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October 17, 2026 8:06 AM
Global stocks fell modestly on Friday as markets stabilized after a sharp tech-led selloff, while the dollar headed for a weekly loss. Markets have been rattled this week by concerns over higher interest rates and the debt-fuelled financing behind the AI boom, triggering a selloff in technology and...
October 16, 2026 4:22 PM
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed higher for the second straight day on Friday, driven by strong buying in IT stocks amid firm global trends. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 413.66 points, or 0.56 per cent, to settle at 74,729.27. During the day, it surged 463.17 points, or 0.62 per cent, t...
October 16, 2026 4:23 PM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said India is working to promote rupee-based trade settlements to help partner countries facing shortages of hard currencies continue importing essential goods from India. Speaking during an interaction with the Atlantic Council on the sidelines of the IMF-Wo...
October 16, 2026 12:23 PM
The Central Government has increased the windfall tax on petrol exports to ₹2.5 per litre from ₹0.5 per litre, while reducing the levy on diesel exports to ₹8.5 per litre from ₹16 per litre for the fortnight beginning October 16. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Finance...
October 16, 2026 10:39 AM
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty drifted lower in early trade on Friday amid profit-taking, a day after recording a sharp rally. Relentless foreign fund outflows and a decline in blue-chip Reliance Industries after a 4 per cent rally in the previous trade added to the overall bearish trend in equ...
October 16, 2026 8:38 AM
Asian stocks rebounded on Friday following heavy selling in the previous session when investors dumped tech shares as questions about cloud company CoreWeave's debt pile fuelled worries about the financing driving the AI boom. Bond markets stabilized after yields plunged on Thursday as traders boug...
October 15, 2026 4:23 PM
The domestic benchmark equity indices ended sharply higher on Thursday as easing oil prices boosted investor sentiment and soothed concerns over sustained inflationary pressures. The Sensex surged 1,533.72 points, or 2.11 per cent, to close at 74,315.61, while the Nifty advanced 374.65 points, or ...
October 15, 2026 3:07 PM
India's net direct tax collections rose 13.21 per cent year-on-year to Rs 13.38 lakh crore as of Oct 14 in the current financial year (FY27), driven by higher corporate tax, non-corporate tax and Securities Transaction Tax (STT) receipts, according to data released by the Income Tax Department on Th...
October 15, 2026 1:11 PM
Shares of Reliance Industries rallied 3 per cent on Thursday after Jio Platforms Ltd, the digital and telecom arm of the firm, set a price band of Rs 1,065 to Rs 1,119 per share for its initial public offering that could raise about Rs 30,213 crore at the top of the range, making it India's largest....
October 15, 2026 11:20 AM
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has urged Canadian businesses to use India as a manufacturing, innovation and design base to serve global markets, highlighting the country's talent pool and expanding preferential trade access as opportunities for companies looking to strengthen the...
