MUMBAI: Benchmark indices hit record highs for a third straight day on Monday, amid continued foreign institutional buying, though the net gains were marginal.

MUMBAI: Realty stocks rose after Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday, 28 January 2014, said after the central bank's surprise hike in its key lending rates after a monetary policy review that once inflation comes down to comfortable levels, the RBI would have some room to cut rates. Purchases of both residential and commercial property are largely driven by finance.

MUMBAI: Key benchmark indices extended losses and hit fresh intraday low in early afternoon trade. The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 355.83 points or 1.68%, off 121.30 points from the day's high and up 3.98 points from the day's low. The market breadth indicating the overall health of the market was quite weak with more than three losers for every gainer on BSE. The BSE Mid-Cap and Small-Cap indices were off more than 2% each. Weakness in Asian stocks and a steep slide in US stoc

MUMBAI: Key benchmark indices trimmed gains after hitting intraday high in morning trade. The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 39.94 points or 0.19%, off 29.12 points from the day's high and up 33.17 points from the day's low. The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was strong.

DELHI: Overseas investors have pumped in over Rs 3,500 in the Indian debt market so far in January, when the US Federal Reserve is scheduled to start reducing its monthly bond purchases by $10 billion.