Sensex closes at seven month high; crosses 18,000 mark

Rising for the sixth straight day, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange jumped 147 points, or 0.8 percent, to close at the key 18,000 level for the first time since 23 February, today, on hopes of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank, and after Germany's top court allowed ratification of an EU...

Sensex closes at seven month high; crosses 18,000 mark.

Rising for the sixth straight day, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange jumped 147 points, or 0.8 percent, to close at the key 18,000 level for the first time since 23 February, today, on hopes of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank, and after Germany's top court allowed ratification of an EU...

Sensex gains by 147 points

Rising for the sixth straight day, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange jumped 147 points, or 0.8 percent, to close at the key 18,000 level for the first time since 23 February, today, on hopes of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank, and after Germany's top court allowed ratification of an EU...

Sensex gains 64 pts in noon trade

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange rose 86 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 17,939 in opening trade, this morning, on sustained buying by funds and retail investors ahead of domestic industrial output data, and amid positive Asian markets. Later, the Sensex remained firm, and stood 64 points, or 0.4...

Sensex rises 87 pts in noon trade

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange rose by 87 points in the late morning trade today on buying by funds and retailers. The 30-Share barometer which had gained 86 points in its opening trade, moved up by 87 points to 17,939. All the sectoral indices, led by metals and realty, were trading with g...

Rupee surges by 15 paise gainst dollar

The rupee rose by 15 paise to 55.19 against the dollar in early trade today on the Interbank Foreign Exchange as the American unit weakened against euro and other currencies overseas.The rupee had ended higher by 10 paise at 55.34 against the US dollar in the previous session on the back of robust c...

Sensex rises by nearly 86 pts in early trade

Extending gains for the sixth session in a row, the BSE benchmark Sensex rose by nearly 86 points in early trade today on buying by funds and retailers.The 30-share barometer, which has gained over 541 points in the past five sessions, rose by another 85.76 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 17,938.71.All...

Govt to look possibility of further liberalisation of ECB norms

The government today said it will look at the possibility of further liberalisation of external commercial borrowing (ECB) norms to boost inflows from overseas. Talking to media on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi, Department of Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram said the government h...

Crude oil trades highest close in 3 weeks

Asian market ends day on mixed note ahead of German ruling on bailout funds

Key Asian markets ended mixed on Tuesday, ahead of a key German ruling on the euro zone's bailout funds. Japan's Nikkei-225 index fell 0.7 percent; China's Shanghai Composite index also dropped 0.7 percent; and South Korea's Kospi index shed 0.2 percent. But Hong ...