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The rupee extended its recovery on Friday, climbing 9 paise to 89.80 against the US dollar in early trade, ahead of the much awaited the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy announcement.The bounce back comes after a highly volatile week in the currency market, during which rupee repeatedly slipped to new lows.Earlier on Thursday, the…
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India has expanded the range of free services that any customer can receive from a zero-balance zero-fee basic savings bank deposit account, directing lenders to treat the product as a normal savings service rather than a stripped-down alternative.Banks have also been directed to convert existing accounts into BSBD accounts if they…
Top stocks to buy (AI image) Stock market recommendations: According to Bajaj Broking Research, the top stock picks for December 5, 2025 are Max Healthcare, and Tata Power. Here’s its view on Nifty and Bank Nifty:Index View: NIFTYBenchmark indices spent the previous week oscillating within a defined consolidation band, digesting their recent up move. The…
Piyush Goyal (File photo) NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal Thursday called for a need to balance bilateral trade with Russia, which is heavily tilted in Moscow’s favour due to large imports of crude petroleum and fertiliser.India exported goods worth under $5 billion last year, comprising largely of machinery, pharma and chemicals, while…
MUMBAI: British American Tobacco, the second largest shareholder of ITC Hotels, is looking to sell 7% stake in the hospitality company, worth Rs 3,000 crore, on Friday. The stake-sale is part of its broader strategy to exit ITC Hotels.The maker of Dunhill and Rothmans cigarettes is looking to sell its ITC Hotels shares at Rs…
MUMBAI: The Cayman Islands, one of the biggest financing hubs for investing globally, has offered to sign memorandum of understanding (MoUs) with markets regulator Sebi and also with the regulator for India’s finance hub GIFT City. The MoUs will facilitate transparent exchange of information between the regulators, André M Ebanks, Premier, the Cayman Islands, said…
Ashok Vaswani, MD & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank MUMBAI: Kotak Bank chief executive Ashok Vaswani said large banks that sold stakes in their financial-services subsidiaries to foreign investors lost considerable long-term value, arguing that full ownership of such businesses is a strategic advantage.Speaking at a media gathering on Wed, Vaswani urged reporters to “go and…
BENGALURU: Electric motorcycle maker Ultraviolette raised $45 million in fresh growth capital from Zoho Corporation and European investment firm Lingotto as part of its ongoing series E round. The company said the funding will be used to scale production and sales of its flagship F77 electric sportbike and the new X-47 crossover, as well as…
CEO & chairman of the executive board Herman Gref with Putin (AP photo) NEW DELHI: Sberbank, Russia’s largest lender, is looking to ramp up its operations in the country, opening up to 10 branches, investing surplus rupees from bilateral currency trade in Indian govt bonds and getting Russian investors to park funds in Nifty stocks.“We…
MUMBAI: Association of National Exchanges Members of India (ANMI), the largest association of stock brokers in India, has written to the markets regulator Sebi, urging it to allow NSE to re-launch weekly options contracts on Bank Nifty. In Oct 2024, concerned by the rising losses incurred by retail investors who traded in equity options, Sebi…
