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July 18, 2012 11:33 AM

Oil prices lower today in Asia

Oil prices were lower today in Asia. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in August, shed 26 cents to 88.96 dollars a barrel and Brent North Sea crude for September delivery 60 cents to 103.40 dollars.

July 17, 2012 5:37 PM

Sensex up by 2 pts to close at 17,105

Snapping four days of losses, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange closed a marginal 2 points higher, at 17,105, after volatile trade, today. The Sensex had lost 515 points in the previous four trading sessions. But the Nifty at the National Stock Exchange declined 4 points, to 5,193. Stock marke...

July 17, 2012 1:26 PM

RBI governor moots PPI; says better measure of inflation

Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao today proposed a producers price index saying that the present structure of measuring inflation does not capture the pricemovement of services and is a hybrid of rate quotes. He said, the Producer Price Index (PPI) will be better able to measure the average change ov...

July 17, 2012 1:19 PM

German court decision delays EU initiatives on resolving debt crisis

Germany's ratification of the European Union's fiscal pact on budgetary discipline and the permanent bailout fund, ESM, will be delayed at least by two months.It was due to country's highest court decison that it will rule on fiscal pact and ESM constitutionality only by m...

July 17, 2012 1:17 PM

Prez Obama will not concede 21st century industries to China, India

A White House official says that US President Barack Obama will not concede industries of the 21st century to China, India or Europe, a top presidential aide has said as he defended the administration's loan guarantee programme.White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, told reporters this to...

July 17, 2012 12:57 PM

Sensex loses early gains; still trading up 30pts at 17,133

The Sensex lost early gains and was trading 30 points in the positive territory at 17, 133 in afternoon deals a short while ago. The Sensex which had recovered by over 130 points,in its opening session, shed some points in its later session and was trading 64 points in green at 17,167 in late mornin...

July 17, 2012 12:09 PM

Rupee holding strong at 54.95 against dollar

The rupee trimmed early gains against the dollar, but was still stronger by 36 paise at 54 rupee 95 paise. It was due to the selling of American currency by banks and exporters, coupled with continuing capital inflows.The dollar also lost some ground against other currencies in the overseas markets....

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