Sensex tanks 334 points in opening trade

The BSE benchmark Sensex tumbled by over 334 points in opening trade today. The 30-share Sensex, which lost nearly 389 points in Thursday's trade, plunged by 334.27 points, or 2.02 per cent, to 16,153.97 in opening trade today. In a similar fashion, the wide-based National Stock Exchange Ni...

Food inflation falls sharply to 6.60%

Food inflation fell sharply by 1.4 per cent to 6.60 per cent for the week ended November 26. It was 8 per cent in the previous week ended November 19. The fall in food inflation rate is on the back of declining prices of essential items like vegetables, onions, potatoes and wheat.Data released by th...

Gold futures rise on firm global cues

Sensex loses 389 pts, close at 16488

Sensex loses 389 pts, close at 16488

The Sensex lost 389 points to close at 16488 today.The fall in Sensex is attributed to fresh selling in metal, realty, refinery, power and capital goods stocks amid weak Asian cues.The National Stock Exchange was also down by 119 points and it closed at 4943. Asian stocks declined in early trade ami...

Sensex tumbles 355 pts in afternoon trade

The Bombay Stocks Exchange benchmark Sensex lost over 350 points in the after noon trade today. It was trading at 16521 points down by 355 points a short while ago. The fall in Sensex is due to fresh selling in metal, realty, refinery, power and capital goods stocks amid weak Asian cues. The nationa...

Crude mixed in Asian trade

Crude was mixed in Asian trade today ahead of a crunch European Union summit as doubts lingered over whether leaders can come up with a solution to the Euro-zone debt crisis. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in January, fell three cents to 100.46 dollar a barrel.Bren...

Sensex tumbles 303 pts in afternoon trade

The BSE benchmark Sensex lost over 300 points in the after noon trade today. It was trading at 16573 down by 303 points a short while ago. The fall in Sensex is due to fresh selling in metal, realty, refinery, power and capital goods stocks amid weak Asian cues.The Sensex plunged by almost 390 point...

Sensex tumbles by 337 pts in noon trade

The BSE benchmark Sensex lost over 140 points in the early trade today. It was trading at 16539 down by 337 points a short while ago. The fall in Sensex is due to fresh selling in metal, realty, refinery, power and capital goods stocks amid weak Asian cues.The NSE's 50-share Nifty index was...

Rupee depreciates by 20 paise against USD

The Indian rupee depreciated by 20 paise to 51.91 per US dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange today. It closed at 51.71 rupees against the greenback yesterday. Dealers said fall in rupee is due to appreciation of the American currency against other rivals overseas and a weak openi...