Mumbai, Feb 25 (IANS) The Indian equity markets showed strong gains on Wednesday led by IT stocks, tracking an overnight recovery of tech stocks on Wall Street in the US.As of 9.30 am, Sensex added 559 points, or 0.69 per cent, to reach 82,785, and Nifty gained 157 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 25,582.Main broad-cap indices performed in line with the benchmark indices, as the Nifty Midcap 100 added 0.27 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 gained 0.46 per cent.All major sectoral indices traded in…
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Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) The Indian equity markets erased gains from the previous session early on Tuesday, tracking an overnight sell-off in US equities amid AI-led disruptions affecting global technology stocks.As of 9.26 am, Sensex lost 577 points, or 0.69 per cent, to reach 82,717, and Nifty dipped 161 points, or 0.63 per cent to settle at 25,552.Main broad-cap indices performed in line with the benchmark indices, as the Nifty Midcap 100 dipped 0.55 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 declined…
Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) The Indian equity markets opened the week with strong gains early on Monday amid positive global cues and investors’ sentiment, buoyed by the US Supreme Court decision that struck down President Donald Trump’s tariffs.As of 9.25 am, Sensex added 563 points, or 0.68 per cent, to reach 83,375, and Nifty gained 170 points, or 0.67 per cent to settle at 25,741.Main broad-cap indices performed in line with the benchmark indices, as the Nifty Midcap 100 added 0.12 per cent, and t…
Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) The Indian equity markets traded in green with mild positive bias early on Thursday, extending the steady multi-session recovery seen in the last three days, as the ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’ continues in New Delhi with intense discussions around AI.As of 9.30 am, Sensex added 35 points, or 0.04 per cent, to reach 83,769, and Nifty gained 30 points, or 0.12 per cent to settle at 25,850.Main broad-cap indices performed in line with the benchmark indices, as the Nifty Midc…
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) The Indian equity markets traded flat on Wednesday with a slight negative bias, weighed down by losses in IT stocks.As of 9.30 am, Sensex lost 27 points, or 0.03 per cent, to reach 83,423, and Nifty dipped 2 points, or 0.01 per cent at 25,722.Main broad-cap indices showed divergence with the benchmark indices, as the Nifty Midcap 100 added 0.4 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 gained 0.36 per cent.All major sectoral indices traded in the green except Nifty IT (down 1.35 …
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) The Indian equity markets opened the week almost flat with a mild negative bias on Monday, due to a weaker-than-expected earnings season and AI-led pressure on technology stocks.As of 9.25 am, Sensex lost 22 points, or 0.02 per cent, to reach 83,604, and Nifty lost 6 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 25,464.Main broad-cap indices posted stronger losses than benchmark indices, as the Nifty Midcap 100 declined 0.34 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 dipped 0.47 per cent.Sectoral…
Seoul, Feb 16 (IANS) South Korea’s smaller KOSDAQ was the second-best-performing stock index in the world over the past month, only after the country’s benchmark KOSPI, amid government measures to boost the secondary market, data showed on Monday.The KOSDAQ rose 16.45 per cent from 949.81 points on January 13 to 1,106.08 points on Friday, according to the data from Yonhap Infomax, the financial arm of Yonhap News Agency.Trailing behind the KOSDAQ were SET and ISE-100 — benchmark indexes of Thai…
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) The Indian equity markets posted notable losses early on Friday as IT stocks plummeted for the second consecutive session tracking weakness in US tech stocks over AI fears.As of 9.25 am, Sensex lost 672 points, or 0.80 per cent, to reach 83,002, and Nifty lost 207 points, or 0.80 per cent, at 25,600.Main broad-cap indices posted stronger losses than benchmark indices, as the Nifty Midcap 100 declined 1.38 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 dipped 1.62 per cent.All sectora…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The technology sector saw heightened panic selling on Thursday, sending the Nifty IT index down 5.51 per cent to a four‑month low as investors were spooked over AI‑led disruption and weaker hopes for near‑term US interest‑rate cuts.The combined market capitalisation of Nifty IT constituents collapsed to Rs 27,32,579 crore down roughly Rs 1.6 lakh crore.Shares of major software exporters tumbled over 5.5 per cent each, with Tata Consultancy Services falling 5.48 p…
Seoul, Feb 10 (IANS) Unexecuted spending in South Korea’s annual budget totalled 5.4 trillion won ($3.7 billion) last year, the smallest amount in four years, the finance ministry said on Tuesday.Excluding internal transactions, the “practical unexecuted” amount came to 5.4 trillion won in 2025, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The figure is down 3.9 trillion won from 9.3 trillion won the previous year and is the lowest since 2021, when it totalled 5.2 trillion won.The ministry …