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Rupee down 13 paise against dollar in ea...

Rupee down 13 paise against dollar in early trade

The rupee weakened by 13 paise to 63.59 against the US dollar in early trade today, extending losses for the second day, due to appreciation of the American unit against other currencies overseas amid Greece’s crisis. Besides increased demand for the dollar from importers, a lower opening in... read more »

Asia markets mostly up but Shanghai tumb...

Asia markets mostly up but Shanghai tumbles again

Asian markets mostly recovered Tuesday from the previous day’s Greece-fuelled sell-off, but Shanghai sank again as analysts warned government measures to staunch a recent rout will likely not be enough. The euro held its ground after Greece’s weekend vote against creditors’... read more »

India is now the 3rd largest steel produ...

India is now the 3rd largest steel producer in the world

India has become the world’s third largest steel producer and is willing to produce 300 million tonnes in the next decade Union Steel & Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said today. The country will replace USA at the 3rd spot. “So far India was the 4th largest steel producer in... read more »

Top 8 things to look out in the market t...

Top 8 things to look out in the market today

The Nifty is likely to fall in early deals on Wednesday as weak cues from Asian markets, particularly Chinese stocks, hit sentiment on Dalal Street. Wall Street closed with modest gains as Crude Oil prices stabilized near 3-month lows. Nifty Futures, traded on the Singapore Exchange, point to a... read more »

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Having cut its deposit offering by up to 0.50 %, the country’s second-largest private sector lender HDFC Bank will be cutting its lending rate by March, a top official said on... read more »

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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asked the Customs officials to use latest technology to gather and analyze intelligence information relating to any illicit transaction across the... read more »

Gold, silver prices rise on brisk buying, global cues

NEW DELHI: Any revision in gold import duty is unlikely to take place before the Budget and there is no proposal as of now to reduce the 10 per duty, a finance ministry official said. “On... read more »