MARKETS

Nomura expects Sensex to touch 30,310 points by end-August 2015.

Pre-tax profits were up by 6.3% for the company.

Move helps e-commerce service company Alibaba take home bigger share of earnings from financial services affiliate.

Spot Brent has fallen below the $104-$103 support region, opening up new lows near $100 for the commodity.

A decline in credit expansion and money supply growth likely to make the call for additional boosts louder.

Euro falls across the board after ZEW said geopolitical tensions have started to affect Germany.

Royal Enfield makes the Bullet and Continental GT café racer motorcycles.

Norway's krone rallied to two-month highs versus the euro and sterling after Norwegian consumer price inflation rose to a six-month high.

Global demand for oil is set to rise slower than expected as China and Russia slow production.

Fox investment is San Francisco-based hedge fund's fifth largest holding.

GBP/USD falls to fresh two-month low as market braces up for June/July labour market numbers and BoE inflation report.

Profit before tax at Jaguar Land Rover rose to £924m in April-June quarter.

Tata Motors' stock and REIT rules boost benchmark Indian index.

The USD/INR pair touched a five-month high of 61.75 before a central bank-assisted reversal helped the rupee end nearly 1% stronger.

Sale of the private bank's international business could fetch between $720m and $1.1bn.

Consortium includes South Korea's National Pension Service and gas seller E1.

Treasury Wine Estates' stock jumps 3.9% in Sydney, valuing winemaker at A$3.45bn.

GM has set aside $400m to cover victims' claims of deaths caused by faulty car parts.

Brent trades lower on rumours US air strikes will lower risk of oil supply disruptions from Iraq.

Safe haven flows and short covering have strengthened gold to a 20-day high, even as silver has fallen to a 50-day low. Platinum and palladium have rallied since 5 August.

Economic data from China, Europe and US to influence bullion prices next week.

Bank of Japan will be in news for monthly economic survey and minutes of last policy-setting meeting.

India's largest lender's net profit rose 3.3% to $547m in April-June first-quarter.

Ukraine crisis also bites down on markets as Russia imposes sanctions on Western exports.

Sterling has dropped more than 2.1% over past five weeks against US dollar.

Russia slapped ban on food imports from the US, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.

The embattled group has been swamped by severe management failings in the past.

SoMP talks about how poor wage growth can be offset by a weakness in the currency.

Norway's salmon producers face losing biggest market which made up 10% of all exports.