keeping an eye on the Winter Session of Parliament, which started today, and US fiscal policies to be followed by President-elect Donald Trump
All sectoral indices, led by realty, PSU, oil & gas and banking, were in positive zone with gains of up to 1.25 per cent.
Lauda was so badly injured in that accident at the 1976 German Grand Prix that a priest gave him the last rites as he lay in a coma.
The rise in US interest rates and associated change in the direction of capital flows, the fall in oil prices and the slowdown in China will dominate the markets, say Abheek Barua and Bidisha Ganguly
Surprisingly, RIL scrip also fell by 2.73 per cent to 1,029.15, becoming the second biggest loser in the index
'Trail and appeals for rape cases must end in a year. Then the Police will not feel constrained to justify encounters and people will not applaud it.'
The rupee has dropped by 21 paise or 0.32 per cent in the last two sessions.
In the longest losing streak of 2017, the BSE Sensex has lost 1,270 points, or 3.91 per cent. It fell to a three-month low of 31,154.03 on Wednesday.
Falling sales since demonetisation has alarmed CEOs, who want to save cash till the economy recovers.
The Budget has to provide for capex on roads, railways, defence and other infrastructure sectors.
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Steps announced by new RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan could attract $10 billion of forex inflows in the next three months and this could be a material near-term positive for the rupee, which has lost 20 per cent since January, the London-based banking and financial services company said.
Most say a rate cut could come in RBI's June policy.
The CAD has been narrowing since 2012 to an estimated 1.6% of GDP in 2014
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