The National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), India's second-largest commodity exchange, has postponed fresh launch of futures contracts in guar seed and gum. After the expiry of the last

Given the rather less than sanguine economic conditions, an investor who would like to make an informed guess at various options can look at what happened in 2011 before taking a decision.

Turnover at commodity bourses in India, the world's biggest buyer of bullion and second largest wheat grower, jumped 63.64 per cent to Rs 144 lakh crore ($2.91 trillion) from April 1 to January 15,

New investments in commodities almost ground to a halt last year, Barclays Capital said on Thursday, with inflows into the sector dropping almost 78 per cent from 2010 to the lowest in nine years. The

As with equities, commodity markets have also seen a rebound since the beginning of 2012, with uncertainty in the global markets seen to be settling, with volatility indicators declining to a level

New Delhi: Arbitrary decisions on the $8.48 billion Cairn-Vedanta deal and BP's $7.2 billion stake buy in Reliance Industries' oil and gas properties has shaken investor confidence in the world's

Mumbai: The Kolkata-based retail finance player Magma Fincorp is hopeful of getting general insurance licence in the first half of the next year."We have already received R1 from Irda. Hopefully, R2

Mumbai: Utility Adani Power has put on hold its capacity expansion plans for 6,500 megawatt due to lack of clarity on coal supplies, Chief Executive Officer Ravi Sharma said on Tuesday.Adani earlier

New Delhi: The agriculture sector performed exceedingly well in 2011, with record foodgrains production of over 240 million tonnes giving enough leeway for the government to lift a ban on exports of

Mumbai: The second-largest public sector lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) today increased interest rates on NRE term deposits ranging one to five year period to 9.25%.The rates will be effective from