Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Benchmark indices declined more than 2% after crude oil bounced back to $111 a barrel after hopes of de-escalation between the U.S. and Iran faded on Friday (March 27, 2026). Nifty 50 and Sensex shed 2.09% and 2.25% to 22,819.60 and 73,583.22 points respectively,…
Co-Founder and Chairman, ANAROCK, Anuj Puri. File | Photo Credit: Bijoy Ghosh Housing sales rose 9% annually to over 1.01 lakh units in January-March across the top seven cities on a low-base effect but fell 7% from the previous quarter amid global economic uncertainties due to the West Asia conflict, according to Anarock. Sales increased…
Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee plunged to a record low on Friday (March 27, 2026), sliding past the ₹94-per-dollar mark, with mounting worries over the energy crisis sparked by the West Asia war putting the currency on track for its worst fiscal-year drop in more than a decade….
Buying and selling are widely considered the Siamese twins in the world of the stock market. People often buy stocks only to sell them for making profit. But then, there was a different set of stocks which were fondly known by investors and financial experts of the time as ‘one-decision’ stocks, that is, buy and…
The story so far: Gold, long seen as a safe haven in times of crisis, is behaving differently this time since the onset of the West Asian conflict on February 28. Since the start of the war, gold prices have fallen sharply. In India, 24-carat gold, which was trading close to ₹1.9 lakh per 10…
Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Foreign institutional investors (FII) sold ₹1,12,244 crore worth of Indian stocks this month as markets remain extremely exposed to oil price shocks, according to data from National Securities and Depositories Ltd. (NSDL). This selling is the most aggressive FIIs have ever made in a month…
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee continued its slide in the early trade on Monday (March 23, 2026), losing 41 paise to slump to a record low of 93.94 against the US dollar as the raging war in West Asia kept global crude oil prices elevated, and the…
Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) (top centre) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won (top left) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea on March 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Asian…
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gold prices climbed ₹5,091 to ₹1.44 lakh per 10 grams in futures trade on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) amid strong global trends and a weak U.S. dollar. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for the April contract appreciated by ₹5,091, or 3.66%, to ₹1,44,003 per…
Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee slumped 29 paise to close at a record low of 94.05 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) as heavy FII outflows and simmering tensions in West Asia kept investors on the edge. Even a drop in global crude oil…
