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MUMBAI : Proprietary traders, whose cost of capital is set to rise sharply under the banking regulator's new funding directives on capital market exposure, posted a significant increase in market share in the popular index options space. Their gross market share based on premium turnover jumped by 230 basis points (bps) year-on-year to 49.5% in the nine months through 2025-26, according to data sourced from the country's largest stock exchange, National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE). A basi ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 17 (ANI): The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Wednesday approved a series of far-reaching regulatory reforms aimed at simplifying market regulations, lowering transaction costs and improving cost transparency, measures that are expected to boost investor participation across mutual funds, equity and debt markets. At its board meeting held in Mumbai, SEBI Chairman underlined the need for simplifying regulatory language and improving ease of ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Wednesday approved a comprehensive overhaul of mutual fund regulations to improve cost transparency and reduce the expense burden on investors. According to the report, the changes were cleared by the SEBI board and will be implemented through the new SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 2026, replacing the existing 1996 framework after a detailed review. At the core of the reform is a revamp of the Total Expen ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) Markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday approved a comprehensive overhaul of mutual fund regulations, including changes to the expense ratio framework and limits on brokerage charges, to boost transparency. The proposals are aimed at bringing regulatory clarity, reducing redundancies, and promoting ease of compliance. In its board meeting, Sebi has cleared a proposal to exclude all statutory levy -- STT (Securities Transaction Tax), GST (Goods and Services Tax), CTT (Commodity ...Read More >
New Delhi: Canara Bank has joined the growing list of lenders adjusting interest rates after the Reserve Bank of India's recent policy move. Following the RBI's 25 basis point cut in the repo rate earlier this month, the public sector bank has revised both its lending rates and fixed deposit interest rates. The decision comes after major banks like State Bank of India (SBI) and HDFC Bank had already announced similar reductions. In its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held in the first w ...Read More >
New Delhi, [India] December 17 (ANI): Domestic steel demand is expected to remain healthy at around 8 per cent in FY2026; however, continued weakness in steel prices is likely to keep operating margins of steel producers under pressure, according to a report by rating agency ICRA. The report says, the operating environment for domestic steelmakers will remain challenging over the coming quarters amid subdued steel prices, stable but sticky input costs, and an unfavourable global environment. Th ...Read More >
The Sebi board will review proposals for greater transparency among senior officials. Reforms for mutual funds and stock brokers are also on the agenda. These changes aim to simplify rules and enhance clarity for investors. Relaxed KYC norms for NRIs and a new closing-auction session are expected. The regulator is set to implement significant updates to financial market regulations. New Delhi, Sebi board on Wednesday will consider a report of a high-level panel, which has recommended public dis ...Read More >
By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were slightly lower on Tuesday as caution set in ahead of a highly anticipated jobs report that could offer insight into the health of the economy and the potential path for interest rates next year. A recent historic government shutdown left investors and the Federal Reserve starved of official data and increasingly reliant on secondary indicators that offered a mixed picture on the health of the labor m ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Early-stage delinquencies in micro-loans against property (micro-LAP) and micro-housing loans have been rising year-on-year, TransUnion CIBIL cautioned in its December 2025 Credit Market Report. The credit bureau also noted that lenders are increasingly prioritising borrowers with credit scores above 750 and a mature credit history. According to the report, delinquency levels in the micro-LAP segment rose by 45 basis points (bps) year-on-year to 3.3% as of September 2025. Early delinque ...Read More >
