DDIndia Business: Economic Headlines & Updates

Business

July 29, 2025 4:44 PM

Indian markets rebound as Sensex surges 447 points, Nifty above 24,800

The Indian stock market closed on a positive note on Tuesday, reversing a multi-session losing streak as investor sentiment received a boost from broad-based buying despite subdued corporate earnings for the first quarter. The Sensex c...

July 29, 2025 4:42 PM

India sees renewed surge in oil and gas exploration, focus on Andaman deepwater region: Hardeep Puri

India is witnessing a significant resurgence in oil and gas exploration activity, particularly in offshore and frontier regions, with the Andaman-Nicobar basin emerging as a new focal point of national and global interest. In a written reply to Rajya...

July 29, 2025 3:50 PM

India’s digital payments index rises sharply to 493.22, says RBI

Signalling India’s accelerating digital payments revolution, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday announced that its Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) surged to 493.22 in March 2025, up from 465.33 in September 2024. The RBI-DPI, introduced in...

July 29, 2025 11:35 AM

Sensex, Nifty trade flat after early losses; realty stocks lead gains

The Indian stock market opened lower on Tuesday but recovered mildly to trade flat by mid-morning amid mixed global cues and cautious investor sentiment. At 9:29 AM, the BSE Sensex was nearly unchanged, edging up just 1.69 points to trade at 80,892,...

July 29, 2025 12:34 AM

India logs 65,000 crore digital transactions worth ₹12,000 lakh crore in six years

Over 65,000 crore digital transactions were recorded in India between FY20 and FY25, amounting to more than ₹12,000 lakh crore, the government informed Parliament on Monday. Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, in a written reply in the...

July 28, 2025 5:30 PM

With resilient Q1 growth, Indian economy ‘steady as she goes’ in FY26: Centre

The first quarter of FY26 presents a picture of resilient domestic supply and demand fundamentals. With inflation remaining within the target range and the monsoon progressing on track, the domestic economy enters the second quarter of FY26 on a rela...

July 28, 2025 5:08 PM

Indian stock market ends in red amid selling pressure, FII outflow

The Indian stock market closed in negative territory on Monday, continuing its downward trend amid persistent foreign institutional investor (FII) outflows and concerns over a potential delay in the India-US trade agreement. The Sensex ended the day...

July 28, 2025 4:48 PM

India’s industrial output grows 1.5% in June 2025, driven by manufacturing sector

India’s industrial output rose by 1.5 percent year-on-year in June 2025, driven largely by growth in the manufacturing sector, according to the latest data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The Index of Industria...

July 28, 2025 3:58 PM

French PM says EU-US trade deal an act of ‘submission’ and a dark day for Europe

France called a framework trade deal between the United States and European Union a "dark day" for Europe, saying the bloc had caved in to U.S. President Donald Trump with an unbalanced deal that slaps a headline 15% tariff on EU goods while sparing ...

July 28, 2025 12:15 PM

US, China to launch new talks on tariff truce extension, easing path for Trump-Xi meeting

Top U.S. and Chinese economic officials will resume talks in Stockholm on Monday to try to tackle longstanding economic disputes at the centre of a trade war between the world's top two economies, aiming to extend a truce by three months and keeping ...