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Sensex, Nifty end in green; Sebi to probe midcap crash

Key equity benchmarks ended trade on Monday flat with a positive bias. The Sensex closed up 14.68 points at 19331.69, and the Nifty ended up 4.45 points at 5854.75. ...  

Sensex declines 8 points, RIL gains on fresh buying

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Friday closed eight points down on subdued buying by funds ahead of the Union Budget. The Sensex ended lower by 8.35 points, or 0.04 per cent, to 19,317.01. The gauge moved between 19,401.75 and 19,289.83 during the session. The index had dropped 317 points in the previous session. ...  

Sensex falls more than 300 points; banks hit

The BSE Sensex posted its biggest fall since May 2012 as bank shares such as ICICI Bank fell a day after RBI data showed loan growth was still a concern and on weakness in global shares due to worries over Fed slowing its bond buying program. ...  

Sensex gains for third day, ends 7 points up

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Wednesday closed seven points up on the back of a strong rally in market heavy Reliance Industries amid a firming global trend. ...  

Sensex closes up 135 points; realty, Hotel Leela, KFA soar

Key equity benchmarks ended another listless day of trade in the green. The BSE Sensex closed near the highest point of the day at 19664.04, up 0.84 per cent. Meanwhile, the NSE benchmark 50-share Nifty closed up 41.50 points at 5939.70. ...  

Jet shares fall after Etihad says revising deal

Shares in Jet Airways fell as much as 6.8 per cent on February 18, a day after the chairman of Etihad Airways said the Abu Dhabi-based carrier needed to revise the terms of a pending deal to buy a stake in the Indian airline. Etihad Chairman Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed al-Nahayan told reporters on February 17 that it was too soon to say when a final agreement between the two...  

Rupee down 14 paise against dollar in early trade

The rupee declined by 14 paise to Rs 54.36 per dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on Monday. Rupee was weighed down by dollar's gains against other currency rivals. ...  

Sensex ends 33 points up, recovers from 2013 lows

The BSE benchmark Sensex on Monday closed 33 points higher as investors indulged in selective buying mainly in realty and capital goods sectors ahead of the union budget. ...  

Sahara Housingfina Corp, Sahara One Media stocks crash

Shares of Sahara Housingfina Corporation and Sahara One Media & Entertainment today tanked as much as 19 per cent after Sebi ordered freezing of bank accounts and attachment of all investments and properties of two group firms and their top executives. Following this, Sahara group's only listed firms -- Sahara Housingfina and Sahara One Media -- fell sharply even as the group claimed the actions taken by Sebi were based...  

Wipro to be excluded from NIFTY, shares tank

IT major Wipro will be dropped from the National Stock Exchange's benchmark index Nifty from April 1 as its non-IT businesses are hived off into a separate unit. "A corporate action like our demerger of a listed company would generally result in a short-term withdrawal of the scrip from the index as it has been happening in the past where such corporate action had been initiated. We expect restoration of...  

Nifty, Sensex tank; Tata Motors go down 2.6 per cent

Earnings-hit market had very little to look forward to on Thursday, although January inflation numbers raised hopes that WPI inflation will go down in fiscal 2013. ...  

Nifty closes off day high; UB, MCX big losers

Benchmark indices closed up, but well off their intra-day highs as the trade deficit further widened in January, underscoring the continuing weakness in the economy. ...  

2G scam: Unitech shares drop 16 per cent

Unitech opened 9.7 per cent down and fell further down to 16 per cent on news that the real estate developer had allegedly colluded with lead 2G prosecutor. CNN-IBN accessed a preliminary enquiry registered by the CBI on February 6, which states that AK Singh, who represented the CBI in the 2G case, allegedly colluded with the accused Sanjay Chandra, MD of Unitech. ...  

Sensex ends 100 points up, snaps eight-day losing streak

The Sensex snapped an eight-session losing streak on Tuesday, climbing 100.47 points to close at 19561.04 even as industrial output and inflation numbers for December underscored the weakness in the economy. ...  

Sensex falls for 8th day; Bharti, HDFC among losers

Falling for the eighth day in a row, the BSE benchmark Sensex on Monday lost over 24 points to close at new one year low of 19,460.57 on selling in capital goods and FMCG stocks. The Sensex fell by 24.20 points, or 0.12 per cent, to 19,460.57, its lowest close since December 31, 2012. ...  

LinkedIn shares soar after stellar results

Shares of LinkedIn climbed nearly 21 per cent in midday trading on Friday. ...  

Google chairman Eric Schmidt to sell up to 3.2 million shares

With Google's stock hovering at record highs, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt plans to sell more than 40 per cent of his stock in the Internet search leader this year. ...  

Sensex falls for 7th day on earning concerns

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Friday lost over 95 points on fag-end selling by investors concerned over economic growth and lower earnings by blue-chip stocks amid a weak Asian cues. ...  

Govt to get over Rs 11,500 cr from NTPC share sale

The government on Thursday said it is satisfied with the response to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) share sale and expects to garner more than Rs 11,500 crore from the offer, the biggest disinvestment mop up so far this fiscal. ...  

NTPC stake sale commences on bourses

Shares of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) slid as much as two per cent on the BSE in the early trade on Thursday as the government's 9.5 per cent stake sale of country's largest power producer commenced on the bourses. ...