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Dow plummets 425 points as interest rate surge and oil price rise dampen Q1 results

The Dow Jones industrial average plunged as much as 619 points as investors feared that rising oil prices and other costs will slow down growth in company profits.

Market paces up, Sensex climbs nearly 1% amid F&O expiry

The rupee's improving fortunes against the dollar buoyed mood too.

World stocks reverse their upward bias as oil rally fizzles

The renewed aversion to risky assets pushed the Japanese yen to 2 1/2-year high against the euro

Global stocks make sizable gains in bumper 2013

Global stocks are closing out 2013 sitting on sizable gains courtesy of super-easy monetary policies and an improving economic outlook, though some emerging markets have less to crow about as funds return to rich-world assets.

India No 1 investment destination among BRICS for British cos

Examples of deals include BP's tie-up with Reliance Industries, which was worth USD 7.2 billion. More recently, with India opening up its retail sector for foreign direct investment (FDI), Tesco has agreed a deal with Tata to launch a chain in the country.

2011 may be bad, but not all is lost for world stocks

World stock markets will only recover by next year from a nightmarish 2011 that has wiped trillions of dollars off share prices, according to a Reuters poll.

World markets headed for second week of gains as ECB signals QE expansion

World shares headed for a second week of gains on Friday after more reassuring U.S. data, while the yen pulled out of its dive as Japan's finance minister warned its recent weakening had been "too rapid".<br />