Inflation is something which affects everyone. Everybody, irrespective of his/her knowledge on financial data, seems to have some view on inflation. And why not, it measures a sustained change (increase) ...

Indices in the Indian stock market continued their bounce back journey during the closing stages of the day and as a consequence, managed to close the day comfortably in the positive. While Sensex closed ...

Indices in Indian stock markets are trading in the negative today. Led by auto and metal stocks, all sectoral indices are trading very weak. The BSE-Sensex is trading lower by 214 points and NSE-Nifty ...

As the crisis in the Euro zone deepens, the Asian stock markets have opened the day on a negative note. Markets in Korea (down 2.7%), Japan (down 2.6%) and Hong Kong (down 2.3%) are leading the losses ...

Fiscal deficit at 5.1% of GDP and a heavy government debt burden remain India's key worries. A further rise in expenditure will reduce the government's elbow room to borrow and spend its way out of a crisis. ...

The Indian stock markets had a positive outing on the bourses today, having started the day well in the green. After opening in the green, markets moved higher in the mid-morning session. However, they ...

Although trading well above the dotted line, the Indian stock markets shed a portion of their gains during the previous two hours of trade. Stocks from the FMCG, realty and metal sectors are leading the ...

Indian stock market indices continue to trade strong over the last two hours of trade on back of heavy buying activity witnessed across industry heavyweights. FMCG and Realty stocks witnessed maximum buying ...

Most Asian stock markets have opened the day on a firm note with stock markets in Taiwan (up 1.2%), Malaysia (up 0.8%) and Singapore (up 0.6%) leading the gains in the region. However, Japanese markets ...

Till sometime back, the rising crude prices did not make sense. The surge was blamed on speculations rather than a shift in demand supply dynamics. However, Iran is now threatening to block a fifth of ...

Indices in the Indian stock markets made absolutely no attempt to march towards the break even line during the closing stages and as a consequence, closed significantly lower today. Sensex edged lower ...

After a weak opening, the Indian stock markets continued to slip deeper in the red in the last two trading hours. All the sectoral indices, barring oil& gas are trading negative with auto, metal and consumer ...

Indian stock market indices continue to trade weak over the last two hours of trade on back of heavy selling activity witnessed across industry heavyweights. Auto and Metal stocks witnessed maximum selling ...

All Asian stock markets have opened the day in the red. Among the key Asian markets, markets in Japan (down 1.2%) and Hong Kong (down 2,7%) and Korea (down 2.0%) are leading the losses. The markets in ...

The telecom sector is probably one of the most widely used services by our country's over 1 bn population. India has the dubious distinction of being a country which has more telephones than toilets, according ...

The Indian stock markets had a positive outing on the bourses today. After opening at par, markets remained in the positive zone for a bulk of today's session. They continued to trade in a similar range ...

After a strong recovery from a weak opening, the Indian stock markets continued to gain further ground in the last two trading hours. Majority of the sectoral indices are trading positive with capital ...

Indian stock markets have reversed their early morning losses and are trading in the positive. The sectoral indices are trading mixed with software and capital goods sectors leading the gainers and Auto ...

Warren Buffett once said that derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction. On many occasions, quite a few organisations have been subject to such self-inflicted financial calamities. JP Morgan ...

The Indian stock markets had a weak outing on the bourses today post the higher inflation numbers which were announced. This spooked investors, especially those in banking stocks as the RBI may have little ...

Indian stock markets have built on their early morning gains and are trading in the positive. Among sectoral indices, all except power and realty stocks are trading weak.The BSE-Sensex is trading higher ...

A record rise in imports, mainly on a continuingly weak rupee and higher gold purchases saw India's trade deficit reach US$ 185 bn last fiscal. This was despite exports also overshooting their target by ...

The benchmark indices in Indian stock markets languished in the red throughout the session today. The day's proceedings began on a negative note and worsened with profit booking in power, commodity and ...

Weak industrial production figures for the month of March continued to add to the negative sentiment pervading the Indian stock markets in the last two trading hours. All the sectoral indices are trading ...

