Volatility

Firm start for Sensex, gains 250 pts on US cues; all eyes on Chinese data

Market breadth stood firm with 1,288 stocks advancing against 357 declines on BSE

Sensex plunges over 400 pts as China worries return to haunt

Market breadth displayed a weak trend as 1,305 stocks declined while 296 scrips advanced and 37 were unchanged on BSE so far

Sensex surges 424 pts at close on Chinese markets' recovery, Re rebounce

Gainers outnumbered losers as 1,464 stocks advanced while 1,185 declined and 122 remained unchanged on BSE.

Sensex ends 109 pts down, suffers highest loss in August in six months

Market breadth ended weak, with 1,490 stocks declining against 1,169 scrips advancing on BSE.

Sensex ends off day's high with gains of 161 points; registers 3rd straight week of losses

Despite the extended optimism, market breadth ended weak indicating more volatility days in the near term.

RBI, Fed effect: NSE's volatility index near seven-month low

The low level in the VIX denotes a more stable outlook for markets in the remainder of the month.<br /><br />

Japan, India expand currency swap pact to $50 billion

The expanded swap arrangement, signed by Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda and his Indian counterpart Raghuram Rajan, will be effective until December 2015, the BOJ said in a statement on Friday.<br /><br />

Address medium-term issues to sustain financial market rally: IMF

Despite improvement in global financial stability in the past six months, an IMF study has warned that if progress on addressing medium-term challenges falters, rally in financial markets may prove unsustainable.

Spoilers for MFIs' fund-raising plans despite RBI move

It is difficult to convince foreign investors to put in money at a time, when the domestic business is not doing good and the rupee is continuously declining.

Chaos reigns, ghost of US flash crash back to haunt markets

There is a sense of caution though. Investors want regulators not to overreach in their attempt to bring some semblance of order.<br /><br /> <br /><br />