ONGC was the top performer while private banking major ICICI Bank extended gains
Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday imposed emergency giving him sweeping powers ahead of the key election on July 20 to pick a new President as he urged the political parties to put aside differences and form an all-party government, with the Opposition dubbing his decision as an 'undemocratic draconian act'.
International Finance Corporation will put in $200 million and HDFC will contribute $600 million to create $800-mn corpus for affordable homes
India is Asia's third-best performing equity market.
'India Inc has been afraid to criticise the government of the day for many years now, and it is perhaps unfair to blame the current one alone,' says Shyamal Majumdar.
The plan was activated in October last year.
Foreign capital inflows also boosted the rupee value against the dollar
The 30-share Sensex ended up 204 points at 27,215 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 59 points at 8,238.
FII stance, progress of monsoon, crude oil and rupee movement are likely to dictate the trend.
On the last day of FY!5, the Sensex ended lower by 18.37 points at 27,957.49.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 165 points at 29,044 and the 50-share Nifty gained 54 points to close at 8,834.
Although now free, Mangal's ordeal may be far from over.
The key proposals from the IT industry that were not addressed included removal of dual levies on software products
Balakrishnan, head of the BPO, Finacle and India business units at Infosys, is widely seen as a contender for CEO after the incumbent S D Shibulal's term ends in 2015.
The broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices.
Sensex ended at 26,272 up 125 points and Nifty ended at 7,831 up by 35 points.
From Jammu and Kashmir to Andhra Pradesh, consumers are facing power cuts ranging from 2 hours to 8 hours.
The RBI fixed the reference rate for the dollar at 65.2525 and for the euro at 72.1954.
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The 30 Sensex companies alone, which are among the biggest companies in the country, now account for nearly 50% or about Rs 47 lakh crore of total investor wealth.
As per the current market price, the government is expected to fetch Rs 5,300 crore (Rs 53 billion) by selling 10 per cent equity or 24.27 crore (242.7 million) shares at discounted price to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Oil India Ltd.
On the sectoral front, rate-sensitive sectors such as Bankex and Auto gained by 1% and 0.7% respectively while BSE Consumer Durables gained 1.4%.
With this subdued forecast, India is likely to record its worst growth performance since the 1991 liberalisation. However, it is among the only two major economies, which will register a positive growth rate in 2020. The other being China, for which the IMF has projected a growth rate of 1.2 per cent.
The main losers on the Sensex were Tata Steel, Hero Moto, BHEL, ONGC & Maruti Suzuki.
Bandhan Bank is the first bank to be launched in eastern India post Independence.
The BSE Sensex was down 326 points at 23,277 and the Nifty was down 107 points at 7,056.
"I never expected it. It was too good to be true," says the 20 year-old.
Forbes said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "economic experiments" barely affected India's billionaires while none gained more than oil-and-gas tycoon Mukesh Ambani, who cemented his decade-long hold on the top slot by adding a staggering USD 15.3 billion (67 per cent) to his last year's wealth to become one of Asia's top five richest.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 162 points at 28,338 and the 50-share Nifty was down 67 points at 8,463.
'It is not impossible that there will be some arrangement with the Congress in West Bengal after the ongoing local body polls.'
Experts attribute the high valuation of Indian auto makers to the faster growth in India compared to the rest of the world.
He is betting on emerging firms to generate ideas and build wealth through Premji Invest
The breakdown of talks between Greece and its international creditors raised fears of Greece's exit from the euro zone.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 31 points at 26,591 and the 50-share Nifty gained 10 points at 8,061.
The 30 share Sensex ended up 183 points at 27,470 and the 50-share Nifty gained 44 points to close at 8,295.
The founders of Gland Pharma, led by Ravi Penmetsa, and KKR, together own 96 per cent of the company.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presented the Union Budget for 2016-17.
As economic policy making moves from pragmatism to populism, the bulls begin to make way for cautious optimists.
It has once again returned to strong growth after a brief hiatus, spurred by the return of investors' confidence (and cash) in India's online food ordering sector.
Sensex firm on favourable GDP numbers for FY16.
The offer of $196 per share represents a premium of 49.5 per cent to LinkedIn's Friday closing price
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