Sensex recovers 300 points in afternoon trade

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex recovers over 300 points in afternoon trade today after loosing over 486 points in opening trade. The Sensex was trading 18,261, down by over 177 points a short while ago.Brokers said the fall in Sensex is due to after the Japanese Nikkei tumbled by over 10...

Rupee down by 29 paise against US dollar

The rupee depreciated by 29 paise to 45.35 rupees per US dollar in early trade today. It had closed at 45.06 against the greenback in the previous session. Forex traders said that dollar gains against most other Asian currencies and sharp losses in opening trade in the stock market mainly put pressu...

Oil prices lower in Asia

Sensex tanks 486 points in opening trade

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex lost over 486 points in opening trade today. The sensex was trading 17,922, down by over 516 points a short while ago. Brokers said the fall in sensex is due to after the Japanese Nikkei tumbled by over 10 per cent amid fears of a meltdown at a nuclear powe...

Oil prices fall in Asian trade

Oil fell in Asian trade on Monday. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, dipped 1.28 dollars to 99.88 dollars per barrel. Brent North Sea crude for April delivery lost 1.39 dollars to 112.45. Analysts say, there might be some demand disruptions due to the Japane...

Oil prices fall in Asian trade

Oil fell in Asian trade today. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, dipped 1.28 dollars to 99.88 dollars per barrel. Brent North Sea crude for April delivery lost 1.39 dollars to 112.45. Analysts say, there might be some demand disruptions due to the Japanese e...

Inflation rises to 8.31 pc in Feb

Inflation rose marginally to 8.31 per cent for the month ended February from 8.23 per cent in the previous month. The rise in inflation was mainly on account of higher milk, edible oil, and vegetable and fruit prices. In addition, high fuel prices on account of soaring international crude oil rates ...

Sensex up by 265 pts in closing trade

Snapping a two-day falling streak, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange surged 265 points, or 1.5 percent, to 18,439, today, on frenzied buying, ignoring higher inflation data for February.The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange added 86 points, or 1.6 percent, to 5,532.

Oil prices fall in Asian trade today

Oil fell in Asian trade today. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, dipped 1.28 dollars to 99.88 dollars per barrel. Brent North Sea crude for April delivery lost 1.39 dollars to 112.45. Analysts say, there might be some demand disruptions due to the Japanese e...

Sensex up by 142 points in afternoon trade

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange opened 76 points higher in opening trade today on emergence of buying in fundamentally strong shares at lower levels. It later gained further points and was trading at 18316 up by 142 points a short while ago. In a similar fashion, the wide-based National Stoc...