"Hence, markets are likely to remain in a broader range with stock-specific action in the near term," said Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Retail Research, Motilal Oswal.
Markets saw relief at the start of Thursday s session but failed to sustain at higher levels amid volatility. Focus on stock-specific action and earnings season. India VIX rose 2.08% and FIIs were net sellers at Rs 4,260 crore. DIIs bought shares worth Rs 2285 crore. Rupee appreciated 6 paise to close at 83.55 against the US dollar.
areas in the west. a general strike on wednesday forced many local businesses to close their doors. u.s. republicanal presidential candidate herman cain is facing more allegations of sexual harassment. the associated press is reporting a third woman has come forward saying cain made sexually suggestive remarks to her back in the 1990s. his campaign says the allegations are baseless. the arab league says syria agreed to end its crackdown on protesters, that s part of a wider initiative which calls for talks with the opposition. the announcement comes as more than two dozen people were reportedly killed in syria on wednesday. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s business leader. i m zain verjee, world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos, this is world business today. these are the top stories. smiles for the cameras at the group of 20 summit in cannes. behind the scenes the grim threat of a greek euro exit loom
palestinians and one israeli soldier. gilad shall late is free after being held for five years. officials handed him over to the egyptian authorities a couple hours ago. egypt is expected to transfer shalit on to israeli custody. israel set free hundreds of palestinians held in its jails today, tuesday. a total of a thousand are expected to be released as part of this exchange in two groups. an initial group of 477 palestinian prisoners are going free on tuesday in exchange for sergeant major shalit. matthew chance is at the border crossing in gaza. he joins us live with the latest. presumably a sense of anticipation there, matthew. reporter: certainly is, charles. in fact, hundreds of people have gathered here at the checkpoints, all family members of the hundreds of prisoners about to be released into the gaza strip, who have come to welcome people who, frankly, they didn t expect to see again in many cases. some of the people that have been released by israel today in ex
strike. thousands of public employees say they ll walk off their jobs this week as parliament prepares to vote on yet another round of austerity measures. wrnss in yemen s capital say government troops killed at least five people when they opened fire on pro democracy demonstrators. sunday s violence left eight dead and more than 50 wounded. the surge in violence is blamed on al qaeda and the muslim brotherhood. a revolutionary forces commander was killed in sirte in the front line on sunday. many fear the anti-gadhafi fighters are losing the earlier momentum in the battle for moammar gadhafi s birthplace. those are the headlines from cnn, i m zain verjee. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodgson. this is world business today. the top stories on monday, october 17th. stocks rise as investors pin their hopes on a solution to europe s dead woes. a crisis of olympic proportions, how the 2004 athens games put greece on the