Eroding geopolitical risk premium not in favour of gold’s appeal

The yellow metal was down 0.60% on the week. The ten-year US yields fell 1.82% to 4.58% on Friday and slumped nearly 6% on the week. Likewise, the two-year yields settled 3% lower at 4.84% on the week. The US Dollar fell 1.07% to 105.06 on Friday as it recorded a weekly loss of around […]

Tesla’s dimming growth puts 7 biggest S&P500 companies under spotlight

Tesla shares have been the worst performer in the group by a significant margin, since the third-quarter earnings season kicked off in mid-October. The stock sank fast after the company’s chief executive officer Elon Musk dialed back growth expectations amid slowing demand and dour forecasts from other automakers.

Centre’s market borrowings via bonds cross Rs 100 lakh-crore mark

The latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed that the outstanding stock of central government bonds, excluding special securities, was at ₹100.2 lakh crore. In 2017, the figure was around the ₹50-lakh-crore mark. The surge since then reflects the huge increase in government borrowing from 2020 onward, when the Centre’s bond issuances in a […]

Finance ministry releases Rs 10,000 crore in urgent aid for NREGS

The unusual move came after 95% of the FY24 budgetary outlay of ₹60,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was exhausted well before the commencement of the winter session of parliament, thanks to a rise in work demand, the official told ET.