Business

August 25, 2025 1:47 PM

views 541

FIBAC banking conference on ‘Charting new Frontiers’ inaugurated in Mumbai

A two-day FIBAC banking conference on 'Charting new Frontiers’ is inaugurated in Mumbai today. The conference is held on 25th & 26th August, jointly organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). Addressing the gathering a...

August 25, 2025 12:22 PM

views 223

Sensex, Nifty Climb Moderately Amid Sectoral Divergence

Benchmark domestic equity indices, Sensex and Nifty, were trading with moderate gains in the forenoon trade today. Sensex increased 278 points, to 81 thousand 585, and Nifty advanced 90 points, to 24 thousand 969, when reports last came in. On the sectoral front, IT, Realty and Consumer Durables wer...

August 24, 2025 5:38 PM

views 331

FPIs invest ₹6,207 cr in Indian debt markets in August so far

Foreign investors pumped in 6,207 crore rupees into the Indian debt markets in August so far. However, as per the depositories data, foreign portfolio investors, or FPIs, have pulled out 22,040 crore rupees from the Indian equity markets till last week ending on 22nd of August. Reversing three month...

August 23, 2025 9:45 AM

views 314

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicates potential rate cut soon

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has indicated that a potential rate reduction could occur during September's central bank meeting. However, he maintained a balanced stance, refraining from making definitive commitments about interest rate cuts.   His comments acknowledged mounting con...

August 23, 2025 8:59 AM

views 349

Two-day meeting of GST Council to begin on Sept 3

The 56th Meeting of the GST Council will be held on the 3rd and 4th of next month in New Delhi. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the meeting. The last GST Council meeting was held at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, in December last year, during which several decisions related to the Good...

August 22, 2025 9:21 PM

views 216

Domestic fertiliser production witnessed tremendous growth in last decade

  The government today said that fertiliser availability is comfortable across states during the ongoing Kharif season. According to the Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry, total Urea availability is 183 lakh metric tonnes against the pro-rata requirement of 143 lakh metrictonnes, and 155 lakh metri...

August 22, 2025 7:25 PM

views 234

Gold and Silver Prices down

 In the Indian bullion market, 24 Karat Gold was trading 0.2 per cent down at 99,420 rupees per 10 grams, while Silver was also trading over 0.3 per cent down at 1,13,860 rupees per kilogram, a short while ago. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for October contract was trading 0.2 per cent down ...