A view of the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged in early trade on Monday (August 18, 2025), buoyed by plans for big bang reforms in the GST regime by Diwali and S&P upgrading India’s sovereign credit rating. Auto, consumer discretionary and consumer durables stocks propelled…
The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 676.09 points or 0.84% to settle at 81,273.75. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Stock markets rose sharply on Monday (August 18, 2025), with Sensex closing higher by 676 points and Nifty climbing 1% on heavy buying in auto and consumer durables stocks, buoyed by plans for big bang reforms in…
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 87.46 against the U.S. dollar, and touched an intraday low of 87.48 and a high of 87.33 and settled at 87.36 (provisional). File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee appreciated 23 paise to close at 87.36 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Monday (August 18,…
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee edged higher by 20 paise to 87.39 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Monday (August 18, 2025), amid a positive trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said the uncertainty over the trade tariffs issue between India and the U.S. is likely…
FIIs offloaded equities worth ₹4,997.19 crore on August 7, 2025, according to exchange data. File | Photo Credit: PTI Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled on Friday (August 8, 2025) amid non-stop foreign fund outflows and tariff-related jitters. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 765.47 points or 0.95% to settle at 79,857.79. During the…
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Rupee depreciated 13 paise to close at 87.71 (provisional) against U.S. dollar on Friday (August 8, 2025), weighed down by weak domestic equities as India-U.S. trade deal uncertainty continues to dent domestic market sentiments. Forex traders said rupee is trading in a narrow range amid…
NBCC logo. Photo: https://nbccindia.in/index State-owned NBCC (India) Ltd. has reported a 26% increase in its consolidated net profit to ₹135.03 crore for the first quarter of the current fiscal on higher income. Its net profit stood at ₹107.19 crore in the year-ago period. The total income grew to ₹2,465.48 crore during the April-June…
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: M. Srinath Foreign investors have pulled out nearly ₹18,000 crore from Indian equities so far this month, weighed down by escalating U.S.-India trade tensions, disappointing first-quarter corporate earnings, and a weakening Indian rupee. With this, the total outflow by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) in equities has reached ₹1.13 lakh…
Almost everyone has exposure to either physical or financial gold. The same cannot be said of silver. In this article, we discuss when it would be meaningful to have both gold and silver in your portfolio. Core or satellite? Often, gold and silver move in the same direction and by similar magnitude. Recently, silver had…
From the Sensex firms, State Bank of India, Trent, NTPC, Tata Motors, UltraTech Cement and Kotak Mahindra Bank were among the gainers on August 11, 2025. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading in positive territory in early trade on Monday (August 11, 2025) amid fresh foreign fund…
