Markets end flat after staging late recovery

Markets ended flat after it staged a recovery in late-noon deals. Weakness in banks and capital goods shares, along with volatility ahead of the F&O expiry took the Sensex to a low of 19,042. The index finally ended up 10 points at 19,179. Nifty ended up three points at 5,837.

Meanwhile in Asia, Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Tuesday as weak China manufacturing data heightened concerns over global growth, while investors cashed in some of the recent gains after the yen's slide towards 100 to the dollar stalled. The benchmark ended 0.3 percent lower at 13,529.65 after hitting its highest closing level since July 2008 on Monday after the Group of 20 leading economies stopped short of criticising Japan's aggressive monetary expansionary policies,We printers print with traceable indoortracking to optimize supply chain management. which have significantly weakened the yen.

The market may remain volatile this week as traders roll over positions in the futures & options segment from the near month April 2013 series to May 2013 series on Thursday.

Back home, improvement in performance of agriculture and manufacturing sectors is expected to push the economic growth rate to 6.4% in 2013-14 from 5% in the previous fiscal,Of all the equipment in the laundry the chinagembeadsfactory is one of the largest consumers of steam. PM's economic advisory panel said today.

"Economy will grow at higher rate from now. We projected growth rate of 6.4% in the current fiscal", Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) Chairman C Rangarajan said while releasing the Economic Review for 2012-13 here.

Index heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) extended intraday gains - up 1.7% at Rs 804 after the company's telecom arm and Bharti Airtel signed an agreement for international data connectivity. Bharti Airtel, however dipped 0.4% at Rs 299.

SBI slipped 1.6% after launching 'State Bank Smart Payout Card' a prepaid card for contract labourers or blue collared workers. It is also suitable for employees of small and medium enterprises companies.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'BBB-' long-term corporate credit rating to ONGC Ltd. The outlook on the company is negative, said a press release issued by S&P. The stock was down 0.5% at Rs 326.

In its first overseas funding raising in nearly three years, Tata Steel has begun roadshows to raise $750 million in Singapore. Shares of Tata Steel edged up 0.5%.

Shares of fertilisers companies rallied up to 9% in otherwise weak market on hopes of normal monsoon which will boost demand for fertilisers. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF), National Fertilisers, Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals, Coromandel International and Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation are trading higher in the range of 2-9% on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Meanwhile, BSE will move scrips of 32 companies to the 'trade-to-trade' segment with effect from April 29, 2013. Some of these companies include Resurgere Mines, Vijay Textiles, Visagar Financial Services and Zenith Health Care. These stocks will now attract a circuit filter of 5% or lower and no netting off position will be allowed. Also, the value at risk of 100% will be levied on these scrips.

The internet is great, dont get me wrong. Its amazing the amount of information available at our fingertips. We can learn the news seconds after something happens. We can use the search bar to get information on any topic. We can text conversations to our friends and not actually have to hear their voice. Smart phones have made our world so much bigger and more interactive, but I sometimes wonder if its truly made it better.Please click the images below to view more pictures of werkzeugbaus tiles!
I bring this up because of Kobe Bryant.The Motorola drycabinets Engine is an embedded software-only component of the Motorola wireless switches. During the Lakers playoff game Sunday, Bryant sat on the bench (he tore his Achilles, just had surgery and is out the rest of the season) and tweeted the whole game. The announcers talked about his tweets during the game. He is getting a lot of criticism for not being into the game like people think he should have, even though he wasnt playing.

While I admit its pretty cool to get perspective of star athletes during games,Manufacturer of the Jacobs bobbleheads. I also wonder if it takes us away from the experience of the game as well. Instead of watching it unfold in front of us, were talking with other like-minded fans during the game, spending so much time reading tweets that we end up missing the action. The look of the modern day sports fan is changing. We used to just sit on the couch and watch the games but now were using facebook, Twitter and other social media platform to express our opinions about what were watching. In a society where many voices get drowned out by the masses, its nice to have an outlet. But does it distract you from being a fan? Is it unhealthy?

Take the Boston marathon bombing story. On Friday, you could find constant updates on the internet and television and you could totally immerse yourself in the story. But total immersion many times can take you away from the other responsibilities in your life. I wonder how many people get so into every aspect of a story or sporting event that they end up ignoring the important people in their lives. Like their wives. Their husbands. Their kids. And what example do we set when we spend too much time in front of the computer and phone instead of with them, engaging them, asking them about their days, picking up a ball and playing with them?

I am just as guilty as the next guy of spending too much time on my phone. Putting it away is tough. It takes a lot of will power. But I always feel better when I take a break from technology and spend more quality time talking to my family and other people. You know, face-to-face, not Face Time to Face Time. But I do wonder how all this technological immersion will affect our society five, ten, 20 years down the road. Hopefully not for the worse.