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May 2, 2025 5:05 PM

Stock market ends higher amid volatility; Adani Ports gains 4%

Indian equity benchmarks ended Friday’s trading session with modest gains, capping off the week on a positive note despite intermittent volatility. The BSE Sensex rose by 259.75 points, or 0.32%, to close at 80,501.99, after hitting an intra-day h...

May 2, 2025 4:28 PM

India’s exports rise 6.01% to record $824.9 billion in FY25: RBI

India’s total exports rose to an all-time high of $824.9 billion in the financial year 2024–25, marking a 6.01% increase over the previous year’s figure of $778.1 billion, according to the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)...

May 2, 2025 4:10 PM

Rupee hits 7-month high against US dollar amid strong foreign inflows

The Indian rupee surged by 40 paise on Friday, breaching the 84-mark against the US dollar for the first time in seven months, driven by robust foreign fund inflows and improving sentiment around India-US trade relations. The local currency opened a...

May 2, 2025 2:19 PM

NITI Aayog report charts path to boost MSME competitiveness

NITI Aayog, in collaboration with the Institute for Competitiveness (IFC), on Thursday released a detailed report titled “Enhancing Competitiveness of MSMEs in India”, which outlines a roadmap for strengthening the role of Micro, Small and Medium...

May 2, 2025 2:50 PM

India’s manufacturing PMI hits 10-month high in April on robust output, export surge

India’s manufacturing sector saw its strongest performance in ten months in April, as output and international demand surged, according to the HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI). The seasonally adjusted PMI rose to 58.2 from ...

May 2, 2025 10:23 AM

Sensex, Nifty trade in green amid positive global cues

The Indian stock indices opened in the green on Friday following positive cues from the global markets. At 9:22 am, Sensex was up 350 points or 0.44 per cent at 80,592 and Nifty was up 71 points or 0.29 per cent at 24,407. Midcap and smallcap ind...

May 1, 2025 4:43 PM

India adds 2.1 crore new investors in FY26 despite recent slowdown: NSE report

India’s stock markets saw the addition of 2.1 crore new investors in the financial year 2025–26, marking a robust 23.2% growth in investor registrations, according to the latest report from the National Stock Exchange (NSE). While the overall an...

May 1, 2025 3:30 PM

Daily UPI transactions rise to 596 million in April; value reaches ₹24 lakh crore

The number of daily Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions in India climbed to 596 million in April, up from 590 million recorded in March, according to data released on Thursday by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). Despite a...

May 1, 2025 12:21 PM

Trump struggles to explain weak economic data as he reaches 100-day mark

President Donald Trump on Wednesday counseled patience, cast blame and claimed victory in the face of a first-quarter U.S. economic contraction and tariffs that have taken a bite out of his popularity, saying a resurgence was around the corner. The ...

April 30, 2025 10:35 PM

US economy contracts in the first quarter

The U.S. economy contracted for the first time in three years in the first quarter, swamped by a flood of imports as businesses raced to avoid higher costs from tariffs and underscoring the disruptive nature of President Donald Trump's often chaotic ...