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Indian equities markets opened quietly Wednesday with a flat benchmark index and broader market indices signifying low level of transactions.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) opened higher at 16,444.44 points and, about five minutes after the opening bell, was at 16,471.61 points, 0.19 percent or 31.05 points above its previous close at 16,440.56 points.
Around the same time, the S&P; CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also... Read Full Story
Tue November 10th 2009 by Harry Boxer, www.TheTechTrader.com The markets had a very unusual session and ended mixed but narrow, but underlying technicals told a different story.
The day started out with a sharp move up off the lows that tested the Nasdaq 100 mid-to-late October highs. The S&P 500 fell about 5 points short, getting up to 1096.42, the previous high being over 1101. Then they rolled over quite sharply, went to new session lows on the SPX, but the NDX failed to confirm and... Read Full Story
The Dow Jones industrial average stormed to its highest level in more than a year Monday as a falling dollar boosted prices for commodities including gold and oil. Stocks also jumped as investors grew more confident that governments around the world will keep interest rates low to help the global economy. Energy and materials stocks led the market. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 203.52, or 2 percent, to 10,226.94. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 23.78, or 2.2 percent, to 1,093.08... Read Full Story
A key index of Indian equities markets snapped its four-day rally Tuesday and shut shop 58 points lower than its previous close.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened higher at 16,552.43 points, closed at 16,440.56 points, 0.35 percent or 58.16 points below Monday's close at 16,498.72 points.
The index had hit an intra-day high of 16,677.53 points in the morning session, but slipped into the red around noon as investors turned... Read Full Story
( Watch ) Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex was trading at 16420.30, lower by 20.26 points or -0.12 per cent while National Stock Exchange's Nifty slipped 1.85 ...See all stories on this topic http://digg.com/u1G88R Read Full Story
European stocks showed a nervous streak on Thursday against a background of interest rate decisions in the eurozone and Britain, falling by about half a percentage point. A day after big gains, London's FTSE 100 index of top shares was showing a mid-day fall of 0.59 percent to 5,077.75 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 slid 0.47 percent to 5,418.45 points and in Paris the CAC 40 dipped 0.42 percent to 3,654.91. The DJ Euro Stoxx 50 index of top eurozone shares shed 0.62 percent to 2,746.27... Read Full Story
Leading US group Hyatt Hotels began trading on the stock exchange Thursday raising almost a billion dollars with its initial public offering, in the New York bourse's second largest flotation this year. In a massive show of confidence in the US and global economy as it recovers from the worst recession in decades, Hyatt said it was offering 38 million shares at 25 dollars each for a total of 950 million dollars. The Chicago-based group, which is owned 85 percent by the wealthy Pritzker... Read Full Story
Texas bank PlainsCapital Corp. late Wednesday postponed its initial public offering, blaming market swings in financial stocks. PlainsCapital said it will hold off until the market improves. "The current market volatility, especially as it affects financial stocks, has created unfavorable conditions for the offering," said Alan B. White, chairman and CEO of PlainsCapital, in a statement. The company had hoped to sell 15 million shares to raise about $141.5 million. It had planned to use the... Read Full Story
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- David Weild, senior advisor at Grant Thornton LLP, and U.S. Senator Ted Kaufman, a Delaware Democrat, talk with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox about the decline in the number of publicly-held companies. The number of publicly-traded companies in the U.S. listed on Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.’s Nasdaq Stock Market, NYSE Euronext’s New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange has fallen 39 percent over the past 11 years, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing data from Grant... Read Full Story
S-Tel To Roll Out
New telecom operator S-Tel, which has licences in six circles -Bihar, Orissa, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Assam and the Northeast is readying for rollout, and looking to raise Rs. 2000 crore to be used over the next 2-3 years. While the promoters have brought in the equity capital of Rs 1,253 crore, the [...] Read Full Story
