A sharp increase in global crude oil prices has pushed retail rates of petrol and diesel to historic highs. Taxes are partly to be blamed, but reducing excise duties may not be easy for a cash-strapped government

Private equity and overseas companies are taking over domestic healthcare chains, creating a new pecking order

The Ecowrap report, authored by Dr Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser, State Bank of India stated that Centre and states do not want to bring oil products under the GST regime as sales tax and VAT comprise a major source of tax revenue

Stock Market News Updates Today: Airtel, HDFC twins, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Infosys, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank were trading among the top gainers. Today, Sensex hit a record high of 52,235 and Nifty hit a lifetime high of 15,340

Union Budget 2021 gold: Currently, gold attracts 12.5 per cent import duty and 3 per cent GST and total duty and GST implication works out to be 15.5 per cent

Sensex, Nifty Highlights on Budget day, February 1: Almost all the sectors closed in green territory today, rising in the range of 3-6%, except for pharma index

India Stock Market Highlights Today: HDFC twins, Reliance Industries were among the top losers and Tata Steel, Titan and Asian Paints were among the top gainers

On the domestic key economic data, currency traders are awaiting the July-September quarter gross domestic product data scheduled to be released later in the day by National Statistics Office

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ICICI Bank, Airtel, Infosys, M&M were among the top losers today. On the other hand, Kotak Bank, NTPC, Maruti were among the top gainers

Dalal Street today: IndusInd Bank, followed by SBI, L&T, Axis Bank, HDFC twins, Kotak Bank and ICICI Bank were among the top losers today. On the other hand, Asian Paints, Reliance Industries, Titan, Bajaj Finance and Sun Pharma were trading with gains

India Stock Market Highlights Today: All 30 Sensex constituents were trading in the green. Index heavyweight HDFC led the rally on the Sensex chart, followed by Asian Paints, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, Mahindra and Mahindra and State Bank of India.

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Axis Bank, followed by IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, L&T, Tata Steel, Sun Pharma and ONGC were among the top gainers on Sensex pack. On the other hand, HCL Tech, Kotak Bank, Asian Paints, Infosys and HDFC Bank were among the laggards

India Stock Market Highlights Today: IndusInd Bank, followed by HDFC twins, SBI, M&M, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, ITC and Asian Paints were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, HUL and NTPC were among the laggards

India Stock Market Highlights: Bajaj Auto, followed by Bajaj Finserv, IndusInd Bank, M&M, PowerGrid, Bajaj Finance, Axis Bank, Kotak Bank and ICICI Bank were among the top gainers today. On the other hand, Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints, HCL Tech, HDFC and TCS were among the laggards

Notwithstanding the current volatility in gold prices, the yellow metal is up over 25 per cent so far this year

Stock Market LIVE Updates on July 1: ITC, followed by Axis Bank, HDFC, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, SBI and Reliance Industries were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, NTPC, Kotak Bank, L&T, ONGC and Nestle India were among the laggards

Why the sharp recovery and sustained run in stock markets is built on weak fundamentals. Despite the fall, they are trading at double the valuation of the 2008 Lehman crash

Stock Market Updates on Budget day: In terms of sector, except IT, all the other indices were declining on a continous basis. While realty index declined over 7.5%, media shares fell over 4.4%.

Share Market Update: Sensex ended 271 points higher at 41,386 and Nifty closed 73 points higher at 12,179

Share Market Update: During Thursday's trade, Sensex climbed to a fresh all-time high of 42,059 and Nifty too has hit a new lifetime high of 12,389 from 12,374.25 earlier.