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Markets open on negative note: Sensex falls over 300 points, Nifty slips; HUL, Kotak Bank, ONGC among top losers
Fp Staff •HUL was the top loser in the Sensex pack, dropping over 3 percent, followed by Kotak Bank, ONGC, Bharti Airtel, PowerGrid, Titan and Nestle.
Stock, commodity, bond, forex markets closed today for Maharashtra Day; to resume trading on 4 May
Fp Staff •Wholesale commodity markets, including metal and bullion, will also remain shut and there will be no trading activity in the forex and commodity futures markets as well.
Crude claws back into positive territory but historic crash spooks investors; analysts hint at demand destruction
•May futures settled at minus $37.63 a barrel on Monday, a 306% daily drop, driven by the rapid filling of the United States’ main storage hub at Cushing, Oklahoma - the delivery point for West Texas crude.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Curtailed trading hours for debt, currency markets will remain in force till 30 April, RBI says
•The limited trading hours of debt as well as currency market will remain in force till 30 April amid extension of the countrywide lockdown, the RBI said on Thursday
Oil skids on oversupply fears after delay in Saudi Arabia-Russia negotiations; stocks jump on coronavirus-led slowdown
•Investors took solace from the fact that coronavirus cases appeared to be reaching a peak in Europe with Italy seeing the number of patients in intensive care falling for the second consecutive day
Coronavirus Outbreak: RBI announces reduced trading timings for government bond, forex markets from 7 April
Fp Staff •The coronavirus outbreak has led to the central bank of India, the RBI to change market timings for the government bond, forex markets, while maintaining the duration of other key banking-related activities
Stock Market Latest Updates: Sensex soars over 1,400 points, Nifty above 8,600-mark at close; IndusInd Bank zooms over 45%
Fp Staff •Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sensex up 300 points, Nifty opens above 8,400-level in opening trade; Rupee opens flat
Stock Market Latest Updates: Sensex surges over 1,800 points, Nifty regains 8,300-mark; RIL zooms nearly 15%
Fp Staff •Stock market LIVE Updates: Sensex up 570 points, Nifty opens above 7,500 level; RIL, Cipla, Tech Mahindra among major gainers
Dollar scales record levels at 3-year peak; global rampage spurs FX interventions, speculation of big G7 move
•The dollar’s brutal ascent—up 6.5 percent this month against a basket of peers—has sent almost every other currency reeling.
Global shares head for worst week since 2008 financial crisis as investors brace for coronavirus to morph into a pandemic
•The worsening global threat from the virus prompted investors to rapidly step up bets the US Federal Reserve would need to cut interest rates as soon as next month to support economic growth