Ayesha Faridi joins ET NOW as markets anchor

Ayesha Faridi, one of India's most experienced stock-market anchor, comes to ET NOW from CNBC-TV18 and will be joining the formidable team of professionals who put together ET NOW's daily market coverage.

On ET NOW she will be anchoring the popular show "Chartbusters', a half an hour round-up on the buzzing stocks at 2pm. She will also anchor "Markets NOW', the countdown to closing bell between 2:30pm ' 4pm and co-anchor "MarketSense with Andy Mukherjee', the show which gives a sense of the markets with an international perspective from 11am ' 12noon, starting from Monday, 10th May 2010.

Ayesha in her previous role at CNBC-TV18 has anchored popular shows like "Your Stocks', "Bulls Eye', Power Breakfast' and "Movers & Shakers'

Commenting on Ayesha's appointment, Andy Mukherjee, Executive Editor, ET NOW said, "We are delighted to have Ayesha on board. She is a great professional and her in-depth knowledge of markets and experience in anchoring a wide variety of formats will add new dimensions to ET NOW's markets programming.'