The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will enhance surveillance and enforcement on market manipulators and cyber fraudsters through technology and use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to widen the reach of its investor awareness programmes, its Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey told The Hindu in an interview. He said SEBI aims to have “optimum regulation” in…
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee depreciated 21 paise to 91.29 against the U.S. dollar on Monday (March 2, 2026), amid higher crude oil prices, a strong American currency and intense global volatility due to the escalated West Asia tension. Negative equity market sentiment and massive withdrawal of…
Image used for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Shares of airline companies, tour and travel-related services providers tumbled on Monday (March 2, 2026) morning trade amid escalating tensions in the West Asia. Follow | Iran-Israel conflict LIVE The stock of InterGlobe Aviation tanked 7.50%, while SpiceJet declined by 7.27% on the…
Representational image of a gold bar | Photo Credit: Reuters Precious metal prices jumped 4% in futures trade on Monday, with silver surging to ₹2.93 lakh per kilogram and gold climbing to near ₹1.68 lakh per 10 grams, tracking strong demand in the international markets. Analysts said investors rushed to safe-haven assets after the U.S….
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty crashed in early trade on Monday (March 2, 2026) tracking a sharp spike in crude oil prices amid escalating tensions in the West Asia. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 2,743.46 points or 3.37% to 78,543.73 in early trade….
Bombay Stock Exchange. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The benchmark NSE Nifty 50 was down 1.25% to 24,865.70 points, responding to attacks between the U.S. and Iran over the weekend. The BSE Sensex 30 was down the same degree to 80,238.85. The benchmark NSE Nifty 50 opened down 2% to 24659.25 points from the previous…
Image for representational purposes only. The rupee saw a steep loss of 42 paise to settle at 91.50 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Monday (March 2, 2026). | Photo Credit: PTI The rupee saw a steep loss of 42 paise to settle at 91.50 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Monday (March 2, 2026)…
Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Oil prices on Monday (March 2, 2026) reverberated concerns of the rising conflict in West Asia between Iran and Israel along with the ally United States, as May futures jumped more than 8% as trade resumed. At the time of writing (12:20 p.m.), Brent Crude…
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Tuhin Kanta Pandey. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is pushing banks and other regulators to tighten enforcement of insider-trading rules, in particular safeguarding unpublished price sensitive information, the regulator’s chief said. SEBI has taken action in the…
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee surged by 21 paise to 90.73 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Monday (February 23, 2026), aided by a sharp fall in global crude oil prices and a weaker greenback amid renewed uncertainties over U.S. President Donald Trump hiking tariffs to 15%. Brent crude,…
