Sensex Falls 74 Pts; Govt Hands Out Rs 1,700 Cr Sops To Exporters

Thursday, Oct 13, 2011



INFLATION TOPS PRIORITY LIST OVER GROWTH: RBI  
The Reserve Bank of India still appears to have a bias to hike on October 25 as inflation has not shown any sign of softening. However, the bar to hike is much higher now as growth is decelerating and the global backdrop is a bigger worry. The RBI Governor D Subbarao says that even though inflation has cooled down from peak levels it is still above comfort zone. ALSO SEE "TOP VIDEO" BELOW. read more  
LEAD STORIES
SENSEX FALLS 74 PTS ON WEAK GLOBAL CUES  
Weak global cues weighed on market sentiments. Sensex unable to sustain 17,000 levels, closed at 16883.92. Nifty ended 5077.85 down 21.55 points. read more
GOVT HANDS OUT RS 1,700 CR SOPS TO EXPORTERS  
Exporters get a Rs 900-crore package and other incentives totaling to Rs 1,700 crore, to cushion Indian exports from global slowdown. read more

TOP STORIES

TOP VIDEOS

AT A GLANCE
BSE 16883.92 -74.47
NSE 5077.85 -21.55
TURNOVER
Rs. 138,050 cr
BSE CASH
Rs. 2,460 cr
NSE CASH
Rs. 11,151 cr
NSE F&O
Rs. 124,438 cr
BULLION
GOLD 26700 -164
SILVER 52947 -1215
CRUDE
NYMEX 83.82 -1.75
BRENT 109.89 -1.47
FOREX
$ / Re 49.12 +0.17
£ / Re 77.21 +0.14
€ / Re 67.301 -0.17
EVENTS

14-15 October
G-20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors, Paris


13-14 October
Seminar On Legal Formulations For Sustainable Water Management, New Delhi


14 October
Conference On Business Opportunities In Africa: New African Footprints, New Delhi


14-15 October
International Tax Conference, New Delhi


15 October
Reliance Industries To Announce Q2 Results


25 October
Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2011-12


EXPERT VIEWS

"For a large part of this year, there was a growing conviction that the emerging markets might have totally decouple from what is happening in the US and Europe. We are likely to see more of recoupling than decoupling as far as economic prospects are concerned. The concern for emerging markets remains the monetary cycle."

Gary Baker
Head of European Equities Strategy at BofA Merrill Lynch
"The sell-off in Asian financial markets in August and September 2011 underscores that an escalation of euro area financial turbulence and a renewed slowdown in the United States could have severe macroeconomic and financial spillovers to Asia."

IMF
Report
"If defending a victim of police atrocity is seditious, then I am happy to be called one. I have no regrets on my remarks on Kashmir. those are my views. We should even consider banning organisations which believe in violence. All right thinking people should socially boycott these organisations. This is fascism..."

Prashant Bhushan
Senior Lawyer

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