Gold is a ‘sleeping giant’. History shows that for years, if not decades, gold prices move in a narrow range, until suddenly spiking. Between October 2011 and October 2022, the gold price trended lower and remained in the $1,700 range. From November 2022, gold saw a golden run with the price jumping from $1,700 to
In 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has so far cut its repo rate by a total of 0.50% (50 basis points) in two policy meetings in February and April. The repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends money to commercial banks in the country. These two rate cuts have resulted
Airtel has launched a new international roaming plan for its users that will be applicable in 189 countries. The new international roaming plan aims to smooth the user experience in different countries without worrying about different international roaming zones and recharge packs. ALSO READBharti seeks equity swap for AGR dues The plan offers users access
After a green start to the day, India’s stock market has taken a sharp downturn, with the Sensex plunging 1000 points or down 1.23% to 78,819.04 and the Nifty falling by 309.10 points or down 1.28% to 23,966.80. But the real drama is happening in the mid-cap and small-cap stocks, where investors are seeing deep
Whenever you think of investing in mutual funds, the first yardstick that comes to mind to judge a fund is its returns in the short and long term. Many websites directly show you the ‘point-to-point return’ of a fund. That is, how much return was generated from this date to that date. But Radhika Gupta
The past week saw major banking companies in the news for varied reasons – be it better-than-expected quarter results or probe on discrepancy cases. In the last month, the Bank Nifty has risen nearly 8 per cent in 5 days and 9 per cent and it has gained over 8 per cent so far in
Gold is on a record-breaking spree in 2025. Since the beginning of 2025, the price of gold has been setting new all-time highs, and is up by 23% so far this year. Over the last 1-year, gold has gained 50%. What is more interesting is that the price of gold has jumped 100% in less
On April 18, 2025, at the time of writing this article, gold prices in India have breached the Rs 96,000 per 10 grams, driven by a host of domestic and global factors. In the international market, gold prices have crossed USD 3,300 an ounce level. There are many big reasons behind this unprecedented rise at
Is the charm of equity markets declining? Well, as per the recent AMFI data, the net inflows to equity mutual funds have dropped to 12-month lows, and this is the fourth consecutive month of lower inflows. The April inflows are at Rs 24,269.26 crore, down over 3% from March inflow of Rs 25,082.01 crore. Himanshu
The deal pipeline of technology stocks has been in focus. After a mixed Q4 show, April seems to be rather disappointing for the IT services players. As per the latest report by BNP Paribas, deal-wins have seen a significant slowdown in April compared to March. They further stated that most deal wins were related to
The overall markets are under pressure but there are some pockets with steady rally. While fighter jets and missiles have long dominated the narrative of border clashes, it is India’s drone fleet that is now garnering attention of both the battlefield and the stock market. As military tensions with Pakistan escalated this week, shares of
Prices of real estate in the surrounding areas of Jewar airport in Noida have nearly doubled in the last three years with property developers vying with one another to pick up land parcels. About 390 acres of land near the Noida International airport, along the Yamuna Expressway, has been snapped up in last 12 months, according
Reliance Jio continued to lead the monthly mobile subscriber additions for the second month in a row, registering 2.17 million new users in March, according to the data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Bharti Airtel, country’s second largest telco, added 1.25 million subscribers during the month. After losing 20,720 subscribers in
