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Sensex Ends Lower As Global Markets Tumble On ECB Stimulus

Global markets tumbled after the European Central Bank's (ECB) stimulus left investors disappointed with many traders being caught on the wrong foot. While investors expected the ECB to buy more of government bonds each month, the central bank only extended its ...

Rupee Sinks To 2-Year Low; Set To Hit 67 As Draghi Disappoints

The Indian rupee hit a fresh 52-week low of 66.95 to the US dollar, as global markets faced a sell-off after ECB President Mario Draghi, did not expand the quantum of monthly easing as was largely expected. European stock markets seen ...

Sensex Opens Higher As Global Markets Surge

Benchmark indices opened the day sharply higher led by a solid rally in global markets on hopes of further stimulus in the EU from the European Central Bank. The Sensex was trading higher by 233 points at 27,520 points, while the ...

India’s overseas borrowings more than triples in February

Mumbai - Showing signs of uptick and confidence in Indian business environment, external commercial borrowing (ECB) by Indian companies rose to $4.3 billion in February 2014. The borrowing by Indian firms via this route were at $1.79 billion in the previous ...

What is external debt for India?

External debt which relates to the borrowing of a country is referred more so because the debt instruments floated for the purpose of raising of funds is purchased by foreign investors. External debt which is constituted by several of the ...

FII inflows may dry as Fed pulls liquidity

In 2013, Foreign funds made substantial purchases in Indian equities to the tune of Rs 1.13 lakh crores. Interestingly, this was against the backdrop of a falling rupee and weak economic fundamentals. The one reason for such buoyant flows ...

India should open up banking sector: Expert

Singapore: India should open up its banking sector to foreign banks and tap the strength of international financial institutions, an expert has said. Piyush Gupta, Chief Executive of Singapore's DBS Group Holdings, said India could tap foreign banks to bridge ...

Financial Tech shares surge 11% on deal to sell SMX stake

Mumbai, Nov 19: Shares of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd today shot up by 11 per cent after the company said its unit will sell its stake in Singapore Mercantile (SMX) to ICE Singapore Holdings Pte Ltd for $150 million (about Rs ...

Overseas Direct Investments: RBI issues clarifications

The Reserve Bank of India today issued certain clarifications with respect to the applicability of the revised guidelines in respect of overseas direct investment notified on August 14, 2013 to facilitate genuine outward investment requirements of Indian companies. Among others, ...

RBI eases ECB rules in housing, aviation sector

The Reserve Bank on Tuesday eased overseas borrowing norms to allow companies access to cheaper funds for key infrastructure sectors. "The RBI has extended the external commercial borrowing (ECB) relaxation for affordable housing which was there for one year to ...

Gold steady; investors eye ECB meet

Overseas spot gold was seen steady ahead of the European Central Bank meet, as investors are looking for hints from the bank for further direction. Analysts expect that ECB will leave interest rates unchanged. Any hints of monetary easing by ...

RBI relaxes external commercial borrowing guidelines

In a move to encourage foreign fund inflow, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed the external commercial borrowing (ECB) guidelines. Enhancing the maximum permissible limit of ECB, the RBI increased the overseas borrowing cap to 75% of ...

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