Author: Finance Khabar
Mumbai: In the face of severe criticism over Wednesday’s four-hour-long trading halt, the National Stock Exchange said on Friday that it ‘sincerely regrets the incident. At a time when questions are being raised as to why the disaster recovery site did not come to the rescue during the incident, the NSE said that it took the decision of not migrating to the recovery platform after detailed consultation and evaluation. Capital market regulator SEBI, which has sought a detailed root cause analysis from the exchange, has also asked the NSE to explain the reason for not migrating to the recovery site.…
New Delhi: In the current financial year 2021-21, the fiscal deficit of the central government reached Rs 12.34 lakh crore by the end of January. This is about 66.8 percent of the revised budget estimate. In the last financial year 2019-20, by the end of January, the fiscal deficit had reached 128.5 per cent of the revised estimates. This data was released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA). According to the data released by the CGA, by the end of the current financial year 31 March 2021, the fiscal deficit can reach 9.5 per cent of GDP at about…
Mumbai: Due to weak global sentiment, there is a huge decline in the stock market today. The Sensex has closed down by 1939 points. At the same time, the Nifty has also slipped around 14500. In fact, due to the US air strike on Syria, the market sentiments around the world have weakened today. At the same time, profit recovery has also increased due to the increase in bond yield. Yesterday, the US markets closed on a huge decline. Today, there is a sell in Asian markets. At the end of trading at present, the Sensex is down by about…
New Delhi: On Wednesday, the price of gold has fallen by Rs 358 to Rs 46 thousand per 10 gram (Gold price today) in Delhi’s Sarafa Bazar. According to HDFC Securities, gold has now gone up to Rs 45,959 per 10 grams. In the previous trading session, gold had closed at Rs 46,313 per 10 grams. Silver also rose by Rs 151 to Rs 69,159 per kg (Silver price today), against the previous closing price of Rs 69,008 per kg. On Wednesday, gold prices fell by Rs 148 to Rs 46,307 per 10 grams at the bullion market in the…
Bangalore: A day after Amazon India said it has deployed nearly 100 Mahindra Treo Zor three-wheelers, e-commerce marketplace Flipkart on Wednesday said it will deploy more than 25,000 electric vehicles in its supply chain by 2030. Flipkart said it has already started piloting and deploying two-wheeler and three-wheeler electric vehicles in multiple locations for delivery across the country, including in Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Guwahati and Pune, to name a few. In 2020, Amazon India had announced that its fleet of delivery vehicles will include 10,000 electric vehicles by 2025 in India. Flipkart said its electric fleet will include two-wheeler,…
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das has said that the central bank is working on a digital currency. Which will be completely different from cryptocurrency. We do not want to be left behind in the era of technological revolution. There is a need to adopt the advantages of blockchain technology. He also said that there are some important concerns regarding cryptocurrency. Earlier, the government also said in Parliament that it would soon bring a bill on cryptocurrency, as the current law is inadequate. In India, there is no such legal currency as cryptocurrency legal tender. Therefore taxation…
New Delhi: After the inflation of petrol and diesel, the burden of LPG has also increased on the common people. Today, on Thursday, February 25, the price of cooking gas LPG increased by Rs 25 per cylinder. This increase is applicable to all categories of cylinders including subsidized and allotted under Ujjwala scheme. This is the third time in February this month when LPG prices have been increased. Earlier, the price of LPG was increased by Rs 25 per cylinder on February 4 and by Rs 50 on February 15. Thus, in February itself, you will have to pay 100…
MUMBAI: The stock market rose for the second consecutive day on Thursday on the strength of buying in oil and gas, metals, energy, etc. groups at the domestic level amid mixed signals of global level. The 30-share sensitive index Sensex of the BSE rose 257.62 points to 51,039.31 points and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty climbed 115.35 points to 15,097.35 points. Along with the giants, there was buying momentum in the small and medium companies as well, with the BSE midcap rising 1.09 percent to 20,333.80 points and the smallcap ending 1.42 percent up at 20,304.98 points. Shares included…
Maruti Suzuki India has launched an updated version of its premium hatchback Swift. Its showroom price in Delhi has been kept between Rs 5.73 lakh-8.41 lakh. The new Swift is more powerful and consumes less fuel. Also, new safety features have been included in it. The company claims that the fuel efficiency of the manual transmission of the new Swift is 23.2 kmpl, while that of the automatic versions is 23.76 kmpl. Maruti Suzuki India issued a statement saying that the new Swift 2021 has been prepared according to the requirement of the customers. Swift was launched by Maruti Suzuki…
New Delhi: In a major boost for domestic manufacturing of IT hardware ranging from laptops, PCs to servers, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for IT Hardware, entailing a cost of around Rs 7,350 crore. The scheme proposes production linked incentive to boost domestic manufacturing and attract large investments in the value chain of IT hardware. The target segments under the proposed scheme include laptops, tablets, all-in-one PCs and servers, said an official statement. “The scheme shall, extend an incentive of 4 per cent to 2 per cent/1 per cent on net incremental sales…
