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The battle for the opening bell between the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) just got hotter as both now plan to start trading from 9 am beginning this Friday, December 18. On Tuesday, the BSE had announced they would start 10 minutes earlier, from 9.45 am and this tit-for-tat has been on since then. Readers [...]

As if the markets didn’t have enough on their plate already, the change in lot size for F&O contracts has sent market players scurrying for cover. In Dec-08, NSE had announced changes in the lot sizes of contracts, to be effective from March 2009. As per SEBI regulations, F&O contracts have to be worth Rs.2 lakh. With the [...]

Many brokers give up BSE derivatives membership FIPB rejects Tata Investment plan for zero coupon bonds

American Express asks 200 Indian employees to quit Kingfisher defaults on aircraft lease payment

A highly volatile week for markets worldwide, with some of the major stories being; ‘Out of Control’ CEOs Spurned Davos Warnings on Risk (Update1) Buffett Oversexed for the First Time Since 1974

The Sensex today crashed by 1,071 points and ended the day at 8,701. Overall, it fell 11 per cent in a single day. The Nifty fell 359 points to close at 2,584. As far as the Sensex is concerned, it has suffered such steep falls before, both in terms of percentage as well as in [...]

Finally, after almost two years, we are back where we were !! The Sensex closed the day at 9,975, down 606 points from yesterday. When you consider the fact that it scaled 21,207 on 10-Jan-08, it has dropped 53% in a matter of 10 months. In fact, during the session, it even crashed to 9,911, [...]