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The combined market valuation of five of the top-10 most-valued firms eroded by Rs 1 lakh crore last week, with HDFC Bank taking the biggest hit.
Last week, the BSE benchmark Sensex dipped 30.96 points, or 0.04 per cent, and the NSE Nifty slipped 36.6 points, or 0.15 per cent.
"Markets ended the week on a largely flat note with a negative bias, reflecting underlying caution among participants. The tone remained positive during the first three sessions; however, a sharp decline on Thursday erased the gains, followed by a volatile final session," Ajit Mishra, SVP, Research, Religare Broking Ltd, said.
While HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bajaj Finance and Hindustan Unilever were the laggards, Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, Infosys, and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) emerged as the winners.
The combined market valuation of the five firms eroded by Rs 1,02,771.87 crore.
HDFC Bank's valuation tumbled Rs 56,124.48 crore to Rs

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Multiple weather systems have triggered rain, thunderstorms, and gusty winds across India, even as IMD forecasts a gradual rise in maximum temperatures in the coming days

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Brent futures fell $1.24, or 1.1 per cent, to $107.41 a barrel as of 0148 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell $1.24, or 1.3 per cent, to $94.90

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The missile strikes on Ras Laffan Industrial City damaged QatarEnergy's Trains 4 and 6, which represent a combined 12.8 million tonnes of annual production capacity

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115 saw their wealth increase, of which 60 were new faces, whilst 50 saw their wealth go down or stay the same, of which 15 dropped out entirely.

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Brent crude futures dropped 8 cents to $112.11 a barrel ‌by 2324 GMT after settling at the highest since July 2022 on Friday

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Israeli settlers rampaged through multiple Palestinian villages overnight Saturday and into Sunday, smashing cars, setting fires and wounding several men in the latest flare-up of violence in the occupied West Bank.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported attacks in at least six communities on Sunday. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said at least three Palestinians in the village of Jalud suffered head wounds from beatings and were hospitalized after confronting settlers, who were also reported injured.
The rampage came a day after an 18-year-old Israeli settler was killed in a collision with a Palestinian vehicle in an area near two of the villages attacked. Police said they are investigating the settlers' claims that the collision was deliberate.
The violence came as Israel's government also presses ahead with new settlements in the occupied West Bank. Attacks by settlers have intensified alongside a broader surge in violence since the Iran war started.
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At war with Iran, President Donald Trump is cycling through an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz.
He is jumping from calls to secure the waterway through diplomatic means to lifting sanctions and now escalating to a direct threat against civilian infrastructure in the Islamic Republic.
Trump and his allies insist they were always prepared for Iran to block the strait, yet the Republican president's erratic strategy has fuelled criticism that he is grasping for answers after going to war without a clear exit plan.
On Saturday came his latest attempt, via an ultimatum to Iran: Open the strait within 48 hours or the United States will "obliterate" the country's power plants.
Trump's aides defended the threat as a hard-edged tactic to press Iran into submission. Opponents framed it as the failings of a president who miscalculated what it would take to get out of a geopolitical mire.
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Rain, thunderstorms hit large parts of India; temperatures set to rise: IMD