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Officials arrest mastermind behind fraudulent shell firms with China links

Indian authorities said they had arrested a man who had masterminded the creation of many shell companies linked to China and appointed dummy directors to run the fraudulent businesses

Oil prices surge 4% on supply cut threats, still set for weekly drop

Brent crude rose $3.69, or 4.1%, to settle at $92.84 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $3.25, or 3.9% to settle at $86.79 a barrel

Gold gains as dollar dip staves off some pressure from rate hike prospects

Spot gold rose 0.5% to $1,716.30 per ounce by 1:55 p.m. ET (1755 GMT), after rising to its highest since Aug. 30 earlier in the session. U.S. gold futures settled 0.5% higher at $1,728.6

Stocks rise as tech, growth shares lead; 2-year US yields at 14-year highs

On Wall Street, all three major indexes ended with gains of at least 1%, scoring their first weekly increase in four weeks

China oil demand may shrink first time since 2002 as Covid curbs bite

China's demand for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel could fall by 380,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 8.09 million bpd in 2022, which would be the first contraction since 2002

Pak pegs flood losses at $30 billion, UN chief calls for 'massive' help

Sharif said 'Pakistan needs an infinite amount of funding' for its relief effort, adding the country 'will remain in trouble as long as it doesn't receive sufficient international assistance'.

'Substantial victory' for Kyiv conceded on Russian state TV: Report

The Ukrainian breakthrough near Kharkiv was the fastest advance reported by either side for months, and one of the biggest shifts in the war's momentum

Russian Unistream bank in talks on instant money transfers to India, Turkey

Russian bank Unistream, which specialises in money transfers, has seen a surge in remittances since Moscow began operations in Ukraine and plans to launch instant transfers to India, Turkey

Fighting to survive, Tencent-backed music app Gaana turns to subscriptions

Tencent-backed Indian music streaming app Gaana has switched to a paid subscription model to try to avoid closing down after failing to secure fresh funds

JPMorgan puts sell sign on emerging market govt debt amid rate hike

Analysts at JPMorgan put an 'underweight', or sell sign, on international emerging market sovereign debt on Friday due to the global economic slowdown and ongoing rise in interest rates and dollar

Gold hits more than one-week high as dollar slips boosting its demand

Spot gold was up 0.7% at $1,719.89 per ounce by 1230 GMT after rising to its highest since Aug. 30 at $1,729.29 earlier in the session

Euro leaps parity on ECB to 3-week high, US stock futures eye higher open

The euro rose back above parity to a three-week high against the dollar on Friday following a large rate hike and hawkish comments from the European Central Bank

YES Bank to approve JC Flowers as buyer for $6-bn stressed loan portfolio

Yes Bank is likely to approve the transfer of stressed assets worth $6 billion to private equity firm JC Flowers at its next board meeting

Rate rise fears prompt third week of global equity funds outflows

Global equity funds remained out of favour in the seven days to Sept 7 as a strong US services industry report fuelled concerns that the Fed would keep hiking interest rates to tame inflation

Indian banks' loans rose 15.5% YoY in two weeks to Aug 26, says RBI

Bank deposits rose 455.09 billion rupees to 169.94 trillion rupees in the two weeks to Aug 26

Oil supported by supply threats, but likely to drop on demand fears

Oil rose on Friday supported by real and threatened cuts to supply, although crude was set for a 2nd weekly decline as aggressive interest rate hikes and China's Covid curbs weighed on demand outlook

Britain's King Charles to address nation after Queen Elizabeth's death

At first light in London, members of the public continued laying flower outside Buckingham Palace and billboards across the city displayed messages of condolence

Price cap won't largely affect Russian gas supply, says Estonian minister

Any price cap EU countries might set on gas from Russia probably won't make a large difference on the supply of it to Europe, Estonia's energy minister said

Dollar set for weekly loss as traders eye more ECB hikes, US inflation data

Profit-taking after a sharp extension of the dollar's long rally also took hold and the pullback was broad

India's retail inflation likely rose in Aug, ending 3-month downtrend: Poll

Food inflation, which accounts for nearly half the consumer price index (CPI) basket, is expected to have soared as prices of essential crops like wheat, rice and pulses were driven higher