Asian stock markets were mixed on Monday after Wall Street turned in its biggest weekly decline in more than two months. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, and Hong Kong retreated while Seoul and Sydney gained. Southeast Asian stock markets were mixed. On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.8% on Friday, breaking a streak […]
Asian stock markets rose on Monday after Wall Street turned in its fifth straight weekly gain and China’s manufacturing growth held steady. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul advanced. US stocks benefited from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell’s announcement of a strategy change that could keep interest rates low for a long time. […]
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Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty pared most of their intra-day gains to end marginally higher on Thursday as monthly derivative contracts expired amid weak global cues. After touching a high of 39,326.98 during the session, the BSE Sensex succumbed to selling pressure in the last hour of trade. It finally finished at 39,113.47, up 39.55 […]
Global shares were mostly lower Wednesday as investors looked ahead to a much-anticipated speech by the chairman of the US Federal Reserve. France’s CAC 40 inched down less than 0.1% in early trading to 5,006.48, while Germany’s DAX added 0.2% to 13,084.49. Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.2% to 6,027.32. U.S. shares were set to be […]
US and Chinese trade envoys discussed strengthening coordination of their government’s economic policies during a phone meeting Tuesday, the Ministry of Commerce announced. The announcement gave no details of the meeting held as part of the Phase 1 truce aimed at ending a tariff war between the two biggest global economies that have disrupted worldwide […]
Domestic equity benchmark Sensex surged over 300 points in early trade on Friday led by gains in index-heavyweights HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and Infosys amid strong cues from global markets. The BSE Sensex was trading 330.76 points or 0.87 percent higher at 38,551.15; while NSE Nifty was up 98.05 points or 0.87 percent at 11,410.25. […]
Stocks were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after the S&P 500 logged a fresh all-time high. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index edged higher after the country reported its exports fell 19 percent in July from a year earlier. Markets in Hong Kong were closed due to a tropical storm. The data was an improvement over a […]
The rupee appreciated 7 paise to 74.69 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday supported by positive domestic equities and sustained foreign fund inflows. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 74.71 against the US dollar, gained further ground and touched 74.69 against the US dollar, registering a rise of […]
Domestic equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 200 points in early trade on Tuesday tracking gains in index-heavyweights Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank and Infosys amid sustained foreign fund inflow. The BSE Sensex was trading 210.93 points or 0.55 percent higher at 38,261.71; while NSE Nifty was up 65.30 points or 0.58 percent at 11,312.40. ONGC was […]
Market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty logged gains in opening deals on Monday, led by buying in power, capital goods, and financial stocks. The BSE Sensex gained 171.99 points or 0.45 percent to 38,049.33 in opening trade, while the NSE Nifty rose 52.05 points or 0.47 percent to 11,230.45. On the Sensex chart, NTPC, Tata Steel, […]
