The Indian stock market logged a second consecutive week of consolidation, but also a third straight monthly gain, supported by steady institutional inflows and earnings momentum despite geopolitical and trade concerns. Next, investors will monitor key market triggers in the first week of the new month. Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting by the Reserve Bank…
The Reserve Bank of Indiaās (RBI) primary job is to protect the value of the rupee: i.e. domestic price stability. Since the 2016 pact between the central bank and the government, this responsibility was codified as a specific inflation mandate. It is called āflexible inflation targeting,ā since the target is not a number, but a…
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 19 (ANI): Despite a shorter trading week due to holidays, foreign investors poured in around ā¹8,500 crore into Indian equities, according to data from the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL). The Indian stock markets saw positive foreign portfolio investment (FPI) inflows during the week, even though trading happened only on three…
With food prices having eased, it seems inflation in India is at last starting to stabilize. Retail inflation, according to government data released on Tuesday, eased to 3.3% in March over the same month last year, compared with 3.6% in February.Ā This is the lowest reading since August 2019.Ā Also Read: Mint Quick Edit |…
The Reserve Bank of India had a challenging task in determining the course of interest rates and policy stance amidst extreme currency volatility, uncertainty in financial markets, and headwinds to growth.Ā However, RBIās monetary policy committee has unambiguously addressed these challenges by announcing a rate cut and shifting the stance from āneutralā to āaccommodativeā, providing…
RBI Monetary Policy: Keeping some powder dry for global uncertainties and weather-related disruptions, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) refrained from a deeper rate cut and reduced the repo rate by 25 basis points as expected on Wednesday, April 9. The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI voted unanimously to cut the repo…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) initiated the much-expected rate-cut cycle in February. The repo rate was cut from 6.5% to 6.25% on 7 February. A rate cut leads to an easing of interest rates on loans. However, loan rates have just started easing, after a rather longer transmission period.Ā Rate cut transmission Let us…
The Indian stock market experienced another week of volatility but managed to settle with marginal gains, driven by mixed global and domestic factors. Budget 2025 announcements, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)‘s first monetary policy for 2025, Delhi elections 2025, and US trade tariff announcements were the major themes that dictated the market movement last week….
As the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy committee (MPC)Ā cut repo rateĀ by 25 basis points on Friday, it is seen as the start of interest rate cut cycle. Typically, a cut in repo rate is followed by a similar decline inĀ interest levied on loans as well as interest rates offered on deposit rates. So,…
Stock Market Today: The benchmark Nifty-50 index ended Wednesday’s range-bound trading session slightly lower at 23,696.30, down 0.18%. The S&P BSE Sensex, at 78,271.28, was down 0.4%. Nifty Bank, at 50,343.05, ended with gains of 0.37%. Metals and Oil and gas indices were other key gainers, though FMCG and realty stood under key losers. Broader…
