Jewellery stocks like Kalyan Jewellers and Senco Gold tumbled up to 6% after the government hiked customs duty on gold and silver imports to 15%. This move aims to narrow India’s trade deficit and support the rupee, but could dampen demand for precious metals. Organised players may fare better than smaller jewellers.
Private banks write off nearly half of NPAs in FY26, outpace PSBs
“Private banks utilise these write-offs and provisioning buffers to proactively clean up their balance sheets, while public sector banks generally rely more heavily on aggregate