RBI likely sold dollars to keep rupee from record low: Traders

The rupee was quoted at 83.0250 to the U.S. dollar, down about 0.1% from the previous session. On the interbank order matching system, before the normal OTC opening time of 9.00 a.m., the rupee had dropped to 83.16. The RBI likely sold dollars to pull the rupee back near the 83 level.

Profit jumps, revenue crawls for India Inc in Q1

India Inc’s revenue growth in Q2 has been the weakest in nine quarters, rising by 6.2%, according to a sample of 3,901 companies. Net profit on the other hand rose by 39%, the highest in six quarters, helped by easing input costs. The banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sector supported aggregate earnings. Excluding banking […]

NSE asks for data to track F&O traders’ locations during pandemic

The member brokers have been directed to share the know-your-customer (KYC) details and ledgers of their clients, ID of devices used to put the trade orders, IP addresses as well as the media access control (or MAC) addresses which is an unique identifier for every laptop and mobile handset manufactured, two people aware of the […]