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Mkts choppy, Sensex ends 118 pts down
The market has opened in negative mode with the Sensex down over 50 points. Infosys, Jet Airways, HDFC and HLL are down on profit booking.
Infosys mulls fifth bonus issue
Infosys has announced that its board will mull a bonus issue of shares on April 14 when it meets to announce the full year results.
Colourful calling just got cheaper
As LG CDMA launches a stylish colour mobile handset at an incredible price of Rs 2999, playing with colour just got cheaper.
Bull run on, Sensex crosses 11,746
The markets witnessed a smart rally. The Sensex closed at 11,746.90, up 108.89 points or 0.94 per cent. It touched a life high of 11,755.20.
Jet-Sahara deal all set to take off
After all the initial hiccups, the Jet Airways-Air Sahara deal may finally take off. Jet Airways has confirmed that the deal is on track.
Markets end higher on buying spree
The market ended higher amid strong fund based buying in frontline stocks. The Sensex, Nifty and CNX Midcap Index closed at new lifetime high.
Budget sends sensex bullish
Sensex on Tuesday took off by over 140 points to a new intra-day high of 10,422.65 points, following hectic buying by major market players in blue-chip shares.
Don't float, fix it: Interest may rise
Survey asked the government to maintain a check on interest rates and high credit demand coupled with uncertain prospect of inflation and surging global oil prices may exert pressure on them.
Delhi-Mumbai local calls to ring soon
MTNL is gearing up to start its own STD network and it plans to offer Delhi-Mumbai STD call rates as 'local' once the NLD network is started.
Highlights of Rail Budget '06-07
Railway Minister Lalu Yadav has just set the Rail Budget'06 on the tracks. The Rail Budget, Lalu's third, which is being billed as a people-friendly budget, is loaded with numerous frills for A/C passengers and features schemes to woo the low-cost airline...
Sensex closes at all-time high
The markets closed higher amid buying in capital goods, auto, pharma and FMCG stocks. The Sensex hit a new high of 10195.51 in intraday trade.
Total Recall: Budget proposals 05-06
It's Budget time once again. Finance Minister P Chidambaram is all set to present his fifth Budget in Parliament. Before we move on to what’s expected of him this year, here’s a sector-wise checklist of what was proposed in the 2005-2006 Budget.
Budget '06: Pharma sector seeks relief
At a time when Indian Drug companies are facing tough challenges from China, the industry is lobbying for duty cuts in the Budget.
ICICI to hike home loan rates
After HDFC now India's largest private lender ICICI Bank will raise its home loan rates by 50 basis points by March end.
Ration cards that look like credit cards
A possible new look for the country's public distribution system is a ration card that looks and works like a credit card.
Markets opens on a positive note
Technical analysts say that the markets are clearly in an uptrend and a slight dip cannot change that scenario.