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Source: Live Mint MUMBAI, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Indian government bond yields were largely unchanged on Friday as market participants awaited the outcome of the weekly debt auction and the minutes of the central bank’s latest policy meeting. The benchmark 10-year yield was at 6.7022% as of 10:00 a.m. IST, compared with its previous close…
Source: Live Mint Mumbai, Feb 10 (PTI) The rupee on Monday plunged 45 paise and moved closer to the 88 per US dollar-level, weighed down by the strength of the American currency tariff concerns, but settled on a flat note at 87.50 (provisional) on suspected RBI intervention. The American currency gained in the overseas market…
Source: Live Mint India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), concluded the monetary policy committee on Friday, February 8, and announced a 25-basis-point rate cut to 6.25 per cent for the first time in five years. RBI also lowered its growth forecast for the Indian economy to 6.7 per cent, citing the headwinds…
Source: Live Mint MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee strengthened on Friday after struggling for most of the week as global markets were jolted by fears of a trade war and foreign portfolio outflows persisted, pushing the rupee to its lifetime low past the 87 handle. The Reserve Bank of India cut its key interest…
Source: Live Mint The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to raise the maximum fees that banks can charge customers for exceeding the “free five transactions” limit and the ATM interchange fees, reported the Hindu BusinessLine news portal, citing people aware of the development on Tuesday, February 4. This increase in charges will mean…
Source: Live Mint Budget Technical Outlook: The Indian stock market faced sharp losses in early trade on Monday, February 3, with the Sensex tumbling over 700 points and the Nifty 50 dropping below 23,250, amid weak global cues. The Sensex fell 750 points to hit an intraday low of 76,791.09. Similarly, the Nifty 50 also…
Source: Live Mint MUMBAI, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Indian government bond yields ended marginally higher on Friday as market participants await the annual budget for directional triggers. The 10-year benchmark bond yield, however, eased in January, falling 6 basis points, while also logging its second decline in three months. It ended at 6.7001% on Friday,…
Source: Live Mint The latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed a noticeable decline in the share of prepaid payment instruments (PPIs), while there was a massive surge in the share of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions in the entire digital payment ecosystem. In value terms, the share of PPIs declined from ₹1.43 lakh…
Source: Live Mint MUMBAI, Jan 24 (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made net purchases of government bonds in the secondary market last week, marking the first such operation in over three years, data released on Friday showed. The RBI net bought bonds worth 101.75 billion rupees ($1.18 billion) in the week ending…
Source: Live Mint Stock market today: The Indian stock markets opened on a cautious note on Friday, experiencing selling pressure as both benchmark indices began the day in negative territory. Throughout the day, the indices fluctuated between the green and red zones, ultimately trading in a largely flat manner in the second half. By mid-session,…
