Bangkok  - Thailand's central bank on Monday intervened in the foreign exchange market to halt a rapid slide of the baht currency, officials said.

Karachi  - Partial ownership of Pakistan's largest stock exchange would be up for grabs in early 2009 to a strategic investor if a reform bill is approved, officials said.

Mumbai, June 9:The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark index,

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks lost more than 2 pe

New York  - US markets rallied on Thursday on booming oil prices and strong sales at major discount chains.

Tokyo  - Japan's key Nikkei 225 Stock Average on Friday rose above the 14,500 level for the first time in five months on Wall Street's overnight surge.