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Stock Index

An indicator used to measure and report value changes in a selected group of stocks. How a particular stock index tracks the market depends on its composition-the sampling of stocks, the weighting of individual stocks, and the method of averaging used to establish an index.

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Dow, S&P end at records, stocks mark fourth week of gains

18-05-2013| Source:Reuters

Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week of gains in a row as encouraging economic data prompted investors to pick up shares of growth companies

Mkt fundamentals not better than before; bet on OMCs: HSBC  

17-05-2013| Source:CNBC-TV18

stocks attractive and investors should consider them. On the flip side, he finds FMCG stocks expensive now and is not so upbeat on the sector. He further added that decision on US Immigration Bill

Wall Street slips after Fed comments, but Cisco surges

17-05-2013| Source:Reuters

The US markets ended lower on Thursday. The three major US stock indexes had earlier traded in a tight range, supported by a gain of more than 12 percent in Cisco Systems shares.

Fundamentals of European countries improving: StanChart  

16-05-2013| Source:CNBC-TV18

out next week with Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) and the International Standards Organisation (ISO) surveys are going to give us a better idea about whether recession will linger on into the second

Midcaps hog limelight: 5 stocks you can focus on

16-05-2013| Source:Moneycontrol.com

Big mover of the day Apollo Hospitals (up 8.5 percent) rallied after it got included in the MSCI index. Adani Ports (up 6.3 percent) and Polaris (up 6.5 percent) were big gainers among the midcap