It was a rollercoaster ride for the Sensex on Monday as it plunged nearly 500 points on opening as a knee-jerk reaction to Standard & Poor’s downgrade of America’s triple-A rating by a notch (to AA+)

Spooked by global concerns about the United States economy and the European debt crisis, markets after violently whipsawing throughout the week ended very weak and jittery.

All three major indexes o

Investors were left poorer by over Rs 1.33 lakh crore after today's stock market crash, even as the market managed to recover nearly half of the losses suffered earlier during the day.

The plunge in

The premier stock exchange BSE would include Coal India and Sun Pharma in the Sensex effective from August 8, 2011. The opening bell ceremony to include Coal India in the BSE Sensex will be held on Mo

Volatility was witnessed in early trade on the domestic bourses today, with the BSE benchmark Sensex regaining positive terrain after slipping into the red for a brief period following a firm start.

Amidst flow of news from Eurozone, the US and corporate results, markets eked out gains to close on an optimistic note during the week ended.

On the BSE the Sensex ended 160 points higher at 18,722

The BSE benchmark Sensex overcame initial losses to gain 35 points in early trade today amid renewed buying in select counters following persistent buying by foreign funds over the past few days, coupled with an intra-day recovery in Asian stock markets.

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Thursday said trading would halt for the day if the benchmark Sensex moves up or down 20 per cent, or 3,775 points, in a single day for the July-September quarter.

The BSE benchmark Sensex lost over 87 points to trade below 18,000 mark in opening trade today on fresh selling by funds and retail investors amid a weak trend on other Asian bourses.

Strong FII inflows amid firm global trends and easing oil prices pushed up the BSE Sensex for the seventh day in a row on Wednesday to over 19,290, up 169 points.

FIIs have pumped in Rs 4,343.34 cro