
Mumbai: Indian equity benchmarks closed the session with 274 points cut on Monday, especially ahead of UP Assembly election results that schedule to be announced on Tuesday. Banks, metals, capital goods, realty stocks, and Reliance Industries weighed down the market throughout session. The BSE benchmark fell 1.55 per cent, to close at 17,362.87 led by sell-off in 25 stocks. Meanwhile, the NSE Nifty dropped 79.05 points or 1.47 per cent...

09:18 AM, Mar 05, 2012

London: London Stock Exchange Group said on Tuesday it had struck a deal with Google to provide realtime quotes for trades on the London Stock Exchange and Borsa Italiana, information that traders currently pay a premium for. LSE said the move would make data that was previously available to Google users on a 15-minute delay as accessible as possible for retail investors. Jarod Hillman, Head of Real-Time Data at the...

05:44 PM, Feb 21, 2012

New York: Websites of exchange operators Nasdaq and BATS have been attacked by hackers over the last 24 hours, causing ongoing disruptions for those trying to use the sites, spokespersons for the companies said on Tuesday. Only the banner carrying the logo at the top of the web page for www.nasdaq.com was visible during repeated attempts to access Nasdaq's site on Tuesday afternoon. Trading in Nasdaq-listed stocks has not been...

08:25 AM, Feb 15, 2012

Mumbai: Boosted by a strong January inflation data, the Sensex on Tuesday closed at 17848.57 up 75.73 points or 0.43 per cent and the Nifty ends at 5427.45 up 37.25 points or 0.69 per cent. About 1615 shares advanced, 1258 shares declined, and 526 shares remain unchanged. The upmove was mainly on the 26-month low January inflation data, which gave a fillip to rate sensitive stocks in anticipation of policy...

09:14 AM, Feb 14, 2012

Mumbai: The Indian market has kept investors and traders guessing on its next move after a stellar rally of 20 per cent in 40 days. For Nifty, Monday's close was the sixth day of consolidation within the 5300-5400 range. While the rally appears to have lost its steam, it has refused to drift lower. This has baffled the market participants who cannot decided whether to hold long positions or create...

09:16 AM, Feb 13, 2012

London: A UK court on Thursday jailed 9 British-Asian men for plotting to bomb various London landmarks, including the London Stock Exchange, and organise a terrorist training camp in Pakistan. The men of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin pleaded guilty during the trial and were convicted last week. The court also noted that the nine were trying to recruit more British Muslims to forward their cause. The terrorists or perhaps, the...

07:09 AM, Feb 10, 2012

An al Qaida-inspired group wanted to target the London Stock Exchange, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. ...

08:50 AM, Feb 02, 2012

London: Four British men pleaded guilty on Wednesday to involvement in an al Qaeda inspired plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange. The men were among nine defendants facing trial in London over an alleged plot to attack the exchange and several other high-profile targets in December 2010. All had initially pleaded not guilty to all the charges against them. But on Wednesday four of the defendants pleaded guilty at...

04:48 PM, Feb 01, 2012

Mumbai: Third largest (among listed companies) software services provider Wipro has reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 1,456 crore in the third quarter of FY12, a growth of 12 per cent as compared to Rs 1,299.9 crore in the previous quarter. Consolidated revenue jumped 11 per cent to Rs 9,997 crore from Rs 9,007 crore quarter-on-quarter. Numbers were better than analysts' expectations; CNBC-TV18 poll had expected revenues at Rs...

08:58 AM, Jan 20, 2012

Mumbai: The Sensex staged an excellent performance on Tuesday after witnessing a consolidation in the previous four sessions, though there was small bout of profit booking in last few minutes of trade. The Sensex rose 276.69 points, to close at 16,466.05 and the Nifty moved up 93.40 points to 4,967.30 after hitting an intra-day high of 4,975.55. Better than expected Chinese Q4 GDP, strong European cues and appreciation in the...

09:03 AM, Jan 17, 2012

Mumbai: The benchmarks as well as broader markets closed flat on first day of the week. It was under pressure in the first half of trade due to weak Asian cues, tracking a series of downgrades in Europe by rating agency S&P. Oil & gas sector too weighed down the market. However, the market seemed to have factored in all negatives and it managed to turn positive in the second...

09:08 AM, Jan 16, 2012

Mumbai: At least 40 protesters at the first 'Occupy Wall Street'-style demonstration in Mumbai were arrested on Friday, police said. Roughly 100 protesters raised placards and shouted slogans outside the Bombay Stock Exchange in an event organised by a union of bank employees opposed to privatisation of state-owned banks and plans to grant new bank licenses. Demonstrators also spoke out against corruption, inefficient government and inequality. The number of protesters...

11:14 AM, Nov 05, 2011

Mumbai: The Indian equity market staged an excellent comeback this week, rallying more than 5 per cent in three out of five sessions. The market rode on technology stocks post Infosys' Q2 results and held on to the gains in anticipation of good quarterly numbers from TCS and Reliance Industries. It was the best week since the beginning of last month. Talks of a likely bailout plan for Europe in...

09:21 AM, Oct 14, 2011

Mumbai: Defying the broader market trend, shares of Maruti Suzuki India tumbled by over 4 per cent in early trade on the bourses on Monday after the company cracked the whip on dissenting workers, sacking 15 and suspending 10 others. Maruti Suzuki on Sunday dismissed 10 workers, terminated five trainees and suspended 10 employees in connection "with the strike and violence at the Manesar factory premises". Reacting to the development,...

11:42 AM, Oct 10, 2011

The protests called 'Occupy Wall Street' have entered the third week and 700 protestors were arrested over the weekend. ...

08:30 PM, Oct 05, 2011