NSE, BSE battle it out for a slice of the derivatives pie
War on the derivatives front is hotting up. With both BSE and NSE running neck-and-neck in Oct, they are slugging it out for the top slot in terms of turnover in this segment, which is only five month old now.

Profit-booking at higher levels washes out early gains
Profit booking at higher levels by operators at a later stage washed out all the earlier gains markets made during the day resulting in Sensex closing only three points above it's previous close.

Indian gold demand slumps by 15%; global investment down by 27%
Sliding gold prices did not help gold demand grow, neither in India nor in the international markets. Instead, gold demand in India during the third quarter of 2000 at 205.6 tonne was down 15% compared to the same quarter of 1999, said World Gold Council.


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