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Market Data
SGX Nifty 2788 - 13 pts
| FII | DII | |||||
| Trade Date | Buy | Sales | Net | Buy | Sales | Net |
| 19/3/09 | 1,298.13 | 1,275.13 | 23.00 | 622.57 | 641.32 | -18.75 |
News Today
* U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, confirmed the department did talk to Sen. Chris Dodd about a clause he put forth in the stimulus legislation that would have strictly limited executive bonuses. full story
* More than 1 million workers demonstrated in France Thursday to pressure the government to do more to combat the economic downturn.
* Spurred by anger over A.I.G. bonuses, the House voted 328 to 93 to levy a 90 percent tax on bonuses paid by any company owing more than $5 billion in bailout money.
* The Obama administration announced a $5 billion fund to guarantee payments to suppliers for products shipped to automakers.
* Oil jumped more than 7 percent Thursday to top $51 a barrel after the US Federal Reserve announced a new plan to fight recession and a weak dollar boosted commodities
* India’s inflation rate skidded to a record low of 0.44% in the first week of March, well on course for a widely expected move into deflationary zone.
