The sentiment in the bond market may see some improvement on global risk aversion, says Sandeep Bagla, ICICI Securities Primary Dealership.
F&O cues: Total Futures Open Int down Rs 690 crore and Total Options Open Int up Rs 1846 crore.
Japan's government on Wednesday downgraded its assessment of the economy for the first time in six months, saying it is showing weakness after a devastating earthquake and tsunami last month battered the northeast coast.
The investor spotlight will land squarely on new Google Inc Chief Executive Larry Page, overshadowing decent, but uninspiring first-quarter financial results when the company reports its earnings on Thursday.
The world's biggest economies hope to make progress this week on a plan to identify countries that put the global economy at risk, while China warned against any moves that would curb its red-hot growth.
Market cues: FIIs net buy USD 81 million in the cash market on April 08.
At 7: 45 am (IST), Asian markets were trading lower. China's Shanghai Composite shed 0.72% or 21.87 points at 2,999.50. Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.51% or 121.14 points at 23,855.23. South Korea's Seoul Composite was down 0.12% or 2.57 points at 2,086.83.
Indian ADRs ended in red on Tuesday. In Telecom space, Tata Communication was down 1.86% at $ 11.09 and MTNL was down 1.88% at $ 2.09. In Banking space, HDFC Bank was down 0.64% at $ 168.75 and ICICI Bank was down 0.8% at $ 48.50.
Crude retreated from 32-month highs as Goldman Sachs warned again of a price reversal and key forecasters said expensive oil could erode demand.
The US markets declined on the back of a large commodity slump led by crude and lower than expected Alcoa numbers. The S&P 500 suffered its worst single-session slide in almost a month and closed below its 50-day moving average for the first time in three weeks.
Thieves lured by surging copper prices are creating a nightmare for European railways, sparking large-scale disruption, eroding profits and damaging their reputations.
Months after suspending the high-level defence exchanges, India appears to be moving to resume military manoeuvres with China as indications emerged on Tuesday that the two countries could be holding joint exercises in the near future.
IGM Financial Inc may not post significant earnings growth in the first quarter, Barclays Capital said, and downgraded the No. 2 mutual fund company in Canada to "underweight" from "equal weight."
Walker Digital, a research and development laboratory for technology patents, filed 15 lawsuits on Tuesday against more than 100 companies including Apple, Microsoft, eBay, Amazon and Google for unauthorized use of its intellectual property rights.
Ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao, India on Tuesday said trade imbalance in favour of China was a matter of concern and India had sought greater market access to bridge it.
A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will hear the Centre's plea for prosecuting Bhopal gas tragedy case accused on Wednesday, who have escaped with lighter punishment of two years jail term, under the stringent penal provision attracting maximum ten years of imprisonment.
Alleging that Uttar Pradesh is the most corrupt of all states, the Congress on Tuesday asked social activist Anna Hazare to start a movement from the state if he wanted to start a state-based campaign.
Government cannot claim to having exclusive right in appointment of prosecutor in criminal case, the Supreme Court has said while appointing senior advocate Uday Lalit as special public prosecutor for the trial in the 2G scam despite Centre''s objection.
LKP has maintained hold rating on Bank Of Baroda (BoB) with a target of Rs 1086 in its April 08, 2011 research report.
Emkay Global Financial Services is bullish on State Bank of India (SBI) and has recommended accumulate rating on the stock with a target of Rs 3000 in its April 11, 2011 research report.
Sushil Finance is bullish on Supreme Infrastructure India (SIIL) and has recommended accumulate rating on the stock with a target of Rs 290 in its April 11, 2011 research report.
Angel Broking has come out with its earning estimates on automobile sector for the quarter ended March 2011. According to the research firm, Hero Honda March quarter net sales are expected to go up by 29.2% at Rs 4927 crore, year-on-year, (YoY) basis.
Angel Broking has come out with its earning estimates on automobile sector for the quarter ended March 2011. According to the research firm, Bajaj Auto March quarter net sales are expected to go up by 24.8% at Rs 3951 crore, year-on-year, (YoY) basis.
Angel Broking has come out with its earning estimates on automobile sector for the quarter ended March 2011. According to the research firm, Ashok Leyland March quarter net sales are expected to go up by 16% at Rs 2105 crore, year-on-year, (YoY) basis.
Top nuclear scientists at IAEA are this week examining the raw data from the troubled atomic power plants at Fukushima and discussing changes in the safety features for such reactors even as Japan raised the severity rating of their nuclear crisis to the highest level, seven.