The Swiss government has cancelled the Geneva car show amid fears of Coronavirus outbreak

Globally, metals companies are negatively impacted by lower prices, while stocks of drugmakers are also facing the heat from the uncertainty of the outbreak.

World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the virus could become a pandemic as the outbreak spreads to major developed economies such as Germany and France.

While Sensex has clocked 7.17% fall since the beginning of this year, Nifty has fallen 7.94% during the period. On the contrary, things were very rosy five months ago. Analysts and brokerages were busy predicting new highs for Indian indices despite falling economic growth

At the interbank foreign exchange the rupee opened at 71.90 then lost further ground and touched a low of 71.94 against the American currency, registering a fall of 33 paise over its previous close.

BSE market cap which stood at Rs 152 lakh crore on Thursday plunged to Rs 147.12 lakh crore in trade today

The issue would be taken up at the central board of trustees (CBT) meeting of the EPFO on March 5. The Finance Investment and Audit Committee (FIAC) would take the final call before the CBT meeting 

Share Market Update: Sensex has erased 3.50% in one week, 3.40% in one month and 6.43% year-to-date. Nifty has fallen 3.70% in one week, 4% in one month and 7.15% year-to-date.

At the interbank foreign exchange the rupee opened at 71.65 then gained further ground and touched a high of 71.60, registering a rise of 5 paise over its previous close.

Share Market Update: BSE 30-share S&P Sensex closed 143 points lower at 39,745 and NSE 50-share index Nifty50 closed 45 points lower to 11,633.

Share Market Update: BSE 30-share S&P Sensex closed 392 points lower at 39,888 and NSE 50-share index Nifty50 closed 119 points lower at 11,678.

Although the brokerage house maintained 'Outperform' rating on the stock of market leader Indigo, it has cut earnings estimates for FY20, FY21 and FY22 by 83%, 31%, and 18%, respectively.

Share Market Update: BSE 30-share S&P Sensex ended 80 points lower at 40,281 and NSE 50-share index Nifty50 closed 16 points higher at 11,813

Tata Steel, HDFC, ITC, ICICI Bank, Maruti, Hero MotoCorp, NTPC and PowerGrid were among the top losers today. On the other hand, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Sun Pharma and HUL were the top gainers

Currently, Indian companies can list their shares through American Depository Receipts (ADRs) abroad, while foreign companies need to go through the Indian Depository Receipt route for the listing of equities

The rupee opened weak at 71.94 at the interbank forex market, down 30 paise over its last close.

Share Market Update: BSE 30-share S&P Sensex ended 806 points lower at 40,363 and NSE 50-share index Nifty50 closed 251 points lower at 11,829

FPIs invested a net sum of Rs 10,750 crore into equities and Rs 12,352 crore into the debt segment, taking the total net investment to Rs 23,102 crore between February 3-20

The rupee opened weak at 71.75 at the interbank forex market and then fell further to 71.80, down 26 paise over its last close.

Share Market Update: BSE 30-share S&P Sensex ended 152 points lower at 41,170 and NSE 50-share index Nifty50 closed 45 points lower at 12,080.