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Sensex Today | Stock Market close, Wednesday, July 2, 2025: In the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap100 and Nifty Smallcap100 indices settled down by 0.14 per cent and 0.41 per cent, respectively
Indian Rupee today: The domestic currency closed 18 paise lower at 85.71 against the dollar, according to Bloomberg
Trump said he believed India was ready to lower trade barriers for US companies, a move that could pave the way for an agreement and avert the 26 per cent tariff he had announced on April 2
Trump said he was not considering extending the July 9 deadline for countries to negotiate trade deals with the United States
Indian Rupee today: The domestic currency opened 6 paise lower at 85.59 against the dollar, according to Bloomberg
Trump for weeks has sought to exert leverage over trading partners with threats to set high levies on governments he sees as being difficult
Gold price: The yellow metal has witnessed a stunning double-digit rally of roughly 30 per cent so far this year, aided by geopolitical tensions
Today's opinion page pieces look at the many challenges India faces, from trade, logistics reforms, AI in governance and a demographic time-bomb
Following positive trade talks in Geneva and London, China indicated openness towards discussing tariffs within the WTO
The interim trade deal comes as the Trump tariff deadline nears. The 90-day pause, announced on April 9, followed US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on 100+ nations, including India
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks a year in office this week, fighting a rebellion from his own party over welfare reform and reckoning with a sluggish economy and rock-bottom approval ratings. It's a long way from the landslide election victory he won on July 4, 2024, when Starmer's center-left Labour Party took 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons to end 14 years of Conservative government. In the last 12 months Starmer has navigated the rapids of a turbulent world, winning praise for rallying international support for Ukraine and persuading US President Donald Trump to sign a trade deal easing tariffs on UK goods. But at home his agenda has run onto the rocks as he struggles to convince British voters and his own party that his government is delivering the change that it promised. Inflation remains stubbornly high and economic growth low, frustrating efforts to ease the cost of living. Starmer's personal approval ratings are approaching those of Conservative Pr
Indian Rupee today: The domestic currency opened 15 paise higher at 85.61 against the dollar, according to Bloomberg
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt highlighted the special relationship that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi share
Business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers has improved slightly, according to a survey by Japan's central bank released Tuesday, although worries persist over US President Donald Trump's tariffs. The Bank of Japan's quarterly tankan survey said an index for large manufacturers rose to plus 13 from plus 12 in March, when it marked the first dip in a year. The survey is an indicator of companies foreseeing good conditions minus those feeling pessimistic. Major manufacturers include auto and electronics sectors, whose exports to the US drive the Japanese economy. US auto tariffs are a worry for major manufacturers like Toyota Motor Corp, but some analysts note global auto sales have held up relatively well in recent months. The US has imposed 25 per cent tariffs on auto imports. Japanese automakers have plants in Mexico, where Trump has announced a separate set of tariffs. The US has also imposed 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum. Japanese officials have been talk
Trump's latest round of brinkmanship with Tokyo on Monday comes just over a week before a July 9 deadline for higher tariffs to restart for dozens of trading partners, including Japan
Today's pieces span multiple issues, from overseas acquisitions by PSUs, PLI schemes' success, the proposed India-US BTA, and the debilitating effect of quality issues across sectors
The ongoing in-person round of talks between New Delhi and Washington is crucial, considering that the end of the 90-day pause on the US's plan to impose country-specific reciprocal tariffs on July 9
Analysts expect Nifty to rise up to 6 per cent in six months, with intermittent corrections likely due to global factors
Indian rupee today: The domestic currency closed 28 paise lower at 85.76 against the dollar, according to Bloomberg
'So we give Japan no cars. They won't take our cars, right? And yet we take millions and millions of their cars into the United States. It's not fair,' Trump said