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The alleged unauthorised sale of US stocks raises questions about the responsibility of Indian trading platforms, overseas brokers and the safeguards available to investors seeking compensation

The platform allows mutual fund distributors and wealth managers to offer international investments as demand grows for products and themes unavailable in India

The Nasdaq was boosted by Micron Technology and other ​AI-related stocks as AI demand showed no signs of abating and corporate earnings stayed resilient

US employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs in July as hiring in prior months was revised lower, raising concerns over labour-market weakness and the Fed's rate outlook

Apple Inc management warned that supply constraints would intensify significantly from the June quarter.

Nvidia fell 1.8 per cent after Reuters reported that DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, a move that could reduce its dependence on Nvidia and Huawei chips

The current iteration of the acronym was popularised more recently by a software engineer's June 8 post on X. It was shared widely by venture capitalists and tech investors

The launch was smoother than many observers expected, with trading kicking off late on Friday morning without the hiccups that had marred Facebook's debut in 2012

US stocks rose Friday after oil prices fell again, and SpaceX soared in its highly anticipated debut on Wall Street. The S&P 500 added 0.5% to close out its 10th winning week in the last 11. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 353 points, or 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.3%. Stocks got a lift from a 3.4% drop for the price of Brent crude oil to $87.33 per barrel, deepening its loss for the week. Oil prices have come down since President Donald Trump on Thursday called off his threat to launch strikes on Iran and said a potential deal with Iran may be imminent. A deal to end the war could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and allow oil tankers to once again deliver crude from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide. Its near closure since the war began has sent the price of Brent up from roughly $70 per barrel and caused a wave of painful inflation for the world. Of course, financial markets have rallied in the past on hopes that an end to the war with Iran was near, ...

Trading and investing platform Dhan on Friday launched investment access to US-listed stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for Indian investors through the GIFT City framework. The offering is being provided through Raise IFSC Private Limited, Dhan's wholly-owned subsidiary and a member of India INX operating under the regulatory framework of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA). In a statement, the company said Indian investors can now invest in stocks listed on the Nasdaq and NYSE through the Dhan app under a structure aligned with RBI and FEMA requirements. Dhan has partnered with ViewTrade for brokerage services and GlomoPay for payment technology services to facilitate investments in US securities. The platform will not charge account maintenance or custody fees, while brokerage has been fixed at 0.25 per cent of the transaction value. Investors will also have access to features, such as systematic investment plans (SIPs) in US stocks and ETFs, su

US stocks rallied to their best day in two months, and oil prices fell Thursday after President Donald Trump called off his threat to bomb Iran in the evening. That raised hopes for a potential deal that could get the global flow of oil going again. The S&P 500 jumped 1.8%, coming off a back-to-back drop that had yanked it back to where it was in early May. The Dow Jones Industrial Average leaped 929 points, or 1.9%, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 2.5%. Stocks immediately veered higher in midday trading after Trump said on his social media network that "discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved" and that the time and place of a signing will "be announced shortly." A deal to end the war with Iran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and allow oil tankers to carry crude again from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide. The price for a barrel of benchmark US crude sank 2.6% to $87.71. Brent crude, the ...

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On Wall Street, all three indexes ended lower, led by a selloff in technology shares, including AI chipmaker Nvidia

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Ackman argued that Microsoft sits at a "highly compelling valuation" after a recent decline in its stock

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights, Wednesday: In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap and the Nifty SmallCap ended 1.76 per cent and 1.93 per cent higher, respectively

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights, Wednesday: In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap ended 0.07 per cent down, and the Nifty SmallCap settled 0.65 per cent higher

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights, Wednesday: In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap and the Nifty SmallCap indices ended 0.19 per cent and 1.13 per cent higher, respectively.

Over the last year, investors, particularly in the United States, had sought out cheaper markets abroad where returns were juiced up by a weaker dollar