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Source: Live Mint If you are planning to raise a floating rate loan such as home loan, it is vital to know the MCLR rates which the banks are currently charging. Banks typically link their rates to marginal cost of funds-based lending rates (or MCLR) which plays a key factor in determining interest rates for…
Source: Live Mint State Bank of India (SBI) has raised the marginal cost of funds based lending rates, MCLR, with effect from Friday. The tenures for which the interest rates have risen are three months, six months and one year. The bank now charges 8.55 percent on its 3-month tenure instead of 8.5 percent, 8.9…
Source: Live Mint Buy or sell: After a week marked by significant global events, including the US presidential election and the Federal Reserve meeting, the Nifty Index wrapped up at 24,148. Despite some volatility, the index remains trapped within a trading range of 23,800 to 24,800. The direction of the breakout, either above or below…
Source: Live Mint Muhurat Trading 2024: Indian stock exchanges are closed today, November 1, in observance of Diwali, the festival of lights. However, a special one-hour Muhurat Trading session will be held this evening to celebrate the start of the new Hindu calendar year, Samvat 2081. Scheduled from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. IST, this…
Source: Live Mint As the benchmark equity indices continued their losing streak for the fourth consecutive week, nine of the top ten most-valued firms lost a whopping ₹2,09,952.26 crore. Dull quarterly earnings and persistent FII selling added to the woes of investors worried about the bearish stock market. Hindustan Unilever and Reliance Industries Limited were…
Source: Live Mint Stocks to buy: Indian stock market benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, declined by more than one percent each. The Sensex ended the day down by 931 points, or 1.15%, closing at 80,220.72, while the Nifty 50 fell by 309 points, or 1.25%, to finish at 24,472.10. The mid and small-cap…
Source: Live Mint After keeping the benchmark interest rate unchanged for ten consecutive meets, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to cut the repo rate in the next monetary policy committee (MPC) meet scheduled in December. It is, therefore, recommended to lock your savings in fixed deposits (FDs) for as long as possible, argue…
Source: Live Mint In 2024, despite the momentum in financialisation, the Nifty Bank index has underperformed, rising only 7% compared to the Nifty 50’s impressive 15.6% gain. This gap signals investor hesitation, with key banking stocks hovering around critical levels in both the public and private sectors. However, many banks maintain solid fundamentals and have…
Source: Live Mint State Bank of India (SBI) has revised its marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) with effect from October 15, 2024. The interest rates across all other tenures remain the same, however, MCLR for one-month tenor has been slashed from 8.45 to 8.20 per cent. Interest rate for overnight tenure stands…
Source: Live Mint Indian stock market: The Indian market closed lower on Friday, dragged down by auto and banking stocks. While gains in pharma and metal sectors offered some support, they weren’t enough to lift the indices. As a result, the Nifty 50 declined by 0.14%, marking its third consecutive close below 25,000 at 24,964….
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