Fed Rates

Both central banks in the coming days will release minutes of the meetings last month at which they raised benchmark rates, bowing to concerns about mounting inflationary pressures

Global uncertainty and interest rates may remain elevated

Markets expect the Fed will raise rates in December as inflation remains elevated, while a sharp rise in bond yields indicates that investors are also pricing in some chance of a September move

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates Thursday: The GIFT Nifty signalled a flat open for the benchmark Nifty50 index. Most Asian markets declined

Spot gold ‌was down 0.7% at $4,806.77 per ounce, as of 1131 GMT, after hitting its highest since March 18 earlier. U.S. gold futures for June delivery fell 0.4% to $4,829.70

Ten-year yields rose 11 basis points to 4.39 per cent, extending their rise since hostilities began to 44 basis points

Markets fluctuated on Friday between bets that the Fed would cut rates in June or wait until July, reflecting the complications introduced by the Supreme Court ruling

From liberalisation to Covid, wars to market scams, the Sensex's 40-year journey mirrors how India's economy absorbed shocks and emerged stronger over time

The US consumer price index rose 2.7 per cent year-on-year in November, below expectations of a 3.1 per cent jump

At 12:53 PM, on BSE, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Eternal (Zomato), Maruti Suzuki and Tata Steel were among the top gainers, while Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints, Titan and ICICI Bank were the only laggards

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates, December 9, 2025: In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap index was up 0.32 per cent, and the Nifty SmallCap index was up 1.14 per cent

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights, December 8, 2025: In the broader markets, Nifty Midcap 100 index closed 1.83 per cent lower, while Nifty SmallCap 100 index settled 2.6 per cent lower

US stock futures, though, were lower in Asian hours, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose over 1 per cent pushing Asian stocks higher

Trump has frequently excoriated current Fed chief Jerome Powell for failing to lower rates swiftly and signalled he wants a chair who will more forcefully pursue cuts

Bessent has narrowed the search for a successor to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, whose leadership term expires in May, to five from as many as 11, and said in an interview with CNBC

The Sensex declined up to 0.51 per cent to an intraday low of 84,042.75, while the Nifty50 slipped 0.44 per cent to 25,764.90.

The domestic currency opened 14 paise lower at 87.95 against the greenback on Thursday

Much of the focus last week was on elevated long-end bond yields across the globe as investors fretted about the state of various countries' finances from Britain and France to Japan

Sensex Today | Stock market closing highlights, Aug 25: In the broader markets, Nifty MidCap 100 was up 0.12 per cent, while SmallCap was down 0.04 per cent

Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after days of gains driven by hopes for lower US interest rates, while US futures slipped. Bitcoin rose more than 3 per cent to a new record of over USD 1,23,000, according to CoinDesk. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.4 per cent to 42,657.94 as investors sold to lock in recent gains that have taken the benchmark to all-time records. The Japanese yen rose against the dollar after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with Bloomberg that Japan was behind the curve in monetary tightening. He was referring to the slow pace of increases in Japan's near-zero interest rates. Low interest rates tend to make the yen weaker against the dollar, giving Japanese exporters a cost advantage in overseas sales. The dollar fell to 146.55 Japanese yen early Thursday, down from 147.39 yen. The euro fell to USD 1.1703 from USD 1.1705. In Chinese markets, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index shed less than 0.1 per cent to 25,597.85, while the Shanghai comp