New Delhi: Retail inflation is expected to rise to around 1.5% in December as year-on-year inflation has likely bottomed out, driven by unfavourable base effects, a gradual unwinding of food deflation in the coming months and a fading disinflationary impact of goods and services tax (GST) cuts, according to Nomura. In FY26, inflation will average 1.9%, it said, slightly below the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) estimate of 2%. Retail inflation edged up to 0.7% year-on-year in November from a reco ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The Indian economy is poised to grow at 7.0 per cent in the current fiscal 2025-26, Crisil said as it raised projections by 50 basis points soon after the country registered robust growth in the first half. Crisil has revised its GDP forecast for this fiscal with the first-half growth printing at a street-beating 8 per cent. "We expect GDP to grow at 7 per cent in fiscal 2026, compared with 6.5 per cent in fiscal 2025," Crisil, a global, insights-driven an ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 5 (ANI): The Indian stock market on Friday ended higher after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 per cent, as the MPC's outcome served as the key catalyst for the market's rebound. At the close of trading today, the BSE Sensex ended at 85,712.37, up 447.05 points or 0.52 per cent, while the NSE Nifty50 stood at 26,186.45, up 152.7 points or 0.59 per cent. Also Read | Dharmendra 90th Birth Anniversary: Sunny ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied on Friday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut key benchmark interest rate for the first time in six months and took steps to boost liquidity to support a "goldilocks" economy in the face of high US tariffs. Rising for the second day in a row, the 30-share BSE Sensex advanced 447.05 points, or 0.52 per cent, to settle at 85,712.37. During the day, it jumped 531.4 points, or 0.62 per cent, to 85,796.72. The 50-share NSE Nif ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 5 (PTI) The RBI's decision to cut repo rate by 25 basis points drew a positive response from market participants, with the move set to support growth, improve liquidity conditions and help ease pressure on yields. Announcing the fifth bi-monthly monetary policy for the current fiscal, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously decided to cut the short-term lending rate or repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 per cent with a neutral stance. ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 5 (PTI) Home, auto and other loans are likely to cost less as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday cut key benchmark interest rate for the first time in six months and vowed to provide Rs 1 lakh crore liquidity boost to banking sector to support a "goldilocks" economy in the face of high US tariffs. The six-member monetary policy committee, led by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, voted unanimously to lower the repurchase or repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 per cent and retaine ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 5 (PTI) Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday said that the policy repo rate will continue to be "low" till the inflation remains benign. Speaking to reporters at the RBI headquarters after announcing a 25 basis points cut in the repo rate to 5.25 per cent, he declined to specify the level to which the repo rate can go to but added that the RBI's inflation estimates point to benign numbers. "Going forward, we expect benign inflation and so if the inflation continues to be ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 5 (ANI): The Indian stock market on Friday ended higher after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 per cent, as the MPC's outcome served as the key catalyst for the market's rebound. At the close of trading today, the BSE Sensex ended at 85,712.37, up 447.05 points or 0.52 per cent, while the NSE Nifty50 stood at 26,186.45, up 152.7 points or 0.59 per cent. Broader markets were mixed, with the Nifty Midcap100 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Reserve Bank of India's decision to cut the repo rate is a move that uses the monetary space created by low inflation to stimulate consumption and strengthen the growth cycle, bankers said on Friday. Sakshi Gupta, principal economist at HDFC Bank, said the cut was in line with expectations as GDP growth had inched up above 8 per cent in Q2 FY26, the risk from external headwinds on exports continuing to linger on. She said that the sustainability of festive‑ ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian stock markets ended higher on Friday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 per cent. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), led by Governor Sanjay Malhotra, also kept its policy stance neutral. Along with the rate cut, the RBI sharply lowered its inflation forecast for FY26 to 2 per cent from 2.6 per cent and increased its growth projection to 7.3 per cent from 6.8 per cent earlier. Following the announcement, th ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Home loan rates are set to drop to levels last seen before the global financial crisis in 2008, with the RBI's monetary policy committee reducing the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%.Several banks -- Union Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Indian Overseas Bank -- currently offer home loans at 7.35%. Borrowers at this rate will see their interest rate decline to 7.1%, which is also the deposit rate offered by some private banks. On a Rs 1 crore home loan for 15 years, a 0. ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 5 (PTI) Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied on Friday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut key benchmark interest rate for the first time in six months and took steps to boost liquidity to support a "goldilocks" economy in the face of high US tariffs. Rising for the second day in a row, the 30-share BSE Sensex advanced 447.05 points, or 0.52 per cent, to settle at 85,712.37. During the day, it jumped 531.4 points, or 0.62 per cent, to 85,796.72. The 50-shar ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) With August inflation print a tad higher than the 2 per cent mark, a rate cut in October is unlikely, according to a report by SBI Research, adding that even a rate cut in December looks a little difficult if growth numbers for Q1 and estimated Q2 data are taken into consideration. As the Goods and Service Tax (GST) rate on around 295 essential items has been reduced from 12 per cent to 5 per cent or NIL, the consumer price index (CPI) inflation in this category may com ...Read More >
Maruti Suzuki Q2 Results: The company's revenue from operations grew 13% YoY to Rs 42,344.20 crore, up from Rs 37,449.20 crore in the corresponding period of the previous financial year. Automaker Maruti Suzuki India on Friday announced its results for the July-September quarter of FY26, reporting a 7.9% year-on-year (YoY) rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 3,349 crore, compared with Rs 3,102.5 crore in the same quarter last year. The company's revenue from operations grew 13% YoY to Rs 42, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) Markets regulator Sebi has proposed a comprehensive overhaul of mutual fund regulations, introducing clearer definition of Total Expense Ratio (TER) and revising limits on brokerage charges. The proposals are aimed at bringing regulatory clarity, reducing redundancies, and promoting ease of compliance, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in its consultation paper. Under the proposed framework, Sebi plans to eliminate the additional 5 basis points (bps ...Read More >
New Delhi: Gold and silver fell sharply in the futures market on Monday, tracking weakness in global bullion markets as growing optimism over a potential US-China trade deal and a strong dollar weighed on the safe-haven asset. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), gold futures for December delivery dropped by Rs 1,546, or 1.25 per cent to Rs 1,21,905 per 10 grams in a business turnover of 12,428 lots. The yellow metal lost Rs 3,557, or 2.80 per cent, during the holiday-shortened week. "Gold ...Read More >
BENGALURU -- The US Federal Reserve will lower its key interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) next week and again in December, according to a Reuters poll of economists who remain deeply divided on where rates will be by the end of next year. A month ago, economists had expected just one more cut this year. But the new forecast follows a recent shift in expectations by Fed policymakers toward additional reductions. Caught between the dual risks of already-elevated inflation climbing higher due ...Read More >
India's commercial real estate market experienced a significant upswing in Q3 CY25, with office leasing surpassing supply for the sixth consecutive quarter. Net leasing rose 31% year-on-year to 15.9 million sq. ft, while completions increased 44% YoY. Vacancy rates dipped to 14.2%, and rents saw an increase across major cities. India's commercial real estate market saw a major upswing in Q3 CY25, with office leasing continuing to exceed supply for the sixth straight quarter, a report said on Fr ...Read More >
BENGALURU :Bank Indonesia (BI) will cut its key interest rate at its fourth consecutive meeting on Wednesday, taking it to 4.50 per cent, as policymakers put greater weight on supporting economic growth despite continued weakness in the rupiah, a Reuters poll of economists showed. Last month, the central bank surprised markets with a rate cut and Governor Perry Warjiyo said it was going "all out" to bolster growth while maintaining financial market stability. The rupiah has regained some groun ...Read More >
Mumbai: High-frequency indicators pointed to the likelihood of robust September-quarter growth, central bank governor Sanjay Malhotra had said during the October 1 monetary policy review, although he was more circumspect about the pace of economic expansion in 2H of FY26 due to the impact of punitive US tariffs. "Several indicators suggest that agricultural prospects are bright in the current year; consequently, rural demand is likely to be buoyant," Malhotra was cited as saying in the minutes ...Read More >
MUMBAI: HDFC Bank reported a 10.8% rise in standalone net profit to Rs 18,640 crore for the quarter ended Sept 2025, driven by higher non-interest income and steady improvement in asset quality.Net interest income rose 4.8% year-on-year to Rs 31,550 crore, while non-interest income surged 25% to Rs 14,350 crore. Total income grew 10.4% to Rs 45,900 crore. Operating expenses rose 6.4% to Rs 17,980 crore, and provisions increased 29.6% to Rs 3,500 crore. Profit before tax climbed 11% to Rs 24,420 ...Read More >
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