Stocks

Indian shares and stocks extended losses to more than four per cent yesterday, tracking sharply weaker global markets and weighed down by expectation that domestic inflation would remain in double digits for some time.

India's annual inflation rate has risen further to 11.42 percent in mid-June tumbling Indian share markets. Investors feel that the recession in America and inflation could be the factors for today's fall.

Indian stock market volumes continue to be moderate in derivatives despite steady gains in the market in the past few weeks. Nifty continues to trade at a premium to spot, reflecting the bullish trend and the open interest has improved in the market. Traders are expecting Nifty to move all the way upto 5800 incase it makes a move above the 5300 mark.

Indian government cleared a proposal of NYSE Euronext to pick up 5% stake in a commodity exchange through an investment of 218 crores. NYSE will infuse capital of Rs 281 crores in India to acquire 5 percent equity in Indian Multi Commodity Exchange [ MCX ].

Indian stock market closed today with good gains particularly in the banking space. The market did not show any sign of weakness inspite of it being a friday and it also shrugged off the higher inflation number reported today.

Deccan today reported about a possible stinted growth of It sector in India. .. The IT applecart will continue to roll for Indian service providers in the coming years, but ‘Growth 2.0’ may be harder to achieve than ‘Growth 1.0’. While the IT/ITeS industry jumped at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27 per cent between 2002 and 2007, that rate may dip to 18 per cent between 2007 and 2012, country manager with market research firm IDC India, Mr Kapil Dev Singh, projected.

Indian investors faced the wrath of the global market challenges this week with sensex falling more than 1800 points to 19,013.70. This was the largest ever weekly loss with sensex falling by 8.71 percent. This was led by a fear of the impending US economic slowdown, huge sales by foreign investors and an expected but heavier than normal unwinding of leveraged positions in the derivatives market. Market leaders in real-estate, metals, banking and energy saw their values plummet by nearly 8 to 11 percent.