pre-opening trade

Nifty above 11,650 in pre-opening trade, Sensex higher by 

over 150 points

Rupee opens:The Indian rupee gained in the opening trade on Monday. 

opened higher by 15 paise at 69.76 per dollar versus 69.91 Friday.

On Friday, Rupee rose following weakness in the dollar against its major 

crosses and ahead Fed chairman statement at the Jackson Hole Symposium. In 

the recent past, rupee has been under pressure primarily on back of global 

factors than domestic factors, said Motilal Oswal.

Market at pre-open: It is likely to be a good start to the Monday morning 

as pre-opening rates point to a positive opening. 

At 09:01 hrs IST, the Sensex is up 122.34 points or 0.32% at 38374.14, 

while the Nifty is up 94.10 points or 0.81% at 11651.20. 

autonomy and privacy of citizens: Congress

Ram Vilas Paswan calls for broader consensus in setting up Indian judicial  stock market services

The district-level agitations will be held from September 7 to 15, while the state-level agitations will be organised from September 16 to 30.

The Congress has also set up a separate control room at the party headquarters here to monitor district-level agitations

Please ensure that a massive state-level agitation and a march to the Governor's House for submission of memorandum to the Governor," party general secretary Ashok Gehlot has said in a letter to the party's state unit chiefs.

According to party sources, the Congress will make the alleged Rafale scam a 'poll issue' and target the Modi dispensation over its claim of corruption-free governance.

The Congress has accused the Modi government of not disclosing the price of the aircraft and alleged that the price was three times higher than that negotiated during the UPA dispensation with France's Dassault Aviation, the manufacturer of the aircraft.