Sensex falls 400 pts on weak global trends, waning rate cut hopes

Snapping the two-day rally, benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower on Friday mainly due to weak global trends and fading hopes of a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in December. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The 30-share BSE Sensex

Worst may be over for Asian Paints, but prospects still far from bright

Asian Paints reported a good performance for the second quarter (July-September) of 2025-26 (Q2FY26), with some help from base effects, despite strong competition and extended monsoon. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Volume grew in low double digits in the key domestic decorative

Core industries growth flat in October

Growth of eight key infrastructure sectors remained flat in October as expansion in output of petroleum refinery products, fertiliser and steel was offset by a contraction in coal and electricity production, according to official data released on Thursday. Photograph: Bing

Reliance stops use of Russian oil at its only-for-export refinery

Reliance Industries Ltd on Thursday said it has halted the use of Russian crude at its export-only refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat, as the company moves to comply with European Union sanctions. Image used for representation purpose only. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters

TCS, TPG to invest Rs 18,000 cr in data centre biz

The country’s largest IT services company TCS on Thursday announced a tie-up with private equity major TPG for its upcoming data centre business, in which both the partners aim to invest Rs 18,000 crore. Illustration: Dado Ruvic/Reuters TPG will invest

HDFC pips TCS as India’s most-valued brand

Financial services giant HDFC Bank, carrying a brand value of $44.9 billion, has surged past IT consulting behemoth Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to reclaim its crown as the country’s most valued brand, according to the 2025 Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable

Equity MFs Cool Off; SIPs Soar

‘AUM reached an all-time high of Rs 79.9 trillion in October 2025, driven by strong retail participation and record SIP inflows of Rs 29,529 crore from over 94.5 million contributing accounts.’ Kindly note that this illustration generated using ChatGPT has

Fitness test fee for all 20-year-old motor vehicles hiked

Months after the government increased renewal charges for older vehicles, the transport ministry has raised the fitness test fee for all motor vehicles older than 20 years to discourage people from keeping them. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The Ministry of Road

Sensex jumps over 513 points on buying in IT stocks

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty bounced back sharply on Wednesday, driven by a rally in IT stocks and sustained buying from domestic institutional investors amid growing hopes for an India-US trade deal. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters The 30-share BSE Sensex

Govt in talks to streamline FDI, FII processes: Goyal

The Centre is regularly holding consultations with stakeholders to streamline foreign direct investments (FDIs) and foreign institutional investments (FIIs) related processes to enable faster and more efficient investment flows into the country, said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, adding