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March 3, 2011 1:00 PM

Sensex trading green

The Sensex is trading in green after initial losses in the morning trade today. It was up by 53 points at 18497 a short while ago. The 30-share barometer, which rallied by over 823 points in the previous three sessions, declined by 148 points, to 18,298 points in the first few minutes of trade today...

March 3, 2011 12:33 PM

Sensex up 71 points in noon trade

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock exchange which fell by nearly 148 points in opening trade had gone up by 71 points at 18517 points in noon trade. In a similar fashion, the wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty index climed 17 points at 5539.

March 3, 2011 12:27 PM

Food inflation declines to 10.39%

Food inflation declined by more than one percentage point to 10.39 per cent for the week ended February 19. This follows a decline in prices of onions, potatoes and pulses. However, prices of fruit, milk and vegetables as a group continued to remain high. Food inflation stood at 11.49 per cent in th...

March 3, 2011 11:30 AM

Rupee depreciates further by 15 paise

The Indian rupee slid further by 15 paise to 45.10 against the US dollar in early trade today. This follows fresh dollar demand from banks and corporates despite dollar weakness overseas. In fairly active trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the Indian rupee resumed lower at 44 rupees dollar as ...

March 3, 2011 10:12 AM

Rupee depreciates 6 paise against dollar

The Indian rupee fell by 6 paise to 45 rupees one paise per US dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange today. It was weighed down by a weak opening on the stock market.The Indian rupee had shot up by 32 paise to end near a two-month high at 44 rupees 96 paise per US dollar in the pre...

March 3, 2011 10:00 AM

Sensex opens lower

The Sensex fell by nearly 148 points in opening trade today. The 30-share barometer, which rallied by over 823 points in the previous three sessions, declined by 148 points, or 0.80 per cent, to 18,298 points in the first few minutes of trade today. In a similar fashion, the wide-based National Stoc...

March 3, 2011 9:50 AM

Govt slashes MEP on onions to $ 450 per tonne

In a major relief for exporters, the government has slashed the minimum export price (MEP) for onions by 25 per cent to 450 US dollar per tonne from earlier 600 US dollar per tonne. In a notification, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said, the slashed MEP of onions will not apply to Bangalor...

March 2, 2011 6:59 PM

Govt. slashes MEP on onions to $ 450 per tonne

In a major relief for exporters, the government has slashed the minimum export price (MEP) for onions by 25 per cent to 450 US dollar per tonne from earlier 600 US dollar per tonne. In a notification, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said, the slashed MEP of onions will not apply to Bangalor...

March 2, 2011 1:54 PM

ASEAN countries investment in India likely to cross $ 60 billion next year

Investment of ASEAN countries in India is likely to cross 60 billion US dollars next year. This was revealed by the Commerce Minister Anand Sharma while addressing India-ASEAN business fair in New Delhi. The trade target between the two has been fixed at 70 billion US dollars. Sharma said that an ag...

March 2, 2011 11:52 AM

New York crude oil shoots up above $100 per barrel

New York crude oil shot up above100 Dollars a barrel today as unrest in the Middle East and North Africa continued to rattle the markets. The contract for April delivery climbed 63 cents to 100.26 dollars. The contract reached an all-time high of more than 147 dollars a barrel in 2008. Brent North S...

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