The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) data supplement revealed on Friday that foreign exchange reserves dropped $2.4 billion to $560 billion for the week ending March 10, its lowest level since early December. After dropping steadily during the whole month of February, the foreign exchange reserves increased $1.45 billion to $562.4 billion last week. According…
After Thursday’s selloff, there was a slight recovery in metal stock prices on March 17. Today, when steel producers signed contracts with the government for the PLI scheme, investors flocked to acquire steel stocks. Union Minister of Steel Jyortiraditya Scindia stated at the PLI Scheme for Specialty Steel MoU signing event that the government intends…
The Indian rupee fell against the dollar on Thursday as worries over a European lender dampened overall risk sentiment, but it still managed to hold onto the higher side of a previous resistance level of 82.80. Compared to its previous closing of 82.59, the rupee closed the day at 82.73 to the dollar. Traders reported…
According to the finance minister, the amount of money in circulation increased from Rs 13 lakh crore in 2014 to Rs 31.33 lakh crore in March 2022. As of March 25, 2022, the currency in circulation which includes banknotes and coins—to GDP ratio was 13.7%, up from 11.6% in March 2014. The amount of money…
According to data provided by the Commerce Ministry on Tuesday, India’s wholesale inflation, which is based on the all-India Wholesale Price Index (WPI), decreased to 3.85 % in February from 4.73 % in January. This is less than the 4% prediction made by Reuters. The data made public indicate that the decrease in the rate…
Domestic indices lost some of their early gains on Monday and lost more than 1% over the day. The Nifty 50 lost 277 points from its intraday high of 17,529.90 to trade at 17,252.25 while the BSE Sensex dropped 1000 points from its high of 59,510.92 to trade at 58,474.02. Continuing the downward trend, Bank…
Due to anticipated price growth for the metal, which had been stagnant for the first nine months of the year, steel manufacturers’ margins would improve in the fourth quarter. An added benefit would be the openness of China. In Q4, an increase of 7-8% in steel demand is predicted. “Steel prices increased from $600 per…
The FMCG business is hopeful about at least 20 percent growth in 2023 after a ‘exponential boom’ in 2022. “We observed strong demand and a 30% increase from the prior fiscal year. Our expected revenue of Rs 4500 crores for the end of March 2023 has already been surpassed, according to Ashish Khandelwal, Managing Director…
According to a senior industry official who spoke to Reuters on Tuesday, India’s imports of palm oil might increase 16% to a four-year high of 9.17 million tonnes in 2022/23 as demand is expected to increase following two years of contraction due to COVID-led lockdowns. Palm oil futures are already trading near their highest level…
Due to the high demand for both passenger cars and two-wheelers, retail sales of autos in India climbed by a double-digit percentage in February compared to the same month last year, according to the automobile dealers’ group FADA. Total registrations across segments increased by 16% year-on-year to 17,75,424 units last month, as compared to 15,31,196…
