A persistent and robust demand for the dollar in the non-deliverable forwards (NDF) market caused the Rupee to drop to a new low of 85.73 against the US dollar on December 27, prolonging the decline for the ninth consecutive day. Compared to the US dollar, the rupee has lost 3% of its value this year…
India’s market capitalization increased by an astounding 9% in December, making it the largest among the top ten equities markets in the world. After declining for four straight months, this performance represents its biggest uptick in over three years. So far in December, foreign investors have invested about $2.37 billion in Indian stocks, reversing the…
Following rumors that the salt-to-software conglomerate had started listing its financial services division, Tata Capital, through an initial public offering (IPO) of $2 billion, or approximately Rs 17,000 crore, shares of Tata group firms increased on Tuesday. The IPO is anticipated to occur before September 2025, which is the cutoff date for fulfilling the Reserve…
Due to the Chinese yuan’s decline and importers’ aggressive dollar buys, which were probably connected to month-end payments, the rupee fell to yet another all-time low on Monday, according to FX traders. The decrease was, however, restrained by dollar sales made by the state-owned banks acting on behalf of the Reserve Bank of India. After…
The Indian IT industry, which gets 50–60% of its income from the US market, is benefiting from the rupee’s recent weakening versus the dollar. The rupee has lost almost 108 paise against the dollar thus far in the third quarter. According to analysts, this will increase the margins of IT companies by 30 to 50…
The Union Budget 2025 presentation will cause the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and the BSE to have full trading on Saturday, February 1, the exchanges announced on Monday. “Exchange shall be conducting a live trading session on February 1, 2025, due to the presentation of the Union Budget,” the exchanges stated in a…
Growing electricity consumption and targeted renewable energy targets are expected to expand the power transmission and distribution (T&D) industry substantially. By 2030, India wants to add 500 GW of renewable energy, nearly tripling the 180 GW that is now built. This is the biggest drive for capital investment in electricity infrastructure. As a result, the…
Foreign investors moved to safe-haven dollar assets, causing the benchmark indices to drop 1.5% on Friday, their biggest weekly loss since June 2022 and their fifth straight day of decline in line with global counterparts. The NSE Nifty was down 364.20 points, or 1.52%, to 23,587.50, while the Sensex fell 1,176.46 points, or 1.49%, to…
As the demand for algo trading has grown, the markets regulator has suggested reexamining the structure to improve the system’s checks and balances. Few people understand the intricacies of this institutional investor-dominated trading system, even though ordinary investors have been experimenting with algorithms. In algo trading, pre-programmed computer programs make several deals in milliseconds. To…
As the major indices, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, saw their biggest weekly declines in two years, Dalal Street was in ruins this week. The cautious approach taken by the Federal Reserve and its softer rate-cut trajectory for 2025 exacerbated FII selling in the domestic market. The dip today caused the Sensex to drop…
