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April 27, 2018 2:10 PM

Nifty above 10,700, Sensex crosses 35K

Benchmark Domestic stocks today extended yesterday's gains in afternoon trade amid positive global market. Sensex crossed 35 thousand mark while nifty was above 10,700 mark. Both stocks climbed around one percent. Sensex at Bombay Stock Exchange jumped up 317 points or 0.91 percent to 35,03...

April 19, 2018 8:24 AM

India to grow at 7.4 percent in 2018, says IMF

The International Monetary Fund, IMF has said that India is expected to grow at 7(point)4 per cent in 2018 and 7(point)8 per cent in 2019 and would re-emerge as one of the fastest growing major economies in the period.  The IMF explained this is due to the strong private consumption as well as fadin...

April 13, 2018 8:36 AM

Retail inflation dips to 4.28 percent in March

Retail inflation has dipped to 4(point)28 percent in March from 4(point)44 per cent in February.  According to the data released by the Central Statistics Office, CSO, today, prices of vegetables, other food times and beverages softened.  The rate of increase in price rise slowed for the third conse...

April 12, 2018 8:25 AM

India jumps 13 places in latest annual Index of Economic Freedom

India has jumped 13 places in the last one year to 130th spot in the latest annual Index of Economic Freedom released by a top American think-tank the Heritage Foundation. In 2017, India with a score of 52.6 points was ranked at 143 among 180 countries, two spots below neighbour Pakistan.  As per th...

April 11, 2018 1:48 PM

India to grow 7.3% this financial year, 7.6% in Next says ADB

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said, India's economic growth is set to rise to 7.3 per cent this fiscal and further to 7.6 percent in the next financial year, on back of GST and banking reforms. In its Asian Development Outlook (ADO), 2018, ADB said, Indian economy grew 6.6 percent in...

April 10, 2018 6:43 PM

Jet Airways opts out of Air India disinvestment process

Jet Airways today said it would not be participating in the Air India disinvestment process, becoming the second domestic airline after IndiGo to make such a decision in less than a week.  The ambitious strategic stake sale of loss-making Air India as well as its two subsidiaries seem to be hitting ...

April 10, 2018 4:04 PM

Sensex surges 92 points; Nifty declines 23 points

Key benchmark stocks today closed with gains for a fourth straight session.  The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange surged 92 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 33,880.  The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange also climbed 23 points, or 0.22 per cent, at 10,402.

April 6, 2018 6:02 PM

SEBI will take action in a phased manner against more than  14,700 entities for "non-genuine trades" through illiquid stock option segment. Adjudication proceedings have been initiated against 567 entities involved in such trades in the first phase, according to a SEBI order yester...

April 5, 2018 9:00 PM

RBI keeps repo rate unchanged for fourth time in a row

The RBI has kept all its key rates unchanged in the first bi-monthly policy review for the financial year 2018-19 for the fourth time in a row. The Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, headed by RBI Governor Urjit Patel kept the repo rate at which the central bank lends short-term money to other banks at...

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