A wild swing in international oil prices in 2022 brought back indirect fuel subsidies in India in a setback to reforms, but the nation won at crude diplomacy as it refused to succumb to western pressures and continued to buy oil from the cheapest available source. International oil prices have been turbulent in the last couple of years. It dipped into the negative zone at the start of the pandemic in 2020 and swung wildly in 2022 -- climbing to a 14-year high of nearly USD 140 per barrel in March 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine, before sliding on weaker demand from top importer China and worries of an economic contraction. But for a nation that is 85 per cent dependent on imports, the spike meant adding to already firming inflation and derailing the economic recovery from the pandemic. So, state-owned fuel retailers Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) froze petrol and diesel prices for the longest ...
CLOSING BELL: The NSE Nifty 50 declined 86 points to 18,105, and was up 4.3 per cent for the year 2022. Broader indices - the BSE Midcap and Smallcap outperformed in trades on Friday.
CLOSING BELL: The S&P BSE Sensex gained 732 points from the day's low, while the Nifty 50 jumped 218 points in intra-day trades, partly on account of short-covering owing to the monthly F&O expiry.
CLOSING BELL: Auto majors - Maruti and Mahindra & Mahindra were the other prominent gainers among the Sensex 30, while Bharti Airtel and Tata Steel declined around a per cent each
CLOSING BELL: The BSE Metal index surged over 4.5 per cent amid reports of China further relaxing its zero Covid policy.
CLOSING BELL: The NSE Nifty shut shop at 18,015, up 208 points. Broader indices outperformed the benchmarks with gains of up to 3 per cent.
Market at close: The pain was even more severe in the broader market space where the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices fell 3 and 4 per cent, respectively
Market closing: The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 241 points to end at 60,826 levels in a broad-based sell-off. The Nifty50 gave up the 18,150-mark to close at 18,127, down 72 points
CLOSING BELL: The Pharma index advanced over 2 per cent today as diagnostics and healthcare firms climbed amid rising Covid-19 cases globally
CLOSING BELL: Adani Enterprises, TCS, Axis Bank, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Nestle India, Ultratech Cement, SBI, and Infosys helped the frontline indices rebound
It's a sign of gains in equity markets being lopsided, say analysts
CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, the Nifty IT index was the most downbeat sector as it dipped 0.5 per cent as Accenture's Q1FY23 results rang alarm bells for Indian IT companies
The country's imports of Crude oil rose by 52.58 per cent to USD 146.57 billion during April-November period this fiscal, according to the data of the commerce ministry. Coal and coke imports have increased by 97.66 per cent to USD 37.25 billion during April-November period this fiscal, the data showed. Gold imports, however, dipped by 18.13 per cent to USD 27.21 billion during the eight-month period of this fiscal. The other products which recorded double digit growth in imports include electronics, chemicals, transport equipment and vegetable oil. Vegetable oil imports rose by 16.71 per cent to USD 14.28 billion during the period under review. In exports, sectors which recorded negative growth during the period include engineering goods (-2 per cent), cotton yarn/fabrics/madeups (-25.79 per cent) and plastic (-9.66 per cent). Petroleum exports grew by 58.88 per cent to USD 62.65 billion, while gems and jewellery shipments increased by 2 per cent to USD 26.45 billion during the
The US Federal Reserve indicated it will raise interest rates further next year, even as the economy slips toward a possible recession. On Thursday, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank r
Brent crude futures fell $1.80, or 2.2%, to $79.41 per barrel by 0940 GMT
CLOSING BELL: Among sectors, the Nifty PSU Bank index sunk the most, down nearly 3 per cent. This was followd by losses in the Nifty Realty, Pharma, and Media indices, down over 1 per cent each
CLOSING BELL: The 30-pack index had dropped over 900 points intra-day to hit a low of 61,715.61, while the 50-pack index hit a low of 18,388
Brent crude futures fell 64 cents, or 0.8%, to $82.06 per barrel by 0730 GMT, while US crude futures slid 73 cents, or 0.9%, to $76.55
Brent crude futures rose 76 cents, or 0.9%, to $81.44 per barrel by 1144 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were up 80 cents at $76.19
CLOSING BELL: The broader markets, on the other hand, outperformed the benchmark indices as the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices advanced 0.59 per cent and 0.68 per cent, respectively