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January 11, 2017 9:09 PM

Sensex gains 241 points to reclaim 27,000-mark<br/>

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange ended with a good gain of 241 points, or 0.9 per cent, to close at 27,140, today. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange climbed 92 points, to 8,381.

January 11, 2017 7:39 PM

Honda recalls 772000 vehicles over defective air bag

Japanese auto-maker, Honda Motor is recalling 772,000 additional Honda and Acura vehicles in the US for defective front passenger seat air bag inflators. The defective air bag inflators were made by Japanese supplier, Takata Corporation. The vehicles, announced in a recall yesterday, by Honda in the...

January 11, 2017 7:27 AM

Post demonetisation,World Bank drops India's growth rate to 7 %

The World Bank has decelerated India&apos;s growth for 2016-17 fiscal to 7 per cent from its previous estimate of 7.6 percent. In its latest report, the World Bank said, immediate withdrawal of a large volume of currency in circulation and subsequent replacement with new notes in November contri...

January 9, 2017 9:49 PM

China revises 2015 GDP to USD 9.96 trillion

China, the world&apos;s second largest economy, today revised the size of its economy in 2015 to 68.91 trillion yuan (that is, 9.96 trillion US dollars), up 354.6 billion yuan from its preliminary figure.The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said economic growth for 2015 was unchanged at 6.9 p...

January 9, 2017 9:08 PM

BIS revises Indian Standard on gold hallmarking

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) today said it has revised Indian Standard on gold hallmarking, which is effective from January 1 this year.The hallmarked gold jewellery will now be available in three grades of 14 carat, 18 carat and 22 carat.The caratage will also be marked on jewellery in addition...

January 9, 2017 6:36 PM

Jaguar Land Rover reported best ever sales for Dec

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover today, reported its best-ever retail sales for December with a 12 percent, year-on-year, growth to 55,375 units.The month&apos;s performance has been driven by the success of Jaguar F-PACE, Land Rover Discovery Sport and the Range Rover Sport as well as strong...

January 9, 2017 5:30 PM

Gold falls 40 Rs; Silver declines 50 Rs

Gold fell 40 rupees, to 28,700 rupees per ten grams at Delhi&apos;s bullion market today, on weak demand from jewelers. Silver declined 50 rupees, to 40,400 rupees per kilo, on reduced off-take by industrial units and coin makers.Silver coins remained unchanged at 71,000 rupees for buying 100 pi...

January 9, 2017 5:27 PM

Key Asian markets ended higher today

Key Asian markets ended mostly higher, today. So China&apos;s Shanghai Composite index and Singapore&apos;s Straits Times index gained 0.6 percent, each; while Hong Kong&apos;s Hang Seng index added 0.3 percent. But South Korea&apos;s Kospi ended marginally lower. The Japanese market...

January 9, 2017 5:17 PM

Global crude oil prices slips on concerns US production is rising

Global crude oil prices slipped, today, as signs of growing U.S. production outweighed optimism that many other producers, including Russia, were adhering to the agreement to decrease supplies.Brent crude oil futures fell more than one dollar, or 1.8 percent, to 56.09 dollars a barrel. U.S. crude wa...

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