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August 19, 2010 9:54 AM

Nifty regains 5500-points level, Sensex opens 88 points up

The National Stock Exchange's index Nifty today regained the psychological 5,500 points level after a gap of 30 months, while the BSE Sensex shot up by over 88 points in opening trade on continued buying by funds.The 50-share NSE barometer Nifty gained 26.70 points to trade at nearly 30-mon...

August 18, 2010 8:57 PM

Sensex gains 208 points to close at 18257

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange ended with a good gain of 208 points, or 1.2 percent, at 18,257, today. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange jumped 65 points, or 1.2 percent, to 5,479. Stock markets in Japan, China, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea ended mixed.

August 18, 2010 5:39 PM

FDI inflows decline in services sector

The government today said foreign direct investment inflows in the services sector in 2009-10 dipped by 28.19 per cent to 4.39 billion US dollar. The sector had attracted FDI worth 6.11 billion US dollars in 2008-09. As per the data of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, computer soft...

August 18, 2010 5:37 PM

Sensex gain smartly by 208 points

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange ended with a good gain of 208 points, or 1.2 percent, at 18,257, today. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange jumped 65 points, or 1.2 percent, to 5,479. Stock markets in Japan, China, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea ended mixed.

August 18, 2010 2:45 PM

BSE Sensex up by 65 points a short while ago

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange opened 80 points, or 0.4 per cent higher, at 18,129, this morning, tracking firm Asian markets. Remaining firm, the Sensex stood 65 points, or 0.4 percent in the green, at 18,114, a short while ago. The stock market in Japan was up 1 per cent, while in Hong Ko...

August 18, 2010 10:08 AM

Rupee depreciates 2 paise against US dollar

The rupee today depreciated by 2 paise against the dollar in early trade. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, the domestic unit was quoted 2 paise lower at 46.66 a dollar. The rupee had settled 16 paise higher at 46.64/65 a dollar on Tuesday. Dealers said rising dollar against other currencies...

August 18, 2010 10:05 AM

BSE Sensex opens higher by 80 points

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today opened higher by 80 points at 18,128. The sensex was trading at 18114, up by 65 points when reports last came in. Similarly, the broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty gained 21 points to trade at 5,435.Brokers said fresh on buying in realty ...

August 18, 2010 9:59 AM

Oil prices fall

Oil prices fell in Asian trade today. New York's light sweet crude was down 17 cents to 75.60 dollars a barrel in morning trade while Brent North Sea crude fell 30 cents to 76.63 dollars a barrel. Analysts said investors were taking profits because of concerns over the global economic outlo...

August 17, 2010 9:11 PM

Exports rise by 13.2% in July

India's exports rose in July by 13.2 per cent to 16.24 billion dollars. Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar said today the Export has increased for the ninth month in a row. He added that Imports too rose by 34.3 per cent to 29.17 billion dollars. Mr Khullar said this has taken the trade gap f...

August 17, 2010 9:11 PM

Exports rise by 13.2 % in July<br/><br/>

India&apos;s exports rose in July by 13.2 per cent to 16.24 billion dollars. Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar said today the Export has increased for the ninth month in a row. He added that Imports too rose by 34.3 per cent to 29.17 billion dollars. Mr Khullar said this has taken the trade gap f...

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