Tag: Business

Mumbai: Sensex and Nifty traded lower during the afternoon session of the trade on Thursday over a sharp rise in crude oil prices and decline in financial stocks. Brent crude futures on Thursday surpassed the $60-a-barrel mark. Also, investors awaited Q3 corporate results, set to start on Thursday, and more clarity regarding US-China trade talks. […]

Mumbai:The key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher despite a muted trend in Asian markets. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 35,891.52 points on Wednesday, opened higher at 35,934.50 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 35,847.27 points, down by 44.25 points, or 0.12 per cent. At […]

Mumbai: Sensex closed over 180 points higher from the previous close after a sharp recovery in the final hour of the trade on Tuesday, thereby regaining the 36,000 mark. Both the key indices opened on a flat-to-positive note, but traded in the red for most part of the trading session. The S&P BSE Sensex gained […]

Mumbai: The key Indian equity market indices on Monday opened higher despite a cautious trend in Asian markets. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 35,742.07 on December 21, opened higher at 35,859.66 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 35,731.58, down by 10.49 points, or 0.03 per cent. At […]

Mumbai:The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Friday opened on a negative note during the morning trade session. The Sensex of the BSE which had closed on Thursday at 36,431.67, opened on Friday at 36,449.27, touched a high of 36,450.36 and a low of 36,327.31. The Sensex is trading at 36,394.06 down by 37.61 points or […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government’s Single Window for Investor Facilitation and Tracking (GO-SWIFT) has received 500 investment proposals so far, said an official on Thursday. Launched in November 2017, the portal has received the 500th investment proposal from a Gurugram-based manufacturer of sanitaryware products. The company has proposed to invest Rs 350 crore to set up a […]

Mumbai: Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices opened higher on Thursday. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 35,779.07 points on Wednesday, opened higher at 36,024.88 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 35,979.33 points, up by 200.26 points, or 0.56 per cent. At […]

Mumbai: The S&P BSE Sensex slid around 500 points on Tuesday morning after the Congress party started to take the lead in the Assembly elections in three key states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, at 9.35 a.m., the Sensex traded at 34,459.72 points, lower by 500 points or 1.43 per cent from the […]

Mumbai: The Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Friday tracking broadly positive Asian markets. At 9.28 a.m, the S&P BSE Sensex which had opened at 35,494.86 points traded at 35,464.09, higher by 151.96 points or 0.43 per cent from the previous close of 35,312.13. So far, it has touched an intra-day high […]

New Delhi: A large-sized enterprise in India loses an average of $10.3 million owing to cyber attacks and a mid-sized organisation an average of $11,000 annually, a Microsoft-led study said on Wednesday. Cyber security attacks have also resulted in job losses across different functions in more than three in five (64 per cent) organisations that […]

Mumbai: The S&P BSE Sensex opened 200 points higher on Monday, in line with global markets on signs of easing US-China trade tension. According to reports, China and the US agreed to halt additional tariffs in the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires over the weekend, pushing global stock markets higher. Buying was witnessed in metal, […]

Mumbai: The key equity indices advanced for a second straight session on Tuesday, as a precipitous fall in global crude oil price has boosted the domestic currency, luring foreign investors back. Buying was witnessed in IT, energy and Teck (Technology, entertainment and media) stocks while the financials closed flat. The Sensex settled up 159.06 points […]

San Francisco: Following its partnership with Amazon to integrate their two Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered assistants Alexa with Cortana, Microsoft has now started selling Amazon’s Echo devices in its retail stores. Amazon’s Echo Dot and Echo devices are available online and in Microsoft Stores in the US, The Verge reported on Saturday. Microsoft introduced Cortana on […]

San Francisco: Google is reportedly paying Apple a whopping $9 billion in 2018 to remain the default search engine for iPhone’s Safari browser on iOS, the media reported. According to Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall (via Business Insider), this number would only continue to grow, potentially leading to a payment of $12 billion in 2019, […]

Mumbai: Afghanistan on Saturday invited Indian businesses to invest in its agriculture sector, promising to roll out great opportunities in the fields of manufacturing, processing, packaging and marketing of farm products. Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister for Agriculture Naseer Ahmed Durrani said that the country’s farm production and exports were growing and urged Indian businesses to explore […]