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  Markets plunge to six-month lows, Sensex sinks 385 points; Nifty below 8,000

  November 21, 2016 18:58 IST

  Sensex lost over 385 points to hit a fresh six-month low of 25,765.14 and Nifty plunged below the key 8,000-mark.

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  See Pics! Scientists discover new crab species in Chinese pet market

  World | September 09, 2016 14:20 IST

  A team of researchers has discovered that the freshwater crabs popular in ornamental fish markets in China belongs to a new species and genus of freshwater crab. Knowing about the growing demand for eye-catching

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  Brexit fallout: Sensex crashes 605 pts, investor lose Rs 1.79 lakh cr

  June 24, 2016 21:02 IST

  Mumbai: In a bloody carnage on Dalal Street, market benchmark Sensex plunged by 604.51 points today to 26,397.71, its biggest single-day fall in nearly four months, as a shock victory for ‘Leave’ camp in the

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  Sensex soars 460 pts, Nifty regains 7,800-mark on global cues

  May 09, 2016 18:04 IST

  Mumbai: Market benchmark Sensex today zoomed over 460 points—its biggest single-session gain in nearly four weeks—to end at 25,688.86 and the broader NSE Nifty recaptured the 7,800-mark on a flurry of buying by foreign funds

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  Sebi, exchanges beef up surveillance; debars 1,350 entities

  April 03, 2016 19:19 IST

  New Delhi: Putting to use alerts generated by its robust surveillance mechanism, regulator Sebi has debarred nearly 1,350 entities from the markets for misusing exchange platform to evade taxes and other manipulations. Besides, stock exchanges

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  India only economy not affected by global economic crisis: PM Modi

  February 14, 2016 16:32 IST

  New Delhi: India is the only economy which has not been affected by the global economic crisis which has hit the world, primarily due to the policies being implemented by the government, Prime Minister Narendra

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  Rupee ended its 2-day losing streak coming up by 4 paise

  February 09, 2016 19:53 IST

  New Delhi: In a volatile market, the rupee snapped its 2-day losing streak against the American currency by recovering four paise to 67.90 per dollar on fresh selling of dollars by banks and exporters despite

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  Indian Rupee posts biggest gain in 2015 as Chinese Bank cut rates

  August 25, 2015 18:41 IST

  New Delhi:  A day after market bloodbath on Monday, the Indian rupee made a dramatic recovery gaining 54 paise or 0.81 percent  to close at 66.10 per dollar.In intraday trade, the rupee gained as much

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  Sensex up 290 points as value buying buoys markets

  August 25, 2015 23:10 IST

  Mumbai:  Strong economic fundamentals, value buying and attractive valuations boosted investor confidence in the Indian equity markets - leading a barometer index to gain 290 points  to end at 26,032.38; Nifty gains 71.70 pts to

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  Rupee tumbles 59 paise to near 2-year low of 64.78 against USD

  August 12, 2015 23:15 IST

  Mumbai:  Declining for the sixth consecutive  session, the rupee tumbled by 59 paise to nearly 2-year low at 64.78 against the US dollar on sustained demand for the  American currency from banks and importers on

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  Sensex snaps 4-day winning run as RBI holds rates

  August 04, 2015 17:34 IST

  Mumbai:  Bulls ran out of fuel today as the benchmark BSE Sensex snapped its four-day winning run by losing 115 points to 28,071.93 after RBI kept interest rates looking at stickiness of inflation and banks

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  Government must deliver on promises for higher growth: Moody's

  July 30, 2015 18:39 IST

  New Delhi: Raising a red flag over “empty promises” of the Modi government, global giant Moody's today said delay in key reforms is denting business confidence and the foreign investors are wary of investing in

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  Over 7 Lakh homes unsold in top 8 cities: Reports

  July 29, 2015 21:07 IST

  New Delhi: Over 7 lakh housing units remain unsold in eight major cities and it will take more than three years to exhaust the inventories, property consultant Knight Frank India said on Tuesday.The national capital

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  India Compute Interchange announces launch of initial trades

  July 17, 2015 18:47 IST

  New Delhi/Chicago:  India Compute Interchange (ICI), a new financial marketplace for Indian cloud service providers and enterprise organizations to trade computing resources, on Friday announced its launch in India with successful initial trades.A joint venture

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  Talks on with states on Direct Benefit Transfer scheme for kerosene: Dharmendra Pradhan

  Politics | July 13, 2015 17:44 IST

  New Delhi: The petroleum ministry is in talks with state governments on drawing up plans similar to Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) for public distribution kerosene, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday.Noting his

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  Chinese police find "clues" of $ 3.2 trillion stock market crash

  July 12, 2015 18:34 IST

  Beijing:  Chinese police probing the massive stock market crash that wiped about $ 3.2 trillion of capital out of the market today claimed to have found clues pointing to certain trading firms suspected of "manipulating"

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  Equity markets slip on Greece crisis, China stocks crash

  July 11, 2015 16:33 IST

  Mumbai: Indian equities slipped on the Greek crisis and fears of a Chinese market meltdown during the weekly trade ended July 10, as investor were reluctant to chase higher prices in a time of uncertainty.However,

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  SBI Group's Share in Debit Card Payments Touches 25% in FY15

  July 05, 2015 22:03 IST

  Mumbai: Riding on the booming e-commerce space and increasing adoption of non-cash transactions, the combined share of SBI and its five associate banks in the debit cards space has touched 25 per cent in the

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  Global burger joints want no beef with India

  May 24, 2015 14:07 IST

  New Delhi: International burgers eating into India's spicy street food market have bulged over the past decade. But the global chains, reluctant to pick bones with local laws and beliefs in the world's second most

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  Banks fined $2.5 billion, to plead guilty to market rigging

  World | May 20, 2015 21:50 IST

  Washington:  Four big banks will pay $2.5 billion in fines and plead guilty to criminally manipulating global currency market going back to 2007.JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Barclays and The Royal Bank of Scotland conspired with one