The Indian economy's election-year syndrome cannot be ignored, says A K Bhattacharya.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market turned negative from positive
Coca-Cola's acquisition of British coffee chain Costa, its biggest acquisition of a brand in history, faces three challenges in India.
Forex dealers said besides selling of the American currency by exporters and banks, gains in other Asian currencies against the dollar and a higher opening in the domestic stock market also supported the rupee.
Lower interest rates needed to boost manufacturing, officials say.
The rules make India's health warnings on tobacco products the world's most stringent, along with Thailand
While the BSE's asking valuation is reasonable, compared to peers, there are some factors that long-term investors need to consider before investing.
About 1,556 shares have advanced, 1,211 shares declined, and 182 shares are unchanged.
The rupee had lost 26 paise to close at 60.16 against the dollar yesterday on fresh dollar demand from banks and importers in view of the US currency gaining overseas and weakness in local equities.
Dollar's strength and falling crude oil prices force downward revision of 2015 growth forecast.
'The rate cut could have been higher in the current economic conditions which would have had a stronger impact on business sentiment and spurred investment in a big way.'
Telecom major Reliance Communications plans to monetise its real estate assets as it looks to pare debt.
Midcap stocks continued to remain on buyers' radar with BSE Midcap index up 0.1%.
Arora will resign less than two years since he joined the Japanese Internet conglomerate
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in the Budget for 2015-16, is likely to target around Rs 43,000 crore (Rs 430 billion) from divestment proceeds, almost the same level that the government expects to realise from stake sale in PSUs this fiscal.
The broader NSE index has fallen about 0.9% as investors wait for corporate results
Dollar's strength against other currencies overseas capped the rupee's gain
Asset sales have helped ease investors' worry but debt remains at alarming levels
The Nifty has gained 2.6% so far this week, while the Sensex has climbed 2.85%
We can learn much from China with regards to making civil service recruitment more efficient, says former diplomat Kishan S Rana.
Gains in financial shares capped further downslide.
This classification of districts is to be followed by states and union terrotories till a week post May 3, when the second phase of lockdown will end, for containment operations.
Profit booking in realty, oil and gas, capital goods, power and metal stocks pulled the index down to the day's low of 25,347.33 points.
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Some analysts believe that markets are expected to remain unclear and would have to wait until tomorrow's US non-farm payrolls data.
A majority of economists predicted RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan would leave policy rates unchanged on Tuesday and expected a dovish commentary, as crude oil prices and inflation cool off.
He will become executive chairman and continue to be chairman
The consolidated entity can target good growth FY18 onwards, analysts say.
Turnover on exchanges dips to pre-Modi levels
The repo rate, at which RBI lends to the banking system, will be at 7.5%
TCS, Bajaj Auto, Adani Ports and Cipla were the top gainers on BSE Sensex while Coal India, GAIL, Dr Reddy's and Infosys lost the most on the index.
Private lenders HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank were the top gainers along with index heavyweights
The razor maker suffered a major jolt after the Securities Appellate Tribunal had quashed an appeal it filed against the regulator, which had earlier rejected Gillette's plan entailing reclassification of promoter holdings to comply with the public shareholding norms.
'It is an unpleasant fact of history that stronger nations dominate the power play and the only way it can be mitigated is through recourse to diplomacy,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Nifty crosses 9,750-mark; Bharti Airtel, TCS, Wipro, Lupin and Coal India gained the most on BSE Sensex
Growth has been slowing year-on-year for the IT sector but investors have continued to bet on it.
Chinese stocks plummeted 9 per cent on Monday
The major US indexes pared losses late in the session.
Early last year, the company had said it aimed to reduce its debt, which stood over Rs 21,000 crore then, to Rs 10,000-11,000 crore (Rs 100-110 billion) through the sale of non-core assets and improved cash flows.
Gold prices are set to drop further in the domestic market, owing to the rupee's appreciation.
Over-expansion, bad management, and multiple allegations irreparably taint Malvinder and Shivinder Singh
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