From EMI to economy: What RBI’s 50 bps repo rate cut means for various sectors

Lower repo rate means cheaper loans for homebuyers, auto buyers and businesses RBI’s bigger-than-expected rate cut is its last move for the year, economists say: Reuters poll Reserve Bank of India on June 6 announced reduction in its key repo rate by a larger-than-expected 50 basis points and this means good news for many sectors, including stock…

Nifty hits nine-month low, falls for seventh straight session; where’s the index headed?

  In the current session, Sensex gained 10 pts to 74,612 and Nifty slipped 2.5 pts to 22,545. Nifty closed at a nine-month low today, its lowest level since the close of 21,884 on June 4.   The benchmark Nifty50 closed lower for the seventh straight session on Thursday, dimming hopes of a recovery led…