Silver’s sharp 178% rally this year marks a decisive structural turning point, not a speculative blow-off. The price action reflects a global repricing driven by acute physical scarcity, rapidly expanding industrial demand, ongoing monetary dilution, and a clear shift of
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty jumped nearly 1 per cent on Wednesday, the final trading session of 2025, after days of range-bound trading amid sustained buying by domestic institutional investors. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters After five days of decline, the
Over 50 per cent, or 660 stocks, from the BSE 1000 index recorded negative returns during CY25. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff As calendar year 2025 (CY25) draws to a close, the smallcap index is set to report its worst performance in
Gurugram, already established as the corporate hub of Delhi-NCR, is increasingly attracting developers from outside the region, drawn by robust end-user demand, premium pricing, and emerging development opportunities. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Over the past few years, national developers such as
India has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy with a size of $4.18 trillion, and is poised to overtake Germany to become the third-largest by 2030, the government has said. With continuing good growth numbers, India is also
State-owned IFCI on Tuesday (December 30) informed that it has monetised its 40% equity stake in North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) for a total consideration of ₹121.77 crore. According to the disclosure, the stake sale comprised one crore
In the digital assets space, custody is slowly becoming the key theme of the ecosystem amid increasing use of digital assets and Web3 applications in enterprise and institutional use. Rising cyber fraud and operational breaches have placed digital asset custody
Stock markets ended marginally lower on Tuesday amid thin year-end trading as persistent foreign fund outflows and a muted trend in global equities weighed on investors’ sentiment. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters Falling for the fifth consecutive day, the 30-share BSE Sensex
State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is willing to dilute a 30–40 per cent stake in its upcoming greenfield refinery in Andhra Pradesh, with Gulf energy major Saudi Aramco and upstream player Oil India Ltd (OIL) likely to join as
India’s industrial production grew at a two-year high of 6.7 per cent in November this year, driven by strong performances in mining and manufacturing, according to official data released on Monday. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters The factory output, measured in terms
