The rupee rose in opening deals today, helped by bunched dollar inflows as trading resumed after a three-day break.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) used as fuel in automobiles, called Auto LPG, will cost
Rs. 49.72 per litre as against
Rs. 43.65 per litre price till last month, according to Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest fuel retailer.
During 2011-12, NTPC brought on stream two units of 660MW at Sipat in Chhattisgarh, 500 MW units each at its power stations in Jhajjar (Haryana), Simhadri (Andhra Pradesh) and Vallur (Tamil Nadu).
Accepting most of the recommendations of the Bimal Jalan committee, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in its board meeting on Monday said that stock exchanges wishing to list should have minimum networth of Rs. 100 crore and that existing bourses will be given 3 years to achieve this net worth.
The BSE benchmark Sensex on Monday gained over 80 points in early trade on continued buying by funds as well as retail investors.
Insurance professional Swapna Bhattacharya is always well turned out, whether at her Mumbai office or at social gatherings. Anita Sharan reports. Growth by design
Overseas investors have pumped in about
Rs. 8,381.10 crore ($1.68 billion) in the Indian equity market in the month of March, taking the calendar year to date total to a whopping
Rs. 43,950.70 crore ($8.89 billion).
Frenzied buying on the last day of the week helped the benchmark Sensex to snap its five weeks losing streak, thanks to clarification given by the finance minister on participatory notes, and to end modestly higher by over 42 points at 17,404.20.
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said that persons investing in Indian stock markets through participatory notes (P-Notes) will not be taxed.
Shares of United Breweries, United Breweries Holdings and Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) rose at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on news of stake sales by promoter Vijay Mallya in a bid to generate cash for his debt-laden airlines, KFA.
Fag-end value buying contained intra-day losses today and the BSE benchmark Sensex today closed lower by just 63 points amid this month's settlement in the derivatives segment and a weak trend in global markets.
Facebook will make its stock market debut in May with a record-setting initial public offering of shares, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Even as demand for gold remains stagnant in India, the world's largest bullion consumer, due to the ongoing strike by jewellers, prices of the yellow metal are likely to appreciate.
The BSE benchmark Sensex today fell 136 points on funds selling ahead of settlement in the derivatives segment amid lingering fears of short-term capital gains tax on funds selling equities to foreign investors.
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today suspended trading in securities of 49 companies for non-compliances of various clauses of the listing agreement.