Sensex ends 1,700 points down, investors lose ₹9 lakh crore— 5 Key factors behind stock market selloff explained

Sensex crashed 1,690 points, or 2.25%, to end at 73,583, while Nifty 50 settled at 22,819.60, falling 487 points, or 2.09%. Investors lost about ₹9 lakh crore. The Indian stock market suffered strong losses on Friday, March 27, with equity benchmarks — Sensex and Nifty 50 — falling more than 2% each. Sensex crashed 1,690…

Iran says it will decide when war ends, rejects US proposal: Report

Iranian media outlets, quoting an official source, reinforced the stance, saying, ‘The war will end when we are elected and only if our conditions are met’ Iran has asserted that it will determine the timing of the end of the ongoing conflict, maintaining that any resolution will depend solely on its own terms. “Iran will…

India’s trade deficit narrows to $27.1 billion in February as imports moderate from previous month

The February deficit is lower than the $34.68 billion recorded in January, when a sharp rise in imports widened the trade gap to the highest level in several months. NEW DELHI: India’s merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $27.1 billion in February as imports moderated from the previous month, though elevated purchases of energy, gold and…

IOC, BPCL, HPCL could see margin pressure amid oil price spike: S&P

S&P Global Ratings have recently revised its 2026 average price assumption for Brent crude oil prices by $5 to $65 S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday said profit margins of oil marketing companies like IOC, BPCL and HPCL, could suffer as they are likely to keep retail prices of petrol and diesel unchanged to curb inflationary…

Gurugram overtakes Mumbai to become India’s biggest Rs 10-crore-plus housing market

After Gurugram and Mumbai, Noida and Greater Noida were the favorites as the twin cities together sold Rs 9,358 crore worth homes in the ultra-luxury segment in CY 2025.   Gurugram clocked transactions worth Rs 24,120 crore in the Rs 10-crore-plus segment during calendar year 2025 — a record for any Indian city In a…

L&T, Nvidia to set up gigawatt-scale AI data centre infrastructure in India

L&T said that the partnership will work on developing AI-ready data centre infrastructure to support large-scale workloads across sectors such as manufacturing and infrastructure Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday said that it plans to set up a joint venture with chipmaking major Nvidia to build sovereign, gigawatt-scale AI factory infrastructure in India.   The…

RBI moves to inject over $23 bn of liquidity into banking system

RBI announced over $23 billion in liquidity measures via repos, FX swaps and bond buys to ease banking system stress amid rising yields and rupee pressure The RBI has bought 3 trillion rupees of bonds during December-January, boosting the note-purchase tally for the fiscal year to a record high of 5.7 trillion rupees   The…

Deepinder Goyal steps down as CEO of Eternal Group; Dhindsa to take charge

  Zomato’s Deepinder Goyal on Wednesday announced that he is stepping down from the role of Eternal Group Chief Executive Officer, effective February 1, according to a company filing.   In a letter to shareholders, Goyal said, “Of late, I have found myself drawn to a set of new ideas that involve significantly higher-risk exploration…