Markets

Oil prices rise in thin Asian trade after break

U.S. crude's front-month contract CLc1 was up 37 cents at 39.83 a barrel at 0055 GMT.

Mar 28, 2016

Britain's EU exit campaign backed by 250 business leaders

Vote Leave group said it was forming a Business Council to argue that EU membership was holding back business.

Mar 27, 2016

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Market cap of Sensex stocks up by Rs 38,620 crore

Indian stock markets witnessed truncated trading week in which market capitalisation of select frontline stocks rose sharply.

Mar 26, 2016

India's foreign exchange reserves touch a historic high of $355.94 billion

India's foreign exchange reserves rose $2.53 billion in the week ended March 18, according to RBI weekly supplement released Friday.

Mar 26, 2016

FIIs remain net buyers of Indian equities in truncated trading week

During the three-day week, the S&P BSE Sensex gained 1.54 percent to close at 25,337 Wednesday.

Mar 24, 2016

Why the sugar tax is a sweet deal for Tate and Lye, Pure Circle and Whitbread

A proposed tax on imported sugar-sweetened drinks may have some surprising beneficiaries.

Mar 24, 2016

SEBI bans Sharepro for share transfer fraud

An order by the market regulator alleged the company's registrar's operations head siphoned off dividend and did not allot shares to the rightful owners.

Mar 23, 2016

Mounting debts could derail China's plans to cut steel, coal glut

Tackling industrial overcapacity has become a priority for Beijing to make its slowing economy more efficient.

Mar 23, 2016

Spot gold steadies, but rate hike worries resurface

Prospects for higher interest rates were already helping the dollar revive from five-months lows touched last week.

Mar 22, 2016

Indian bonds rally on rate cut expectations

Bonds yields have fallen to the lowest since 2013 over the government's prudent fiscal consolidation and deposit rate cuts on several small savings schemes.

Mar 21, 2016

Sensex crosses 25,000, Nifty above 7,700 on renewed hopes of rate cut

Hopes of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India increased after the government slashed small savings interest rates last Friday.

Mar 21, 2016

Crude oil falls for second day as US rig count rises

U.S. energy firms last week added one oil rig after 12 weeks of cuts, according to data by industry firm Baker Hughes.

Mar 21, 2016

Market cap of TCS, Infosys, RIL, ONGC, ITC up by Rs 37,000 crore

A rally in stock markets during the week ended March 18 saw the market capitalisation of select Sensex stocks rise sharply.

Mar 20, 2016

SEBI asks mutual funds to disclose commission, remuneration and compensation

The Securities Exchange Board of India's circular stipulates disclosure of emolument details from April, commission in October and consolidated statement twice a year.

Mar 19, 2016