U S Stocks

BSE, Asia's oldest stock exchange, plans to sell up to 30 per cent stake in its much-awaited initial public offer (IPO), which is expected to hit the market this financial year.

Pitching for a greater share of household savings in equity market, regulator Sebi's chief U K Sinha has said stocks have consistently given annual returns of more than 15 per cent on a long-term basis.

The benchmark S&P 500 index was posting 32 new 52-week highs and 26 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite was recording 91 new highs and 127 new lows.

The government has extended Upendra Kumar Sinha's tenure as chairman of market watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), giving him an extra two years to achieve reforms including bringing more transparency to stock markets, according to two senior Finance Ministry officials.

U S stocks pulled back from five-year highs at the open Wednesday despite strong bank results on concerns about global economic growth, with shares of Boeing pressured after two Japanese airlines grounded their Dreamliner fleets.

A large number of traders and brokers, as also some foreign investors and promoters of listed companies, have come under market watchdog Sebi's scanner for 'bear cartel' like activities in the stock mark

BSE, Asia's oldest stock exchange, plans to sell up to 30 per cent stake in its much-awaited initial public offer (IPO), which is expected to hit the market this financial year.

Pitching for a greater share of household savings in equity market, regulator Sebi's chief U K Sinha has said stocks have consistently given annual returns of more than 15 per cent on a long-term basis.

The benchmark S&P 500 index was posting 32 new 52-week highs and 26 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite was recording 91 new highs and 127 new lows.

The government has extended Upendra Kumar Sinha's tenure as chairman of market watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), giving him an extra two years to achieve reforms including bringing more transparency to stock markets, according to two senior Finance Ministry officials.

U S stocks pulled back from five-year highs at the open Wednesday despite strong bank results on concerns about global economic growth, with shares of Boeing pressured after two Japanese airlines grounded their Dreamliner fleets.

A large number of traders and brokers, as also some foreign investors and promoters of listed companies, have come under market watchdog Sebi's scanner for 'bear cartel' like activities in the stock mark