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MUMBAI: Increased opportunities to hedge foreign exchange risk and longer trading hours are at the heart of a proposed overhaul by RBI to liberalise access to currency markets.The draft framework broadens the different types of derivatives that banks (authorised dealers) may offer to individuals and firms, extending hedging tools for currency and interest-rate exposures. Trades…
NEW DELHI: Despite the surge in gold and silver imports upsetting the trade balance, the trends for the two precious metals are very different. With the average price of gold rising nearly 25% on a year-on-year basis to $94,554 a kg during April-Dec, buyers became cautious, resulting in demand falling. Data released by the commerce…
MUMBAI: Even as property prices continued to rise at a faster pace – 2.2 % in the Dec quarter, rental demand declined by 2.4% quarter-on-quarter across India, indicating a market adjusting to yield compression rather than a broad-based slowdown, Magicbricks said in a report. Chennai emerged as the top market in terms of gross rental…
MUMBAI: Real estate, infrastructure, and corporate sectors are set to gain wider access to overseas funding with RBI overhauling external commercial borrowing (ECB) rules, sharply expanding the pool of eligible borrowers and clarifying permissible uses under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 framework.The amended regulations shift the ECB regime from a restricted, sector-based eligibility model…
File photo (Picture credit: AP) US stocks were mixed in uneasy trading on Tuesday as companies flagged weakening consumer confidence and investors continued reassessing the impact of artificial intelligence on corporate earnings.The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged after swinging between a modest gain and a drop of nearly 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose…
Representative image (AI-generated) HYDERABAD: Energy transition player AM Group, which recently inked a MoU with the Uttar Pradesh govt at WEF Davos for setting up a 1 GW high-performance compute hub in Greater Noida at an investment of $25 billion, on Monday said it commenced development of the mega project.The company said the Yamuna Expressway…
The hiring push comes amid a surge in investments by global companies looking to strengthen their AI presence in the country. (AI image) India’s first AI Summit is turning into a talent scouting ground for Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Group and Gautam Adani-led Adani Group. The country’s two biggest business houses are actively looking for young…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has purchased government securities equivalent to 47 per cent of the Centre’s total bond issuances so far in FY26 to support liquidity in the banking system, according to public data.According to news agency PTI , the data compiled from RBI showed that the Centre raised Rs 13,65,000 crore between…
NEW DELHI: India’s power sector tendering pipeline is now shifting towards hybrid and storage-based projects, reflecting a growing focus on improving energy reliability and supporting renewable energy integration, according to a report by Nuvama Research.The report also noted that the country currently has an adequate solar power supply, with solar-hour electricity prices remaining low at…
Türkiye’s Getir Demands $700M From Abu Dhabi Investor Mubadala in Bitter Breakup In a major escalation of the ongoing dispute between a once-high-flying delivery start-up and its largest investor, the co-founders of Turkish food and grocery delivery startup Getir, Nazım Salur and Serkan Borançılı, have filed a $700 million lawsuit against Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment…