Indian stock market indices continued to trade weak over the last two hours of trade on the back of heavy selling activity witnessed across industry heavyweights. Realty and FMCG stocks witnessed maximum ...

Asian stock markets have opened the day deep in red. Markets in Korea (down 1.4%), Taiwan (down 1.3%) and Hong Kong (down 1.1%) are leading the losses in the region. The Indian stock markets have opened ...

The Indian government is facing tremendous heat to bring down its fiscal deficit. And it might have just found a new weapon to deal with the crisis. The government in this year's Union budget has proposed ...

Indian stock markets had a volatile outing today. The day's proceedings began on a positive note and sustained buying activity across index heavyweights ensured that the indices stayed above the dotted ...

Indian stock marketindices continue to trade strong over the last two hours of trade on back of heavy buying activity witnessed across industry heavyweights. Oil and gas and banking stocks witnessed maximum ...

The key Asian stock markets have opened the day on a negative note. Markets in Hong Kong (down 1.0%) and Korea (down 0.3%) are leading the losses in the region. Markets in China (down 0.2%) and Japan (down ...

Recently, major Indian Information Technology (IT) companies have declared their results for the quarter ended March 2012. The growth was definitely sluggish in comparison to the stellar growth seen historically. ...

Taking cues from the negative sentiments across global markets, the indices in Indian stock markets closed lower today despite sporadic attempts to make inroads into the positive territory. Banking and ...

After a negative opening, Indian stock markets recovered for a brief period and slipped in the red again in the last two trading hours. Majority of the sectoral indices are trading negative with realty, ...

Indian stock market indices have managed to wipe out some of the early losses and traded flat over the last two hours of trade. Realty and Oil and Gas stocks witnessed maximum selling pressure, while FMCG ...

Asian stock markets have opened the day on a weak note. Markets in Japan (down 1.5% ) and China (down 1.3%) are leading the losers in the region. The Indian stock markets have opened the day on a negative ...

The result season is here again. FY12 has concluded and the annual performance of around 322 companies in front of us gives us enough flavor of what happened last year and what we might expect from this ...

Indian stock markets languished in the red throughout the trading session today on the back of relentless selling pressure across index heavyweights. There was no respite in the final trading hour either ...

The Indian markets continued to trade well below the dotted line during the previous two hours of trade. Barring select stocks from the FMCG and realty spaces, selling activity is being witnessed across ...

Indian stock market indices continue to trade weak over the last two hours of trade on back of heavy selling activity witnessed across industry heavyweights. IT and Capital Goods stocks witnessed maximum ...

Barring China (down 0.6%) and Hong Kong (down 0.1%), Asian stock markets have opened the day on a positive note. Markets in Japan (up 0.6%) and South Korea(up 0.5%) are leading the gainers in the region. ...

A healthy cash balance (net of debt) and strong cash flows are favorable indicator to company's performance. Unlike other line items that can be manipulated, cash balance and cash flows reflect the real ...

Indian stock markets languished in the red for the larger part of the trading session today on the back of relentless selling pressure across index heavyweights. However, the afternoon session saw buying ...

After a negative opening, Indian stock markets continued to trade deep in the red in the last two trading hours. All the sectoral indices are trading negative with realty, banking and FMCG stocks being ...

Indian stock market indices continue to trade weak over the last two hours of trade on back of heavy selling activity witnessed across industry heavyweights. Realty and Banking stocks witnessed maximum ...

Asian stock markets have opened the week on a weak note. Markets in Japan (down 2.6%), Singapore (down 1.7%) and South Korea (down 1.7%) are leading the losses in the region. The Indian stock markets have ...

These days the media seem to be filled with all negative news as far as growth in the Indian economy is concerned. Most of the industry experts are increasingly painting the grim image of the future. True, ...

It was a disappointing week for world stock markets in general and US markets in particular. US in fact saw the worst week of the year on weak economic data regarding the services sector. Europe has been ...

Indices in the Indian stock markets witnessed more selling pressure during the closing stages and as a consequence, closed significantly lower for the day as well as the week. While Sensex edged lower ...