Gold recovered 35 rupees, to 16,745 rupees per ten grams at Delhi's bullion market, today. Silver ready remained weak and shed 25 rupees, to 26,850 rupees per kilo.

BSE Sensex closes with marginal loss

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange closed with a marginal loss of 2 points, at 17,165, today, amid concerns about rising inflation. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange fell 8 points, or 0.2 percent, to 5,129. Stock markets in China, Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong fell between 0.2 per...

Rupee depreciates by 13 paise against dollar

The Indian rupee depreciated by 13 paise to 45.56 against the dollar in early trade today.The rupee closed higher by 18 paise at 45.43/44 a dollar in the previous session on Friday. Forex dealers said besides strong dollar overseas, some demand from importers for the US currency also weighed on the ...

Parliamentary panel calls for fixing responsibility in improper AI-IA merger

A Parliamentary Panel has called for fixing the responsibility for the improper merger of the Air India and Indian Airlines. The panel says this adversely affected impact on financial viability of the public carrier.Briefing reporters, Chairman of the Public Undertakings committee Mr V Kishore Chand...

Oil prices fall in Asian market

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Sensex trading above 17K at noon

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange fell 78 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 17,089 in opening trade, today, on profit-booking, amid weak Asian markets. But after recovering from its lows, the Sensex stood 15 points, or 0.1 percent in the green, at 17,181, a short while ago. Other Asian markets in Ch...

Parliamentary panel has called for fixing responsibility in improper merger of Air India and Indian Airlines

A Parliamentary Panel has called for fixing the responsibility for the improper merger of the Air India and Indian Airlines. The panel says this adversely affected impact on financial viability of the public carrier.Briefing reporters, Chairman of the Public Undertakings committee Mr V Kishore Chand...

Inflation rises up to 9.89 pc.

Wholesale price-based inflation rose to 9.89 per cent in February from 8.56 per cent in the previous month.The rise in inflation is due to increase in prices of certain food items such as sugar and the hike in excise duty on fuel announced last month. Sugar prices rose by 55.47 per cent in February ...

Sensex down by 77 pts in early trade

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell over 77 points to 17,088 in the opening trade. The sensex was trading at 17132, down by 33 points when reports last came in. Simialrly, the national stocks exchange benchmark nifty was down by over 13 points and was trading at 5124.Brokers said weakeni...