Forex dealers said increased selling of the American currency by exporters and banks supported the rupee but a lower opening of the domestic equity market and dollar's rise against other currencies overseas restricted the gains.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has donated an autographed racquet to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for auction, the proceeds from which will help provide relief to 'working animals'.
The domestic currency resumed higher at 62.30 per dollar as against the last closing level of 62.41 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market and firmed up further to 62.20 a dollar.
Production cost in Africa varies between $1 and $2 a kg while in Assam it is $1.9 and in West Bengal over $2
A decade on from their last driver's title, courtesy of Kimi Raikkonen in 2007, Ferrari emerged from eight days of testing in Spain with the fastest lap times coupled with impressive reliability.
Banks are clear that lending rates are not going to fall further, say Hamsini Karthik and Anup Roy.
With stock prices at elevated levels, investors must cut valuation risks in their portfolio
It is startling that Mark Zuckerberg has failed to convince so many in India about the merits of Free Basics.
Bank Nifty pared all its intraday gains to end over 1% lower led by losses in BoB, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and Bank of India
The Sensex opened with a huge gap of 29 points at 5,871.
The BSE Sensex opened 9 points higher at 5,713. Continued buying has meant that the indices have moved further upwards. The Sensex is now at 5,734, up 30 points.
The Sensex opened on a flat note at 4,452. It is now up six points at 4,459.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 13 points at 5,148. It inched a tad higher to touch an intra-day high of 5,149, and is now at 5,143 - up eigth points. The Nifty is up four points at 1,615.
The government on Monday reduced the import tariff value of gold to $458 per 10 grams due to fall in its global prices.
Several places in Arunachal Pradesh, including capital Itanagar, were cut off by floods and landslides.
The rupee has dropped by 21 paise or 0.32 per cent in the last two sessions.
Aviation companies were in focus with all the three airliners SpiceJet, InterGlobe Aviation and Jet Airways adding in the range of 2% to 3% on the BSE
At the NSE, the stock zoomed up by 8 per cent to Rs 444.
Data captured in central government records have a lag.
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices added 0.5% and 0.7%, respectively
Shares of IT companies were in focus with the Nifty IT and S&P BSE IT index gaining more than 2% in an otherwise lower market
Rohan Bopanna's stupendous run at Wimbledon earned him a career-best No 5 ranking in the ATP doubles chart and made him the top-ranked Indian in the game.
The Sensex ended below 28,000 for the second straight day at 27,869.
Risk sentiment is likely to be favourable if oil prices stay benign, global growth sentiment remains robust and the dollar index does not break out, says B Prasanna.
The new obsession on cost control is powered by the company's 'GEAR' (Generate idea, evaluate, action and realise the idea) programme.
Shares in Jindal Steel and Power Ltd were heading towards their biggest daily loss in almost two years on Monday.
"The shift is gradually happening more on account of favourable risk-reward for stocks in these sectors and the shift would be more pronounced as investors roll over their targets to 2017," the head of research at a foreign brokerage said.
'This is a historic juncture when the US is in great need of an alliance with India to strengthen its hands in the fierce struggle with China in the Asian theatre,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The rupee had gained seven paise to close at 61.15 on Friday on suspected RBI intervention in the forex market.
This brings the Fed a step closer to raising interest rates this year
Amneal Pharmaceuticals is set to pip Sun Pharma as the fifth largest generics maker in the US, reports Sohini Das.
Auto and index heavyweights Reliance Industries and ITC were the top losers in early trades.
Silver, platinum and palladium all declined.
If oil prices continue as they are and we can cut costs, we'll be able to break even in the next financial quarter, says Singh.
Benchmark share indices ended flat amid lack of investor participation even as gains in IT majors ahead of their second quarter earnings helped capped downside.
A total of 3,30,27,661 people had applied to be included in the NRC. Of them, 3,11,21,004 have been included in the document and 19,06,657 excluded.
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In the global market, the dollar was quoted lower in the early trade with investors looking ahead to the following day's European Central Bank policy decision.
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