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Markets

28 August, 2020

Rupee posts biggest weekly gain in 20 months as RBI stands aside

The Indian rupee rose to its highest level in nearly six months on Friday, gaining for a third straight session, ......

Markets

28 August, 2020

Sensex, Nifty jump after Fed shift caps a strong week

A surge in banking shares helped Indian stocks end higher on Friday, as investors digested a policy shift by the ......

Markets

29 July, 2020

Sensex, Nifty fall as Reliance drags on profit-taking, autos decline

Indian shares ended lower on Wednesday as investors took profits in the country's most valuable stock Reliance Industries after an ......

Markets

16 June, 2020

Sensex, Nifty shrug off China tensions, rise on US Fed hopes

Indian shares shrugged off a momentary jolt from rising Indo-China border tensions to finish higher on Tuesday, as hopes of ......

Markets

11 June, 2020

Sensex, Nifty down 2% on delayed telecoms ruling, dour Fed outlook

Indian shares closed down over 2% on Thursday, led by bank stocks, after the country's top court extended a hearing ......

Markets

28 May, 2020

Despite rally, 2020 to be worst year for stocks in nearly a decade: Poll

This year will be the worst for many world stock markets in nearly a decade at least, although a majority ......

Economy

09 April, 2020

Factbox: The global economic policy response to coronavirus crisis

Governments and central banks around the world have unleashed unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus and other support for economies floored ......

Markets

24 March, 2020

Nifty, Sensex settle higher on stimulus promise

Indian shares closed 3% higher on Tuesday after the country's finance minister said the government would announce an economic stimulus ......

Markets

16 March, 2020

Sensex, Nifty crash as global rate cuts fail to calm nerves

Indian stocks plunged on Monday, closing nearly 8% lower, as moves by central banks across the globe to cut interest ......

Finance

16 March, 2020

US Fed slashes rates to zero in emergency move to cushion coronavirus blow

The U.S. Federal Reserve and global central banks moved aggressively on Sunday to buttress a world economy unraveling rapidly amid ......