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An uneasy truce between Iran-Israel may be best-case scenario: Vandana Hari

True rapprochement between Israel and Iran remains elusive, complicated further by the Gaza conflict that has pitted Israel against Iran-backed groups like the Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah, says Hari

Stock Market close highlights: Sensex up 700 pts, Nifty at 25,245; Smallcaps shine; IT index up 1.6%

Sensex Today | Stock Market close, Wednesday, June 25, 2025: The Nifty MidCap index and the Nifty SmallCap index added 0.44 per cent and 1.5 per cent, respectively

Oil prices rise 2% as investors assess Iran-Israel ceasefire, Fed outlook

Prices had rallied to five-month highs after the US attacked Iran's nuclear facilities over the weekend

No impact on CV exports due to the West Asia tensions: Ashok Leyland

Ashok Leyland says CV exports remain unaffected by West Asia tensions and aims to raise market share in northern India to 30 per cent in two to three years

Stock market close highlights: Sensex adds 158 pts, Nifty at 25,044; SMIDs gain; PSBs, metal shine

Stock market highlights June 24: The benchmarks surged over 1 per cent during early trade but failed to hold at higher levels following reports of a breach in the Iran-Israel truce

HPCL, BPCL: OMCs, paint, tyre, aviation stocks rally after oil slips 5%

BPCL, HPCL, IOC, Asian Paints, and other downstream oil companies' stock surged, while ONGC, Oil India dropped after Brent crude oil slipped 5 per cent

Are high oil prices always bad for market sentiment? No, suggests data

Even with oil prices ruling at $110 and $108/bbl in FY13 and FY14 respectively, the Nifty 50 managed to post a gain of 7.3 per cent and 18 per cent in each of these two fiscal years

Sustained high crude oil prices to hurt downstream players

The fears centre around the possibility of supply routes being interdicted and hence, supply being disrupted, rather than Iranian oil being taken off the market

Brent crude may cross $110 if Hormuz oil flow halves: Goldman Sachs

But Kotak Institutional Equities believes market concerns are driving oil prices and points to sufficient OPEC+ spare capacity and well-supplied global inventories

Stock market close highlights: Sensex sheds 511 pts, Nifty at 24,972; SMIDs outperform; IT, Auto dip

Stock market highlights on June 23, 2025: The broader markets outperformed the benchmarks as Nifty Midcap100 and Smallcap100 indices settled higher by 0.36 per cent and 0.70 per cent respectively

US asks China to dissuade Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz oil route

Roughly 20% of global oil passes through the Strait; US urges Beijing to act as Iran's parliament backs closure plan after US strikes on nuclear sites

US bombs Iran nuclear facilities: Impact on stocks, bonds, oil decoded here

Iran warned that it may close the Strait of Hormuz (~26 per cent of oil trade), attack US military installations in the region, and take other military and diplomatic actions.

Oil, gold prices set to flare up as US strikes Iran's nuclear sites

But despite the US hit, the Iran-Israel war is still going on, and Iran has threatened to attack US military installations in the Gulf

Threat of supply disruptions rising but India has enough stock: Officials

India has enough crude reserves and is boosting imports from other sources even as the Strait of Hormuz faces risk of disruption due to the escalating Iran-Israel conflict

Rupee expected to depreciate to 87 per dollar by July-end: BS Poll

The rupee settled at 86.59 per dollar on Friday. Crude oil prices remain a significant idiosyncratic risk for the rupee, said market participants

Statsguru: Turmoil for India as oil price rises amid Iran-Israel conflict

Any move by Iran to restrict shipping there could escalate prices further, intensifying pressure on energy-importing nations like India

Impact of West Asia conflict on India Inc so far is limited: Crisil Ratings

CRISIL Ratings in its latest report said that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East so far did not have any significant impact on global trade of Indian corporates. However, if the uncertainties aggravate, some sectors might feel the impact, the report said. The uncertainties have impacted global crude markets, with the Brent crude hovering in the range of USD73 to USD76 per barrel over the past one week. During April and May, the Brent crude was hovering around USD 65 per barrel. Any escalation of the tensions could result in further spike in oil prices, the report said, adding that this will benefit upstream oil companies and margins for the downstream refiners will get squeezed, according to the report. It said India's direct trade with Israel and Iran, the two countries engaged in the conflict, is minuscule at less than one per cent of total trade. While India's major export to Iran is basmati rice, trade with Israel is more diversified, the report added. Any escalation of

Stock market close: Sensex up 1,046 pts, Nifty tops 25K as markets snap 3-day fall; all sectors gain

Sensex Today | Stock Market close, Friday, June 20, 2025: The Nifty MidCap index and the Nifty SmallCap index edged by over 1 per cent each

Sensex rises 1,100 pts, Nifty tops 25,100: What's driving market rally?

Why are markets rising today? Sensex and Nifty gained over 1 per cent in trade; Sensex rallied 935 points and Nifty traded above 25,000; here's why

Strait of Hormuz closure risk may push Brent crude to $90, warns Citigroup

A potential shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz amid rising Gulf tensions could trigger a sharp but brief surge in crude prices, according to Citigroup analysts tracking energy markets