New Delhi: Airtel is fast gaining ground in India when it comes to wooing new users while the industry disruptor Jio is losing customers owing to “poor network experience”, a new report has revealed. According to global mobile analytics company Opensignal, data shows that until August 2020, Airtel and Jio had been steadily gaining smartphone users, and in this period, both operators were neck and neck in the net users gained. “From September onwards, when carriers once again decided to hike prices, Airtel continued to gain users until the end of the year. However, that trend on Jio’s network more…
Trading was done on both BSE and NSE exchanges till 5 pm. Trading on the NSE was stopped at 11:40 am on NSE, the country’s largest stock exchange. Trading resumed at 03:45 on NSE and closed at 5 pm. The BSE Sensex gained 1030.28 points to close at 50781.69 and the Nifty gained 279.95 points to end at 14987.75 after the day’s trading closed. In the day-long trading today, the Nifty had once crossed the 15 thousand level and reached 15008.80. In today’s trade, 23 stocks of Sensex 30 gained. Axis Bank was the fastest growing. Axis Bank shares rose…
Bajaj Auto has today launched a new version of its new bike Bajaj Pulsar 180. In this new version of Bajaj Pulsar, sports split seats, black alloy wheels, LED lamps and five-speed transmission gear boxes have been given. Currently, about 20 percent of the bikes are 180-200 cc when it comes to sports biking segment. Bajaj’s new Pulsar 180 targets are customers who are looking for a sports bike with the best technology and performance. According to the information given by the company, its price has been kept at Rs 1,07,904 in the ex-showroom of Delhi. It has been priced…
Gold prices rose for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. On 23 February, the spot price of 24 carat gold in Delhi bullion market jumped by Rs 337 to Rs 46,372 per ten grams. Experts say that the main reason for the rise in gold prices was the rise in gold prices in the global market overnight. On Monday, gold had closed at Rs 46,035 per ten gram in the trading session. In the bullion market, along with gold, silver prices also registered a sharp rise. Silver prices jumped by Rs 1,149 to Rs 69,667 per kg. Silver was at…
Amidst mixed global signals, today the shopping has been seen again in the domestic stock market. Both the Sensex and Nifty indices gained strength in the business, although in the end the market closed after losing the edge. The Sensex again crossed the 50 thousand level today and crossed the 50300 mark in intraday. At the same time, the Nifty managed to cross the 14800 level. At the end of trading, the Sensex has gained 43 points and closed at the level of 49,787. At the same time, the Nifty gained 41 points and closed at 14717 level. On Monday,…
Telecom company Bharti Airtel and chip maker American company Qualcomm on Tuesday announced an agreement to speed up the availability of 5G in India. Airtel recently became the first telecom company in India to showcase the 5G network in a live commercial network in Hyderabad city, showcasing the company’s technical capabilities. According to the company’s statement, the company will use Qualcomm 5G RAN platforms to launch virtualized and open RAN based 5G networks of 5G RAN platforms through Airtel’s network vendors and device partners. It further states that O-RAN’s flexible and large-scale architecture will provide new opportunities in providing 5G…
New Delhi:Investment through participatory notes (P-notes) in the Indian capital market dipped marginally to Rs 84,976 crore as on January 31 after hitting 31-month high value at the end of the preceding month. At December-end, the investment through such instruments had risen to a 31-month high of Rs 87,132 crore, reflecting the bullish stance of FPIs, as per market experts. P-notes are issued by registered foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to overseas investors who wish to be part of the Indian stock market without registering themselves directly. They are required to go through a due diligence process. The investment level fell…
New Delhi: Vodafone Idea has announced the launch of premium video on demand service (PVOD) service on Vi Movies and TV app on Monday. This has been done under agreement with commotion. The telecom company wants to strengthen its position in OTT. Vodafone Idea (VIL) said in a statement that PVOD market in India is premature but promising. It further states that such models are changing in the post-new era of epidemics as customers are searching for alternative options of entertainment from a comfortable place at home. The company said that VI Movies and TV Pay View models are an…
Mumbai: There has been a sharp sell-off in the domestic stock market amid mixed global signals. The beginning of the market was also weak, later the decline increased. In today’s business, Nifty has gone below 14650. At the end of trading, the Sensex has a weakness of 1145 points and has closed at the level of 49,744. It has weakened to the level of 49617 today. At the same time, the Nifty has a weakness of 337 points and has closed at the level of 14644. Apart from IT, bank and financial stocks, there has been weakness in auto stocks,…
Mumbai: Market valuation of eight of the 10 most valuable companies has come down by Rs 1,23,670.47 crore since last week. This is according to the declining trend in the stock market. The BSE benchmark lost 654.54 points or 1.26 per cent over the past week. Only Reliance Industries (RIL) and State Bank of India (SBI) emerged among the top 10 most valued companies. Tata Consultancy Services has suffered the most in the list. The company’s market valuation has fallen by Rs 44,672.14 crore to Rs 11,52,770.11 crore. At the same time, HDFC Bank’s market valuation has come down by…