The benchmark BSE Sensex extended losses in the late morning deals and was trading lower by 153.24 points following sustained selling in metal, energy, telecom, oil&gas, FMCG and Auto sectors amid weak Asian cues. Market turned volatile on Asian weakness following Donald Trump’s failure to push through his key healthcare legislation raised doubts whether he will be able to push through tax reforms and mega-spending packages.

MUMBAI: It perhaps has never been so affordable to own a performance car in India. Iconic German sports car makers Porsche and Mercedes-Benz AMG added new, entry-level models to their portfolios, at prices as low as half those commanded by their full-feature performance cars. Tata Motors is building one of its own.

Purists may have a problem with some of the stripped-down versions making their way into India — they don't tick all the boxes on performance expected from the road vehicles made for speed — but company executives say these cars suit better for Indian road and driving conditions.

Coal India (CIL) was trading 2.4% lower at Rs 291 on BSE as the stock is trading ex-interim dividend for Rs 1.15 per share.

The board of directors of CIL in its meeting on March 26, 2017 approved payment of second interim dividend for the financial year 2016-17 at Rs 1.15 per share of the face value of Rs 10.

Indian Railways is considering ending state-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd's (SAIL) virtual monopoly on supplying steel for standard rail tracks, opening up annual purchases worth up to $700 million to the private sector, people close to the matter told Reuters.

The vast state rail operator is undergoing a $130 billion, five-year overhaul to modernise the world's fourth-largest network, which is blighted by ageing track and saturated capacity.

Market regulator SEBI accused Reliance Industries on Friday of having committed a "fraud" in taking a short trading position at the time of selling a stake in a subsidiary in 2007, ordering it to surrender 4.5 billion rupees ($69 million) plus interest in "unlawful gains".

Reliance, the $64 billion conglomerate controlled by India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, rejected the ruling by the Securities and Exchange Board of India and said it would appeal to the Securities Appellate Tribunal.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday delivered its verdict in the decade-old unlawful gains case involving the country’s second-biggest company, Reliance Industries. The capital market regulator has directed the Mukesh Ambani-led company to disgorge (give up) Rs 447 crore, with interest of 12 per cent per annum since November 2007, it made “illegally”.

Besides the high interest levied, the only punitive action is a one-year ban from dealing in the futures and options (F&O) segment by the company. So has the company gotten away lightly?

Private charter firms Deccan Charter and Air Odisha together are learnt to have bagged around 50 regional air routes to propel the government's ambitious regional connectivity scheme, UDAN.

The process of selection of the routes and the operators is nearly complete and the government is likely to make an announcement on this issue in the next few days, sources close to the development told PTI here.

Three persons in the US have filed a lawsuit against Microsoft claiming that its Windows 10 update destroyed their data and damaged their computers, a media report said. The complaint, filed in Chicago’s US District Court on Thursday, said that Microsoft Windows 10 was a defective product and that its maker failed to provide adequate warning about the potential risks posed by Windows 10 installation, Britain-based online tech publication The Register reported on Friday.

The country’s top car-maker, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), has never had a better ride. It sold a record number of cars in the first nine months of 2016-17, clocking its best revenue and profits. The company has not only grown its share in the domestic market, but has also improved its product portfolio by launching new and premium models, including sports utility vehicles (SUVs). This helped in a higher realisation per vehicle. In spite of rising competition from rivals, the car-maker now has 47.3 per cent share of the passenger car market, slightly higher than the 46.8 per cent share it had in 2015-16.

Phillauri, a romantic comedy film featuring Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh and Suraj Sharma, minted Rs 4.02 crore on its opening day.

Set in Phillaur, Punjab, the Anshai Lal directorial tells the story of Kanan (Suraj), who is persuaded by his friends and family to marry a tree to ward off the bad luck afflicting his love-life. To Kanan's surprise, this awakens an ancient tree spirit Shashi, played by Anushka.

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