Indian benchmark indices, the Sensex and the Nifty, ended the session flat on Wednesday due to selling in capital goods, FMCG and bank stocks despite a firm trend in the global markets. Both the Asian and European markets were up on hopes a fresh cash

The pressure on the Swiss economy due to sluggish global growth and a strong franc may be easing, its main forward-looking barometer of economic sentiment showed on Wednesday, posting a tiny improvement for the first time since May last year. The index

The Indian overnight cash rate rose on Tuesday as banks scrambled for funds to meet requirements in the first week of the new two-week reserves reporting cycle. The one-day call rate closed at 9.10/9.15 percent, up from Monday's close of 8.90/9.00

European shares were set to gain at open on Wednesday as investors bet a large number of banks will take up the European Central Bank's three-year cheap loans offering to help improve liquidity in the financial system. At 0704 GMT, futures for Euro STOXX

Results of the European Central Bank's second three-year loan offering is set to dominate the scene on Wednesday. At 2.00 am ET, the Federal Statistical Office is slated to issue German import prices for January. Import price annual inflation is forecast

Indian economy grew 6.1 per cent in the October-December quarter this fiscal, lower than the 6.9 per cent growth recorded in the second quarter, offiical data released today showed. The third quarter economic growth has been bolstered by strong

India's economic growth slowed to its weakest annual pace in almost three years in the three months to December, as high interest rates and rising input costs constrained investment and manufacturing. Gross domestic product rose 6.1 percent in October to

The National Stock Exchange's Nifty extended overnight gains led by realty, metals, oil & gas and power stocks on the back of positive cues from global peers. According to dealers, the market is likely to take cues from Q3 GDP data for direction. The

At 10.30 am today, there were 339 gainers, 195 losers and 267 counters traded unchanged on the Bursa Malaysia. The FBM-KLCI was at 1,567.27 up 10.54 points, the FBMACE was at 4,686.09 down 3.12 points, and the FBMEmas was at 10,839.36 up 57.46 points.

Germany's inflation based on the EU measure unexpectedly accelerated in February, preliminary data released by the Federal Statistical Office showed Tuesday. The harmonized index of consumer prices rose 2.5 percent year-on-year, following a 2.3 percent

China Knowledge reported that China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has projected that the accumulated new energy auto output and sales in the country would total more than 500,000 units by the end of 2015, the last year of China 12th

Japanese fund managers raised their average equity allocations in February while cutting bond allocations from a record high hit the previous month, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday, as monetary easing around the globe whet their risk appetite. The

Industrial production in South Korea was down 2.0 percent on year in January, Statistics Korea said on Wednesday - falling into the red for the first time in 31 months. The headline figure was, however, considerably better than forecasts for a