The Sensex remained positive on continued buying activity across key frontline stocks.
Positive opening of European markets also backed the overall market reaction.
For the week ended March 7, 2009, India`s benchmark wholesale price index (WPI), inflation declined sharply to 0.44% as against 2.43% during the last week.
It was at 7.78% during the corresponding week the previous year.
A mobile multi-media van ‘RTI on Wheels’, which was launched to make people aware about the Right to Information (RTI) Act in remote areas, has completed a year in the state on March 17.
The Gujarat State Information Commission, Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA) and Mahiti Adhikar Gujarat Pahel (MAGP) jointly launched ‘RTI on Wheels’ in 2008.
In a period of 12-months, RTI on wheels reached about 80,000 people in 450 villages and 13 cities.
After her brilliant performance in the record-breaking film ‘Ghajini’, Southern beauty Asin is again making headlines by her new avatar on Verve magazine’s cover page.
Asin graces the cover of the ‘March 2009’ issue of the magazine.
The issue is a must have as Asin speaks about her dream bollywood debut with Ghajini, about comparisons with Sridevi and her upcoming projects.
The ‘Dasavathram’ actress will be seen in 'London Dreams', a remake of the Oscar winning 'Amadeus' with Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan.
ICICI Bank is looking for ways to divert its ATM management and points of sale terminals (POS) into a different unit.
Moreover, the country’s largest private lender has also invited bids from private equity funds as well as banking technology companies for stake in this arm.
ICICI Bank has the second-largest ATM network with more than 4,600 Automated Teller Machines (ATM), and the largest PoS network with over two lakh terminals.
Indian equities opened on a positive note on the back of optimistic global signals and Federal Reserve decision to buy up to $300 billion in long-term U.S. government bonds to boost the nation's economic system.
The stocks from consumer durables, banking and realty sectors were trading up with marginal gains.
Inflation numbers are set to release today.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap index gained 1.05% and 1.01% respectively.