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CPI Inflation for Jun 2013 Goes Back Up to 9.87%
CPI Inflation reared its ugly head again, moving up to 9.87% in June 2013. WPI comes in on Monday, and even that’s likely to go up. Where have things gone ...
Stocks
Infy Announces Subdued Results, Up 12%
Infosys announced results today and the stock is up 12%. What’s that about? We don’t know, and all we’re sure of is that markets surprise you. As usual, ...
Charts & Analysis
Fed Minutes and Ben Make Indian Markets Cheer
It seems the US Federal Reserve said something slightly out of the ordinary, and our steroid deprived markets took this as a dose of major happiness, going up ...
General
MOSPI Shifts Data Release Time To 5:30 PM
The release of CPI, IIP and GDP data will soon be moved to 5:30 PM. Presumably this avoids volatility in the market during the time that this data is released. ...
Commentary
Currency Derivatives Trading Hits 38,000 cr. per day in June 2013
When you were not watching, the NSE currency derivatives market has gone absolutely berserk. With more than 38,000 cr. ($6 billion now) being traded daily ...
Commentary
RBI Bans Banks from Prop Trades in Exchange Futures, SEBI Doubles Forex Margins
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided that it is important, in the light of a falling rupee, that the problem can be solved even partially by stopping ...
Charts & Analysis
Chart: Nifty With Dividends Reinvested (Total Return)
Here’s how the Nifty has fared including and without dividends reinvested: (Ignore the squigglies in 2011. That’s bad data, but it’s the source ...
General
OT: Speaking at Traders’ Carnival 2013, Pune
I will be a speaker at at a Trader Conference called "Traders’ Carnival", being conducted by J. Dharmaraj (@ra1nb0w). The topic is on options, ...
Charts & Analysis
The Dollar Return on the Nifty is -8% in 6 Years
As the USD-INR rate hits 61, we get that sick feeling in the stomach that next month, my son’s Lego buy will be that much more expensive. However, the sick ...
Charts & Analysis