Asian stocks, US futures slide after Nvidia curbs

Contracts for the Nasdaq 100 fell more than 1.4% in early trading and S&P 500 futures dropped 0.9% after Nvidia slumped in after-hours trading. Gold, a safe haven asset that tends to gain when risk assets drop, hit a new record on Wednesday. Bonds held on to the previous session’s gains driven by a Treasury […]

Rupee gains 24 paise to 85.77 on weak dollar index

The currency strengthened to 85.59/$1 levels during the day, before losing some ground due to importer hedging demand, while likely intervention by theReaerve Bank of India (RBI) contained excess gains. The rupee had closed at 86.04 the previous day.

PwC pegs IndusInd Bank’s losses at Rs 1,979 crore

Based on the PwC report submitted on Tuesday, IndusInd Bank said it has assessed an adverse impact (on a post-tax basis) of 2.27% to the bank’s net worth as of December 2024 due to these discrepancies. Early March, when the gaps were first formally announced, the assessment was that the impact would amount to 2.35% […]

Volume-linked incentives gone, brokers’ income may take a hit

Securities and Exchange Board of India had asked exchanges to scrap the practice of giving incentives to brokers based on the traded volumes from October 1 last year. While the move was aimed at boosting transparency, brokers said it has eroded profits-particularly of firms that thrived on high-volume trading and razor-thin margins.

Auto and ancillary company shares zoom on tariff reprieve hopes

The Nifty Auto index ended 3.4% higher on Tuesday, against benchmark Nifty’s gains of 2.2%. Samvardhana Motherson International was the top performer on the index, up 8%, followed by Balkrishna Industries, Bharat Forge and Tata Motors, which gained 4.5-7% each.