Tata Motors was the top gainer on better-than-expected June quarter revenues
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
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ICICI Bank and SBI were among the top Sensex gainers along with FMCG majors ITC and HUL.
Market experts poohpooh fears of capital flight from India.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Wednesday pointed to a possible December interest rate "liftoff" but said rates would rise only slowly from then on to nurture the U.S. economic recovery.
Fed seen holding rates steady as investor confidence shakes
The central bank maintained its bias towards a rate hike.
The United States has named former tennis star Billie Jean King, one of the first prominent athletes to publicly acknowledge her homosexuality, to be in the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where Russia's anti-gay policies have stirred controversy.
Around 13 million people continue to battle "catastrophic" flooding and torrential rains in storm-ravaged Texas where Hurricane Harvey has wreaked havoc.
This was the near-unanimous replies of 10 market participants.
RBI is committed to bringing down retail inflation to eight per cent by January 2015 and six per cent by January 2016.
The US dollar has risen about 15 per cent since mid-2015.
The fuzziness of Trump's economic blueprint remains the biggest risk.
India's numbers have shown a reasonable amount of improvement.
They expressed concern on taxation issues, the high fiscal and current account deficits, and sought removal of capital gains tax.
While enjoying long-awaited economic good times - and hoping they will last as long as possible - some caution and some prudence might be the best protection against bad surprises, says Claude Smadja.
Given the developments, analysts do not foresee a quick recovery.
The Bank Nifty is high beta anyhow and it could move the broader market.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has welcomed measures being taken to tackle the mosquito-borne Zika virus and believes the spread of the virus across South America will not adversely affect the Rio de Janeiro Games in August.
Gold is often considered a 'hedge' against an economic uncertainty.
Dealers expect prices to fall further, owing to an impending rate hike in the US
In all, 37 central banks around the world have eased monetary policy so far this year to boost growth, fight deflation or both
US job growth increased at a fairly brisk clip in October and the unemployment rate fell to a fresh six-year low of 5.8 per cent, underscoring the economy's resilience in the face of slowing global demand.
Markets ended higher, amid firm global cues, and are on track for third straight day of gains.
The broader markets ended negatively with mid-caps and small-caps shedding 0.5 per cent on the BSE.
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Jyoti 'Jay' Chaudhuri, general counsel and senior adviser to the state treasurer of the US state of North Carolina, was elected chairman of the board of the Council of Institutional Investors, last month.
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The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 30 points.
Sweden has the world's highest negative rate.
Determining the direction of the dollar in Trump's America will be more critical for asset allocation than getting your call on interest rates right, says Akash Prakash.
Fed policymakers' deepening uncertainty about their own projections has resulted in the central bank sending mixed messages
The broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.4% each
The markets stayed on edge last week due to the endless saga of Greece's problems.
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Three major central banks have hit the zero limit, the Fed, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.
The world seems to have caught severe pneumonia, or worse, as China had flu.
There will very little direct impact from the US Fed's rate hike this time, as we are well prepared both to handle liquidity, outflow of FII funds and managing our currency. But that doesn't mean India will be out of the woods anytime soon, says M V Subramanian.
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