Equity Benchmarks

Gautam Shah of JM Financial feels investors currently have no reasons to book profits. He has also set a near term target of 9,500 for the Nifty in 4-6 weeks and remains upbeat on power and capital goods indices

Market continues uptrend, Sensex above 29000; RIL up 3%

Investors build on early morning gains, even as indices seek to hold on to key levels. Reliance was up over 3 percent, while IT stocks continued to remain under pressure following developments on premium H1-B visa in the US.

Nifty likely to open in red on weak global cues

Even the Asian markets have opened sharply lower on the back of weak overnight cues following the relentless fall in oil prices.

Evening Wrap: 2-min guide to all news the from biz world

Here are the top headlines that made news today.

Go long on bourses; RComm, realty top picks: Experts

Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com indicates that long positions were the need-of-the -hour in a market of this sort. Fundamental analyst SP Tulsian of sptulsian.com is positive on Reliance Communications and the realty sector and market analyst.

This week that was: Rupee makes investors 'dukhee'

Equity benchmarks closed at their lowest levels in over three months on Friday as continuing concerns over the depreciating rupee and the likely wording of the General Anti-Avoidance Rule in the Finance Bill, triggered a sell-off.

The week that was: Macro, corporate events that moved mkts

Equity benchmarks rose over 2.5% for the week, but much of those gains came on Tuesday alone when the Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 3%. Barring that session, a lackluster trend.