In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, trader Thomas Lee, left, works on the floor. Stocks were moving higher in afternoon trading despite the fact that Wall Street...
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A woman looks walks inside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) office, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is seen on a television presenting the annual budget in Mumbai.
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Pedestrians watch stock prices on a digital screen on the façade of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in Mumbai.
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Pedestrians watch stock prices on a digital screen on the façade of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in Mumbai.
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Pedestrians watch stock prices on a digital screen on the façade of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in Mumbai. The BSE benchmark Sensex z...
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Pedestrians watch stock prices on a digital screen on the facade of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in Mumbai. The BSE benchmark Sensex zo...
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A share broker watches stock prices on a screen as Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents Union Budget 2021-22, in Kolkata.
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Chairman of State Bank of India Dinesh Kumar Khara during the listing ceremony of USD 600 Mn bonds of SBI, at BSE in Mumbai.
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Chairman of State Bank of India Dinesh Kumar Khara (L) and MD & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Ashish Kumar Chauhan (R) during the listing ceremony of USD 600 Mn bonds of SBI, ...
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In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders work on the floor during the United Wholesale Mortgage IPO. Wall Street is tapping the brakes on its record-setting r...
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Stock prices on a digital screen on the facade of BSE building, as sensex crosses 50000 mark for the first time, in Mumbai.
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Ashish Kumar Chauhan, MD & CEO of BSE and Shiv Sena leader Arvind Sawant along with BSE officials take part in a celebration after the Sensex crossed 50000 mark for the first time,...
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Share brokers and investors celebrate after the sensex crossed 50,000 mark for the first time, at a share terminal in Bhopal.
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Stock prices on a digital screen on the facade of BSE building, as sensex crosses 50000 mark for the first time, in Mumbai.
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An onlooker watches the stock prices on a digital screen on the facade of BSE building, as sensex crosses 49000 mark for the first time, in Mumbai.
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In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders Robert Charmak, left, and Gregory Rowe work on the trading floor. U.S. stocks are drifting near their record highs on...
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A man reacts while watching the stock prices displayed on a screen (unseen) at the BSE building, as the Sensex crossed 48000 mark for the first time, in Mumbai.
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A woman walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Asian stock markets rose on 2021’s first trading day, boosted by o...
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Xin Lijun, CEO of JD Health, center right, leads executives to sound the gong during a ceremony to mark the listing of the company stock on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at the JD H...
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In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, specialist Stephen Naughton, center, works at his post on the trading floor. U.S. stocks are ticking higher and heading back ...
Analysts said investor sentiment remained upbeat due to encouraging GDP numbers for the third quarter as well as return of calmness in global bond markets after last week's turmoil.
In the previous session, Sensex spurted 257.62 points or 0.51 per cent to finish at 51,039.31, and Nifty climbed 115.35 points or 0.77 per cent to 15,097.35.
At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 72.35 against the US dollar, then lost further ground and touched 72.41, registering a fall of 6 paise over its previous close.
Moving to trading equities to stave off lockdown penury called for nerves of steel, but this Gujarati businessman has learnt a few lessons from the experience.
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