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Market observers anticipate sustained upward movement, supported by enhanced earnings performance. (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in red on Tuesday. While Nifty50 was below 25,950, BSE Sensex dropped over 250 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 25,941.15, down 72 points or 0.28%. BSE…
Top stocks to buy (AI image) Stock market recommendations: According to Somil Mehta, Head – Alternate Research, Capital Market Strategy, Mirae Asset Sharekhan, the top stocks investors can consider buying today on November 18, 2025 are: NBCC (India) Ltd, and Punjab National Bank (PNB). Let’s take a look:NBCC (India) Ltd – Buy in the range…
MUMBAI: Govt has said that the financial sector should not fight disintermediation but “take the bull by its horn, work collectively, analyse trends deeply and see how to channelise these so that financial flows become smoother within the domestic economy to all segments that require finance”. Economic secretary Anuradha Thakur said there was a rising…
MUMBAI: The capital market and the payments industry have sparred on the future of stablecoins – an instrument over which government and Reserve Bank of India have articulated a cautious yet evolving policy.At the CII Financing Summit here, where senior financial sector leaders spoke in the presence of senior finance ministry and Sebi officials ahead…
NEW DELHI: India’s trade deficit hit a record $41 billion in Oct as exports saw the steepest monthly decline in over a year, and imports rose to an all-time high, driven by a surge in gold and silver shipments into the country. The 11.8% fall in goods exports to $34.4 billion in Oct – which…
NEW DELHI: The 16th Finance Commission, headed by economist Arvind Panagariya submitted its report to President Droupadi Murmu on Monday, setting the stage for rolling out recommendations of the panel from April 1 next year.The report will be available in the public domain once it is tabled in Parliament by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on…
BENGALURU: IT and BPM firms are accelerating the use of advanced productivity tools that provide clients with real-time operational insights. Many of these tools include built-in time tracking, analyse workforce patterns, and proactively flag inefficiencies in performance trends. Tracking workforce productivity has been part of industry routines, largely at the clients’ behest, as companies seek…
NEW DELHI: Amid rising prices, Indian consumers were shunning the purchase of gold, resulting in lower import of the yellow metal – both in value and quantity terms – during first half of the financial year.But, they seem to have come back with a vengeance in Oct, coinciding with GST rate reduction, making up for…
MUMBAI: Chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran has criticised the trend of IPOs being used as exit routes rather than fundraising tools, stating that this “undermines the spirit of public markets”. He called upon banks and financial institutions to become bolder, technologically sharper and more willing to take calculated risks.The CEA also warned against celebrating…
India is set to benefit modestly from the United States’ decision to withdraw reciprocal tariffs on a set of agricultural products, including tea, coffee and spices, the commerce ministry said on Monday, PTI reported. The tariff exemptions, announced through a White House Executive Order on November 12, took effect the next day.The move rolls back…
