Core sector came in marginally higher at 4.7% for the month of April. The Core sector is also referred to as infrastructure growth as it represents the 8 core sectors of the manufacturing economy. The 8 core sectors include Cement, Steel, Fertilizers, Read more [...]

The Italian connection really did not have a major impact on the Indian markets with the Nifty holding the 10,600 mark. Also by late noon it was clear that the Italian problem really may not be too serious. One can look forward to a sharp uptick Read more [...]

In the first major development in the NSE co-location case, the CBI has booked Sanjay Gupta of OPG Securities for illegal access to NSE servers. Additionally, some officials of NSE and SEBI have also been booked in the case. In the high frequency trading Read more [...]

The Nifty lost value from the 10,700 levels to close lower. Most banking stocks once again came under pressure while it was the hydrocarbon stocks like GAIL and IOCL that held the markets up. The Italian crisis is likely to weigh heavily on the Read more [...]

The Nifty closed very near to the 10,700 mark driven largely by the pharma and the oil & gas sector. The sharp $5 fall in Brent Crude helped most oil downstream companies to stage a smart recovery in the last two trading sessions. While we Read more [...]

L&T reported 5% higher profits at Rs.3167 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2018. Total revenues for the quarter were higher by 10% at Rs.40,678 crore. During the fourth quarter, the order inflows were higher by 5% at Rs.49,557 crore with international Read more [...]

  The Nifty celebrated the 25 basis points hike in the repo rate with a 100 points rally on Wednesday. The rate hike was factored in, but the markets liked the fact that the RBI did not give a hawkish view on rates and inflation. Rate Read more [...]

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in its second monetary policy of the current fiscal hiked the repo rates by 25 basis points. This is the first rate hike by the RBI in the last 53 months. The rate hike was necessitated largely by higher inflation Read more [...]