The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex rose by over 60 points in opening trade on Thursday, extending its gains for the third straight session on firm global cues.

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex rose by 140 points to cross the 17,000-mark in early trade on Wednesday on sustained buying by funds amid a firming Asian trend.

The 30-share BSE index,

Global stock markets tumbled again on Friday, while gold surged to a new record amid fears that the United States and Europe were facing a new downturn with little chance of stopping the freefall.

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New worries that Europe and the United States are sinking into a recession roiled global stock markets on Thursday, while panicky investors pushed gold and US Treasury bonds to fresh records.

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Global stocks tumbled into the red for the year while safe-haven assets rallied on Tuesday as fear of a downgrade of the US credit rating and rising yields in Europe stoked worries of higher borrowing

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex plummeted by over 223 points in opening trade on Wednesday to trade below the 18,000-mark on continued selling by foreign funds and retail investors, spook

Profit booking was seen in early trade at Indian equities markets on Tuesday with a benchmark index down over 100 points.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), whi

Sensex fell further by over 75 points to 18,134.42 in opening trade today, extending its losses for the fourth straight day on continued selling by foreign funds and retail investors, amid weak glo

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

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