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March 23, 2026 9:51 PM

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Crude oil prices drop over 5% after US delay potential Iran strikes

                     Global crude oil prices fell today, after US President Donald Trump instructed the Department of Defence to postpone all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days.   Brent crude was trading 5.2 per cent lower at 106 US dollars and 31 c...

March 23, 2026 9:10 PM

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Most Asian markets tumbled, European indices trading high

  Most Asian stock indices tumbled today. South Korea’s Kospi cracked 6 and a half per cent, China's Shanghai Composite index fell over 3.6 per cent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost more than three and a half per cent, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index dropped almost three and a half per cent and, Singapore...

March 23, 2026 8:33 PM

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FM Sitharaman tables Finance Bill 2026 in LS

  Lok Sabha today took up the Finance Bill, 2026, for consideration and passing. The bill seeks to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2026-2027. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved the bill in the House. Initiating the discussion, Dr A...

March 23, 2026 5:53 PM

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RBI infuses 79,256 cr in banking system to ease liquidity conditions

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today infused 79 thousand 256 crore rupees into the banking system through an overnight variable rate repo (VRR) auction to ease liquidity conditions.   The central bank said the funds were injected at a cut-off and weighted average rate of 5.26 percent. However, ...

March 23, 2026 5:16 PM

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Sensex down by 1,837 pts, Nifty tumbles by 602 pts

  Benchmark domestic equity indices plunged around two and a half per cent today amid a broad-based sell-off. The Sensex nosedived 1 thousand 837 points or 2.46 per cent to close at 72 thousand and 696, while the Nifty tumbled 602 points or 2.6 per cent to settle at 22 thousand and 513.   Earlier, m...

March 23, 2026 1:32 PM

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Sensex plunges by over 2% as West Asia situation remains volatile

Benchmark domestic equity indices trading around two and a half per cent lower in the afternoon session. The Sensex plunged 1 thousand 808 points to 72 thousand and 725, while the Nifty shed 584 points to 22 thousand and 530, when reports last came in. On the sectoral front, Services, Metal and Real...

March 21, 2026 6:49 PM

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Escalating Middle East Conflicts Push Global Oil Prices Higher

Global crude oil prices today surged amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, pushing benchmarks higher for a fifth straight week. Brent crude was trading over 2.8 per cent up at 106 US dollars and 77 cents per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude was trading 2.2 per cent hig...

March 20, 2026 9:54 PM

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Annual growth of Eight Core Industries Index drops to 2.3% in February

The growth of the combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) slowed to 2.3 per cent in February, compared with 4.7 per cent in January, on an annual basis. According to data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry, cement production grew by 9.3 per cent, steel production by 7.2 per cent, f...