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September 6, 2023 6:35 PM

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US share indices close lower; Nasdaq Composite index falls 0.1%

The US share indices closed lower yesterday. The three major stocks declined as Treasury yields rose along with oil prices and investors assessed prospects for the Federal Reserve's interest rate path. The Nasdaq Composite index fell 0.1 percent, The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2 per...

September 6, 2023 6:26 PM

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Asian stock markets today close mixed; London's FTSE-100 falls 0.7%

Asian stock markets today closed mixed. Japan's Nikkei-225 appreciated 0.6 percent and China's Shanghai Composite index added 0.1 percent. On the other hand, South Korea's Kospi declined 0.7 percent and Singapore's Straits Times index slipped 0.1 percent.  Hong Kong's H...

September 2, 2023 8:36 PM

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Railways records freight loading of 126 MT for August 2023

Indian Railways has achieved freight loading of over 634 million tonnes between April and August this year which is over 13 million tonnes more than the corresponding period last year. Railway Ministry said, in August this year, Railways has loaded over 126 million tonnes against 119 million tonnes ...

September 1, 2023 6:45 PM

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GST revenue rises 11% to Rs 1.59 lakh cr in August

The gross GST revenue collected in August is 1,59,069 crore rupees. This includes CGST of 28,328 crores, SGST of 35,794 crores, and IGST of 83,251 crores. The government has settled 37,581 crores to CGST and 31,408 crores to SGST from IGST. The total revenue of Centre and the States in August a...

August 31, 2023 9:53 PM

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India's GDP growth rises to 7.8 percent in April to June quarter

India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) registered a growth of 7.8 percent in the April-June quarter of the current fiscal (2023-2024), compared to a growth of 6.1 percent in the previous January-March quarter of fiscal 2022-23. According to official data shared by the National Statistical Office....

August 30, 2023 8:53 PM

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Wall Street indexes end sharply higher after drop in monthly job openings

On Wall Street, key indexes ended sharply higher yesterday (29 August 2023), lifted by Tesla, Nvidia and other mega-cap growth stocks after a drop in monthly job openings cemented expectations of a pause in interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 293 poi...

August 30, 2023 8:50 PM

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Asian markets end little changed

Asian markets ended little changed today (30 August 2023). So, Japan's Nikkei-225 index gained 0.3 percent; South Korea's Kospi index rose 0.4 percent and China's Shanghai Composite index ended marginally higher. But, the Hong Kong's Hang Seng index ended marginally lower and Sin...