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Sensex closes above 16000 It was a phenomenal session for equity markets across the globe giving some blow out moves. Markets saw an emphatic breakout celebrating the rate cut of 50 bps in the discount rate by the Fed chief Ben Bernanke. This rate cut comes after four years on account of...

Despite weak global cues, Indian stocks were in great demand, especially auto, pharma, IT and metals stocks. On Friday, this lifted the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark 30-share Sensex past the magical 15,000-mark. The unprecedented Bull Run started on May 6, 2003 when the Sensex was at...

The market sent jitters amongst the investors in early trades, as the Sensex opened at 14843, lost ground on sustained selling to slip below the 14830 mark and touched the day's low of 14826. However, renewed buying ensured the Sensex remained in positive territory thereafter. The strong buying...

Sensex hits 15,000, party time for bourses The marketmen, analysts and brokers were eyeing it for a long time, and it was mid-noon Friday that the trading reached its peak and pushed the benchmark Sensex to an all time high of 15,000 points. The National Stock Exchange index Nifty too surged...

The Sensex may have set records two days in a row, but that may not necessarily mean a good thing, if experts are to be believed. On Tuesday, the Sensex zoomed to a new record high of 14,806.51 points on heavy buying by foreign funds in blue-chip stocks led by banking and capital good segments...

MUMBAI: The benchmark Sensex zoomed to a new record high of 14,806.51 points on Tuesday on heavy buying by foreign funds in blue-chip stocks led by banking and capital good segments. The Sensex gained 142.25 points to surpass its previous closing peak of 14,664.26 points, scaled on Monday...

It was bloodbath at the Indian stock markets on the first trading day of the new financial year on April 1, 2007. The Sensex -- the benchmark 30-share sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange -- plummetted by a nerve-rattling 617 points following the Reserve Bank of India decision to hike...

Introduction To SENSEX What's SENSEX? SENSEX is the short form of The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index. A sweet short name for a long boring name. It's a benchmark - it shows the health of the share market. If it goes down, it means that the market is going down (Bear market)...

Introduction To SENSEX What’s SENSEX? SENSEX is the short form of The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index. A sweet short name for a long boring name. It’s a benchmark – it shows the health of the share market. If it goes down, it means that the market is going down (Bear market)...

BSE to patent Sensex in India You may have to pay for using the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex or other indices for launching any product or scheme based on it, as Asia's oldest stock exchange is increasingly becoming protective about its brands. The exchange is getting patents for...

Sensex heads for another correction Sensex (13614.5) It was a week that truly mirrored the two emotions that govern all stock related transactions - panic and greed. Prices hurtled downwards in to a bottomless pit in the first half of the week only to reverse mid-way leading to another...

MFs fail to do one up on Sensex show this year Bears might be rampaging the bulls in recent times, but, historically bulls have often got along with fund managers. That is, when bulls charged on the Dalal Street, fund managers often outperformed the market returns. In other words, they managed...

Mkt stages a strong recovery, Sensex up 186 pts After the bloodbath witnessed on the bourses in the past couple of sessions, the markets staged a strong recovery in Wednesday's opening session. Markets regained some lost ground in the final hour of trade as buying activity in the index...

Sensex pulls out of tailspin After three consecutive days of fall, stock markets made a smart rebound today on the back of big buying by mutual funds and foreign investors, though the recovery was marked by large swings intra-day, with bulls and bears fighting hard to wrest control. The...

SENSEX ENDS IN GREEN AMIDST HIGH VOLATILITY The Economic Times Sensex managed to end with marginal gains on Wednesday after witnessing high volatility in intra-day trade. The market-breadth was negative on BSE, with close to 1.75 losers for every gainer. For 1,642 shares that declined, only...

SEE-SAW SENSEX ENDS WITH MARGINAL GAINS Srividhya Sivakumar The Hindu Business Line Positive cues from global markets failed to enthuse the Indian stock markets, which remained volatile the whole day. Even though the markets opened on a positive note, profit booking at higher levels...

Rising interest rates push Sensex down by 400 points On Monday, the stock market reported its seventh-largest drop this year. The BSE Sensex fell by 400 points to close at 13,399, raising fears of a rerun of the market meltdown of May and June. Will we see a repeat in December? What has...

The bear army, hammered into submission in the past few months by the relentless rise of the Sensex, on Monday found an unlikely hero in the Reserve Bank of India chairman YV Reddy. Mr Reddy’s move to tighten liquidity by raising the cash reserve ratio pummelled bank stocks on the day and...

RBI sends Sensex crashing 400 pts; steepest fall since Sept 11 MUMBAI, DEC 11: Bears mauled the equity markets on Monday, gaining strength from the decision by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to hike the cash reserve ratio by 50 basis points, and dragged the 30-share BSE Sensex...

Strong global markets and major fund and FII investments in heavyweight auto, pharma, IT and metals stocks lifted the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark 30-share Sensex past the magical 14,000-mark during intra-day trade on Tuesday. (See below for the timeline). The unprecedented Bull Run...