Sensex plunges 388 points to close at 19,674

Falling for the fourth straight session, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange plunged 388 points, or 1.9 percent, to close at 19,674, on Thursday. The market fell on selling pressure, as the global markets declined following poor factory output data from China, and after the US central bank hinte...

Gold falls by Rs 20 to Rs 27,000 rupees per ten grams

Sensex plunges 388 points to close at 19,674

Falling for the fourth straight session, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange plunged 388 points, or 1.9 percent, to close well below the 20,000 level, at 19,674, on Thursday. The market fell on across-the-board selling pressure, as the global markets lost ground on concerns that the US central b...

IMF Chief in Paris court in controversial tycoon payout case

The IMF chief Christine Lagarde has arrived at a court in Paris for questioning over a payout to a controversial tycoon during her time as Finance Minister. She is being asked to explain her handling of a row in 2007 which resulted in some 400 million euros being paid to Bernard Tapie.She is appeari...

Sensex slumps over 300 points in afternoon trade amid falling global markets

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange fell 85 points, or 0.4 per cent, to slip below the 20,000 level, at 19,978 in opening trade, this morning, on sustained selling by funds, amid falling global markets. Later, selling pressure intensified, and the Sensex had lost a hefty 330 points, or 1.7 perce...

Sensex plunges 312 points in afternoon deals

The BSE benchmark Sensex today plunged 312 points to 19,749 in afternoon deals today. Earlier it fell nearly 85 points in early trade due to sustained selling by funds amid a weak trend in other Asian markets.Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index, Nifty, declined by nearly 102 poin...

Sensex plunges 311 points in late morning deals

The BSE benchmark Sensex today plunged 311 points to 19,751 in late morning deals today. Earlier it fell nearly 85 points in early trade due to sustained selling by funds amid a weak trend in other Asian markets.Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index, Nifty, declined by nearly 104 p...

Oil extends losses in Asia on stronger dollar

Oil extended its losses in Asian trade today on a stronger dollar after the US Federal Reserve hinted that it could ease its massive stimulus policy soon. New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate light sweet crude for delivery in July, dropped 58 cents to 93.70 dollar a barrel in t...

Sensex falls by over 131 points in late morning deals

The BSE Sensex today fell by over 131 in late morning trade on continued selling pressure and heavy profit-booking in realty, capital goods, power, consumerdurables and banking, amid bearish Asian cues.The 30-share index opened lower at 19,971 and hovered between 20,027 and 19,887. before quoting at...

Rupee down 37 paise; at six-month low of 55.83 against dollar

The rupee today declined by a hefty 37 paise to trade at a fresh six-month low of 55.83 in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on sustained dollar demand and strengthening of the US currency overseas.Forex dealers said besides dollar's gains against euro and other currencie...