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- Yamama Cement to upgrade production line being moved to new plant site
- Arabian Cement forecasts rise in cement demand in Saudi Arabia
- Microsoft laying off several thousand employees
- QSE index closes higher
- Bahrain All Share Index, Islamic Index close higher
- Abu Dhabi's hotel revenues surge to $230m in April
- Gulf Bank launches Bug Bounty and Vulnerability Disclosure Program
- Burgan Bank signs partnership with SAP to deploy SuccessFactors HRM system
- Al Mudhaibi Industrial City signs two investment agreements worth OMR5.75 million
- OPAZ invites bids for phase one of Al Rawdah water drainage project
19/11/2010 00:00 AST
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex, which fell by 93 points in the opening trade on Friday, largely on profit-booking amid weak trend, continues to remain weak.
At 9.50 a.m., the Sensex was down 123.71 points at 19,806.93 and the broader Nifty was down 43.3 points at 5,955.50.
The 30-share barometer, which had gained 65.50 points on Thursday in a highly choppy session, was trading at 19,837.67 points in the early trade, down by 92.97 points from the previous close.
Similarly, the wide-based National stock Exchange index Nifty also fell by 31.70 points to 5,967.10 with realty, banking and technology stocks leading the decline.
Brokers said fresh bout of selling by funds and retailers at the prevailing levels mainly dragged down the Sensex.
Stocks of RCom remained under selling pressure on fears over 2G spectrum probe and was trading down 3.83 per cent at Rs 148.
In the other Asian markets, the Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was quoting lower by 1.04 per cent, while Japanese Nikkei was marginally up by 0.61 per cent to trade at a five-month high in the morning trade today.
In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 1.57 per cent higher on stronger-than-expected economic data and hopes for an end to Ireland's debt crisis.
The Hindu Business Line
| Ticker | Price | Volume |
|---|
| Index | Closing | Change |
|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | 36,581.76 | -251.51 (-0.68 |
| DAX | 18,699.40 | 181.01 (0.97 |
| S&P 500 | 5,626.02 | 30.26 (0.54 |
03/07/2025
Microsoft on Wednesday said it was slashing a little less than four percent of its global workforce as it seeks to cut layers of middle management and leverage new technologies.
"We continue
AFP
03/07/2025
Global public debt rose to an all-time high of $102 trillion in 2024, representing a 7.36 percent increase compared to the previous year, according to a leading UN body.
Nearly one-third of
Arab News
02/07/2025
Most stock markets in the Gulf gave up early gains to close lower on Tuesday, as investors booked profits and turned cautious ahead of a US Senate vote on President Donald Trump's landmark tax and sp
Reuters
02/07/2025
Jordan aims to lower its public debt-to-gross domestic product ratio to 80 percent by 2028 under an International Monetary Fund-backed reform program, according to a government official.
Fi
Arab News
01/07/2025
The latest report by S&P Global highlights that geopolitical tensions and shifting trade policies could potentially have a negative impact on the global oil demand.
Premasish Das, Executive
Times of Oman
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