Sensex takes cues from Asian peers, slumps 142 points

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 10:01

Bouts of profit-booking were witnessed in capital goods, metal, auto, banking and consumer durable sectors, along with mid-cap and small-cap shares, while buying marked realty, FMCG, health care and IT segments.

Asian shares tread water as Fed meeting looms

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 08:32

MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1 percent, after Wall Street logged losses, with U.S. trading volume at its lowest in a month as markets awaited the Fed outcome.

Sensex recoups 97 points on positive IIP data

Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 09:54

The 30-share barometer recovered 96.66 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 25,706.87, with stocks of realty, power, capital goods and PSU sectors leading the recovery.

Asian shares edge up, brush off soft China data

Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 09:34

US stock futures rose 0.4 percent from late US levels in early Asian trade while Japan`s Nikkei rose 0.4 percent. MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.3 percent.

Macro data points, global leads to dictate market trend

Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2015, 15:45

Besides, the progress of monsoon, movement of the rupee against the dollar, will also be key factors determining the trend on the bourses in the truncated trading week.

FPIs dump shares worth Rs 7,000 cr from capital markets

Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2015, 11:15

This comes on top of a record net outflow of Rs 17,428 crore from equities last month. This was the highest net outflow by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in a single month since 1997.

Sensex, Nifty snap 4-week losing streak on fresh buying

Last Updated: Saturday, September 12, 2015, 13:18

The Sensex resumed higher at 25,302.98 but declined immediately below 25,000-mark for the first time in 15 months to 24,833.54 on Tuesday on Chinese worries.

Bourses ask members not to allow Raju family to trade in markets

Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015, 14:40

After a fresh Sebi order in Satyam case, stock exchanges BSE and NSE have asked trading members to ensure that eight entities including family members of the company's founder B Ramalinga Raju are not allowed to trade in the securities markets for seven years.

Audi reports best August sales

Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015, 10:53

German automaker Audi AG sold 128,650 cars in August, a year-on-year increase of 2.7 percent, marking its best August sales figures ever.

Hamstrung by red tape, hospital operators buy their way into India

Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2015, 08:58

Expanding through acquisitions has increasingly become the tactic of choice for hospital operators seeking to speedily expand in India, where the demand for private healthcare is booming thanks to an overburdened public healthcare system.

Asian stocks slip as Japan machinery orders disappoint, add to global woes

Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2015, 08:10

Asian stocks fell on Thursday after US stocks retreated overnight and as Japan machinery orders unexpectedly shrank, deflating investors` appetite for riskier assets.

Deutsche Boerse delays Asia plans due to turbulence, tech woes

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 17:57

Financial market turbulence in China and software problems have prompted Deutsche Boerse to delay its planned Asian derivatives exchange and clearing house by about 18 months, three people familiar with the plans said on Wednesday.