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Source: Live Mint Although US CPI inflation recorded its sharpest increase in seven months, it aligned with forecasts and did not disrupt expectations of a 25 bps rate cut by the US Federal Reserve next week. However, the November inflation data highlighted that the Fed still faces significant challenges in bringing inflation below its 2…
Source: Live Mint Indian markets experienced a volatile session on Thursday, December 12, despite a strong handover from Wall Street, as investors exercised caution ahead of India’s key retail inflation data, scheduled for release later in the day. According to a Mint poll of 16 economists, retail inflation is expected to have eased to 5.5%…
Source: Live Mint The Indian stock market benchmark index Nifty 50 is expected to reach 26,100 level by December 2025, Kotak Securities said in its Market Outlook 2025 report, while maintaining a ‘cautiously optimistic’ approach on the domestic equities. The Nifty 50 target for 2025 represents a 6% increase from its closing level on Tuesday….
Source: Live Mint Indian IT stocks continued their winning streak for the fifth straight session on Thursday, December 5, boosted by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks at the New York Times DealBook Summit, where he emphasised the resilience of the US economy, which contributes 60-70 per cent of revenue for IT companies. Riding on…
Source: Live Mint The Nifty 50 fluctuated widely in November, driven by concerns over stretched valuations, weak performance by Indian Inc in Q2 and persistent selloffs by foreign investors, causing the index to oscillate consistently between gains and losses. The uncertainty was further exacerbated by global economic headwinds, including rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine,…
Source: Live Mint Wall Street today: US stocks are falling Friday toward their worst loss since Election Day as the big bump Wall Street got from last week’s victory for Donald Trump and cut to interest rates by the US Federal Reserve keeps fading. The S&P 500 sank 1.1 per cent and was heading for…
Source: Live Mint Gold prices on MCX opened sharply lower on Thursday tracking weakness in international bullion prices that hit a two-month low amid a stronger US dollar. Silver prices also dropped by more than 1%. At 9:05 am, MCX gold rate traded lower by ₹609, or 0.82%, at ₹73,873 per 10 grams, while MCX…
Source: Live Mint Stock Market News: The domestic benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex, declined on Friday, concluding the week in negative territory, as worries over lackluster corporate earnings and ongoing foreign fund outflows overshadowed the gains made in information technology (IT) shares after the US Federal Reserve’s anticipated interest rate reduction. The Nifty 50…
Source: Live Mint Although the US Federal Reserve refrained from surprising markets and trimmed the benchmark interest rate by 25 bps to 4.50 – 4.75 per cent on November 7, markets seemed disappointed by Chair Jerome Powell’s tone, which suggested uncertainty about the future path of interest rates. In the September meeting, the US Fed…
Source: Live Mint Indian stock market extended its slide to the second consecutive day on Friday, November 08, as sharp selloff in major large-cap stocks, including Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, and Trent, weighed heavily on the frontline indices, causing them to end the session in the red. The 25-basis point rate…
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