Sensex

But high oil prices are not the only factor affecting the Sensex, which has lost about 23 percent of its value since the start of the year.

On Friday, the Sensex index on the Bombay Stock Exchange fell 11 per cent as foreign investors pulled out of their Indian investments.

The note, for examples, might be tied to the Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex.

Yesterday's rise of 17 per cent in India's benchmark Sensex stock index was an exception.

Mumbai's Sensex index has risen 75 per cent so far this year as foreign investors have poured $15bn into local equity markets.

In less than a month, India's benchmark Sensex index climbed by more than 20%, and on October 15th it hit yet another a new record.

The benchmark Sensex index was up by about one-and-a-half percent, Monday, after the government released the new data.

Ironically, another headline in the same paper on the same day said, "Spending Spooks India's Sensex. "

The Mumbai Sensex Index is down 19% so far this year.

The Sensex has gone above 20, 000 during trading five times since late October but never closed above this psychologically important level.

Sensex, the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, suffered a 6 per cent fall.

Other Asian markets recording big falls included India's BSE Sensex Index, which tumbled 4 per cent.

India's Sensex index fell 2. 8%, and in Europe, where shares had risen strongly on Tuesday, the markets were also down.

The Sensex climbed a total of 9. 1% on Monday and Tuesday after falling about 16% last week as the financial crisis deepened.

Some tip the Sensex to reach 14000, up from Friday's close of 12173. 42, in the next three to four months.

It was swept by euphoria last month as the Sensex, India's bench market index, hit 20, 000 for the first time.

Indonesian stocks rose 87% and India's Sensitive Index, or Sensex, rose 81%, but both countries face the risk of inflation in 2010.

The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex index has risen 32 per cent this year.

Shenzhen stocks trade on a earnings multiple of 60, while Shanghai's trade at 38; India's Sensex index trades at 24 times earnings.

The Mumbai exchange's benchmark Sensex index fell 7 per cent as shares in Satyam plummeted nearly 80 per cent.

The Mumbai stock index, the Sensex, tumbled by 4. 5 percent soon after trading opened.

The Sensex remains 31 per cent below its high but has gained 75 per cent in barely two months.

The benchmark Sensex is down 20% this year.

The Mumbai stock index, the Sensex, plunged by 800 points Friday, bringing it down to 10, 527 points.

Anyone who put $1m in the Sensex in January would today own shares worth just $400, 000.

India's benchmark share index, the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex 30, closed above 20, 000 points for the first time yesterday.

The Sensex index retreated 1. 6 percent soon after trading began inIndia.

But the budget was short on both, and the benchmark Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex index sank 5. 8%, or 870 points, to 14043.

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex index closed down 2. 1 per cent at 15, 870.

The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sen-sex index fell 3 per cent to 14, 243. 73 points.

In late trading, India's Sensex rose 0. 7% and Thailand's SET added 0. 9%.

India's Bombay Sensex hit its highest level since Feb. 19, 2008, on Tuesday, and closed 0. 2% higher at 17970. 02 Wednesday.

The Sensex index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, which has fallen sharply since hitting a record high in early November, was up 0. 69 percent.

The benchmark Sensex index on the Bombay Stock Exchange ended at 10169. 90, down 513. 49 points, or 4. 81%.

In Mumbai, the BSE Sensex index advanced 2. 9 per cent to 14. 253. 24.