Rupee strengthens, breaking the 85/$ level.

The rupee gained 34 paise to 84.96 against the US dollar in Friday morning trading. Emerging market currencies, including the rupee, benefited from the dollar’s widespread decline after Trump’s tariffs took effect. The decline in crude oil prices and the US dollar’s depreciation in foreign exchange markets are the main drivers of the rupee’s recovery….

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Nifty falls below 23,200 and the Sensex drops 1,400 points as bank and IT stocks fall ahead of the April 2 tariff deadline.

Ahead of former US President Donald Trump’s tariff deadline, investors were on edge, as the benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex continued to decline on April 1. The sell-off was led by Nifty IT and Pharma, which are the stocks most vulnerable to any trade shocks, and then banking stocks. Fear swept the Street as the…

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