The rupee strengthened on Friday, helped by gains in local shares and hopes an improvement in global risk sentiment would bolster capital inflows.

Traders said signs that debt-laden Greece has moved

The euro held firm against the dollar in Asia on Monday as investors opted to sit and wait for upcoming data.

The single currency, which lost ground Friday on weak European economic figures, stood at

ONGC shares surged nearly 5 per cent on the bourses on Wednesday, a day after the government decided to offload 5 per cent stake in the company through auction.

Buoyed by the news, ONGC scrip opened

Asian shares and the euro gained modestly on Monday, relieved after Greece came a step closer to securing a much-needed bailout fund and avoiding a messy default, although most of the recent optimism

Europe faces another year of dismal economic performance in 2012 that will weigh on global growth, but emerging markets and the United States should at least keep the world economy moving in the right direction.

It was yet another nasty week for the stock markets across the globe with the indexes plummeting by four per cent to 10 per cent over the past five days.

The reports that the US and the Europe are 'd

Extending its losing streak for the third straight session, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex moved down by over 73 points in opening trade on Monday as funds and retail investors continued to limit their exposure to the sinking equity market in the absence of positive cues.

The recent fall in equity markets over the last few weeks has forced a lot of investors to worry about its impact on their equity portfolio.

It has also left them clueless about their future course

Factories in Asia and Europe all but stagnated in July, according to business surveys that showed the weakest rates of growth since major industrial powers were struggling through the 2009 recession.

Feb. 2: Thursday will reveal whether the efforts of the finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee to roil up the stock markets has succeeded. The markets have been stubbornly negative and January has gone