week gone by witnessed nervousness as unwinding was evident at higher levels. However, there was some bear-covering and fresh buying at the end of the week, which saw the week ending with net gains over the previous week. The charge was led by the CNX IT index as weakness in rupee saw concerted buying in technology stocks. Banking and mid-cap stocks brought up the rear. The Nifty gained Rs 45,989 crore...
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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Mortgage rates fell this week, with long-term mortgage rates hitting their lowest levels in five weeks, Freddie Mac reported on Thursday.The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has been below 5% for five of the last seven weeks, according to Freddie Mac's weekly survey of conforming mortgage rates. The mortgage averaged 4.91% for the week ending Nov. 12, down from last week's 4.98%...
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WASHINGTON:The number of US workers filing new claims for jobless insurance fell for thesecond week in a row and the four-week moving average of claims was the lowestin nearly a year, government data showed on Thursday, pointing to improvementsin the labor market.Initial claims for state unemployment benefitsdropped last week to a seasonally adjusted 502,000, the lowest since January,from a revised...
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According to SDI's Vector One®: National, antiviral prescriptions rose dramatically last week to over 648,000, an increase of more than 73% in the past two weeks. Antiviral prescriptions have climbed each week since the week ending Aug. 21, but the increases in the past two weeks have been significant.in the week ending Oct. 23, up more than 28% from just over 502,000 the week before.At 648,000, the...
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officials in Saskatchewan say they have enough swine flu vaccine this week for children under five and pregnant women, but other high-risk groups will have to wait."We are refining our plans week to week, based on the vaccine supply," Dr. Saqib Shahab, deputy chief medical health officer, said Monday."As we know, the vaccine supply for this week has been significantly reduced. We are optimistic that...
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Inflation for the week ended October 17 rose 1.51 per cent from a year earlier, from 1.21 per cent in the previous week.The prices of primary articles fell 0.1 per cent while the prices of manufactured products were up 0.1 per cent on a week-on-week basis. The fuel group index slipped 0.1 per cent.Inflation for the week ended August 22 has been revised to 0.17 per cent from a negative 0.21 per cen...
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Stocks: The 30-share benchmarkSensex plunged 10 per cent in two weeks to fall below thepsychological level of 16,000 points even as the market showedsigns of a further slide ahead on growing concerns of a likelyinterest rate hike after the RBI raised inflation projection.Heavy losses after the market touched more than its17-month high of 17,493.17 on Diwali `muhurat' trading onOctober 17 is seen by...
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trade activity at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) remained range-bound throughout the week in the wake of bomb blasts in Peshawar and the worsening law and order situation of the country.However, continued interest of foreign investors in the share market prevented a major slide of the 100 Index, which moved up and down within a range of 400 points in this week.The Index gained 8 points to close at 9,159...
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negative week as the bulls were conspicuous by their absence. The lack of buying support was evident as headline indices fell till the end of the trading sessions. The market breadth was negative by a wide margin as retail buying too was not forthcoming.The Nifty 50 lost almost 3% on a week-on-week basis, even as the holiday-impacted week reported lower traded volumes.Overseas investors pumped in Rs...
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