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January 3, 2025 7:20 PM
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Contrary to yesterday's positive note, oil prices fell slightly today but remained poised for weekly gains after closing at their highest in more than two months in the previous session, underpinned by potential further economic stimulus in China and lower U.S. interest rates. Brent crude and...
January 3, 2025 7:16 PM
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Three out of four major Asian indices ended in positive territory today. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index up 0.7 percent while China's Shanghai Composite Index plunged over 1.6 percent. South Korea's Kospi ended 1.8 percent up while Singapore's Straits Times index ended positive with 1 percent up....
January 3, 2025 7:15 PM
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In the Forex market, the rupee today fell marginally by three paise to settle at 85 rupees and 78 paise against the US dollar. The dollar index, which indicates US dollar's strength against a basket of six other leading currencies, is trading at 108.97 in intra-day trade.
January 3, 2025 5:03 PM
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The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has recorded the highest number of IPOs in Asia and the highest equity capital raised in the primary market globally in the calendar year 2024, with 268 successful IPOs across the Mainboard (90) and SME (178) segments, raising Rs. 1.67 lakh crore. In 2024, a total o...
January 2, 2025 9:24 PM
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National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has said that Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has processed nearly 16.73 billion financial transactions in a single month in December last year. UPI processed around 23.25 lakh crore rupees in the transactions done. NPCI said that there was a 39 percent...
January 2, 2025 7:38 PM
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The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced the constitution of a working group to revise the base year for the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) from the existing 2011-12 to 2022-23. The 18-member working group, chaired by Prof. Ramesh Chand, member, NITI Aayog, comprises representatives from var...
January 2, 2025 4:24 PM
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Benchmark domestic equity indices today ended with strong gains, driven by a surge in auto, IT and financial stocks. The 30-share index at Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, soared 1,436 points, to close at 79,944. Similarly, the National Stock Exchange Nifty-50 rose 446 points, to settle at 24,189. Bot...
January 2, 2025 4:14 PM
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today chaired the seventh Pre-Budget Consultation with stakeholders from the financial sector and capital markets in connection with the forthcoming Union Budget 2025-26 in New Delhi. The meeting was attended by the Union Finance Secretary, Secretary DIPAM, ...
January 2, 2025 1:50 PM
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Benchmark domestic equity indices, Sensex and Nifty, were trading higher with gains of over one and a half per cent in the afternoon trade today, led by a surge in the Auto, Information Technology and Financial Services sectors. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 1,229 points, to 79,737, and the NSE Nif...
January 2, 2025 8:26 AM
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The total gross Goods and Services Tax, GST collections grew 7.3 per cent to over 1.77 lakh crore rupees last month as compared to December 2023. The total gross GST revenue in December 2023 was 1.64 lakh crore rupees. The Central GST collection in December stood at 32 thousand 836 crore rupe...
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