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But despite all of these risks, investors seem largely unperturbed, with the S&P 500 Index setting another record just this week. Traders are piling into the riskiest parts of the market, too, with the small-capitalization Russell 2000 Index nearly doubling the S&P 500’s performance over the past two weeks and approaching its first record since 2021. Meanwhile, the Cboe Volatility Index is at levels that historically indicate serenity among traders.

Cyclone Fengal, which made landfall near Puducherry on November 30, remained stationary near the union territory and would gradually weaken in the next three hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. Meanwhile, operations at the Chennai airport, which had been suspended on Sunday, resumed past midnight but many flights suffered cancellations and delays, officials said. Further, Puducherry recorded its highest rainfall of 46 cm, IMD-Regional Meteorological Centre, Additional Director General, S Balachandran, said in an update at 7.30 am on Sunday. He said Cyclone Fengal started making landfall near Puducherry around 5.30 pm on Saturday and completed the process «between 10.30 pm and 11.30 pm.»

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Knight Frank India. As many as 9,736 units were registered during November 2023. In a statement on Saturday, real estate consultant Knight Frank India said that Mumbai city, under the jurisdiction of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), recorded 10,216 property registrations in November 2024. The data is as of 8 pm on Saturday. The number might increase slightly.

Himachal Pradesh has received the third lowest rainfall (in November this year) since 1901, the local Met department said in a statement issued here. The highest rainfall of 88.5 mm was received in 1925, it said. However, it did not share the data of the first and second lowest rainfall.

Air Quality Index (AQI) of 346, officials said. The city's air quality is likely to remain in the «very poor» category for the next three days due to unfavourable weather conditions, they added. Delhi's 24-hour average AQI was recorded at 346 at 4 pm on Saturday, marking a slight rise from 331 recorded on Friday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Out of the 38 monitoring stations across the national capital, only Shadipur recorded AQI in the «severe» category, while 34 stations recorded «very poor» AQI, according to the Sameer app that provides hourly updates of national AQI published by the CPCB.

In a statement, CTI Chairman Brijesh Goyal and President Subhash Khandelwal said that the ban on commercial and light vehicles, along with a significant reduction in vehicles entering Delhi from outside, has crippled trade, industry, and tourism. «Retail markets in Delhi are witnessing a slump as the city's air quality has plunged into the 'severe' category. News about pollution, widely disseminated through TV, newspapers, and social media, is deterring people from visiting markets,» Goyal stated.

border.U.S. president-elect Donald Trump pledged this week to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports until more is done to stem illegal border crossings and drug trafficking.The threat spurred calls from premiers and opposition leaders for the federal Liberal government to do more to secure Canada’s border.Among the voices was Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who says she is considering creating a provincial border patrol.The eastern region for the RCMP includes Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces.

Black Friday sales experiencing significant growth. According to Salesforce, a software-as-a-service major tracking e-commerce activity in real-time, online shopping has seen a strong uptick in demand. As per Salesforce, the US holiday season which kicks off with Thanksgiving day generated $33.6 billion in sales online globally, increasing 6% on year. The US market alone was up 8% to $8.1 billion while Europe grew 10%. Adobe Analytics said US consumers had spent $7.9 billion online as of Friday afternoon, an increase of 8.2% over last year, with a projected final tally between $10.7 and $11 billion — an ecommerce record for Black Friday.

As markets and consumers eye possible turbulence during the transition from President Joe Biden to Donald Trump, there are hopes that the year's biggest shopping season — stretching from Thanksgiving to Christmas — will be a bonanza. The National Retail Federation (NRF) said a record 183.4 million people are planning to shop over the weekend, ticking up from 182 million last year and 18.1 million higher than 2019, before the Covid pandemic derailed the global economy.

markets regulator Sebi on Friday slapped a monetary penalty of Rs 9 lakh on Reliance Securities for flouting market norms as well as stock brokers rules. The order came after the regulator and exchanges, NSE and BSE, had conducted a thematic onsite inspection of the books of accounts, records and other documents of authorised persons (APs) of Reliance Securities Ltd (RSL), a Sebi-registered stock broker. The inspection was conducted to ascertain whether the same are being maintained in the manner required by RSL, with respect to provisions of stock brokers rules, NSEIL Capital Market (CM) regulations and NSE Future & Options (FO) trading norms.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Citigroup is nearing an important milestone in efforts to spin off its Mexican consumer bank, an important part of chief executive Jane Fraser’s turnaround strategy. The bank said it would complete a split next week of the systems that underpin Banamex from the rest of its operations in Mexico.

influenza season, experts warn that Australia’s record-breaking flu outbreak may offer a troubling glimpse of what might come.The latest data from Australia’s National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System shows the country recorded 352,532 laboratory-confirmed flu cases this year, eclipsing the previous high of 313,615 cases in 2019.Flu vaccination rates in Australia have also steadily declined, with national data revealing a consistent drop over the past two years.“It’s a cautionary tale. People forgot to get their vaccines, the vaccination rate was too low and this led to an increase in the number of cases,” Dr.

Fallon Guliwala (40), the wife of actor-turned-politician Ajaz Khan, over a month after his staff member was apprehended for ordering 100 grams of mephedrone (MDMA) through a courier. Guliwala, a foreign national, was detained following a raid by the agency at her home in Jogeshwari on Wednesday, where various drugs were seized. Her name surfaced in the ongoing drug smuggling investigation, which began on October 8 when the agency arrested Ajaz’s peon, Suraj Gaud. The drugs, meant for delivery to Ajaz's office at B-207, Oberoi Chambers, Veera Desai Industrial Estate in Andheri, were linked to the case. Gaud was charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and, during questioning, claimed that although the parcel was addressed to him, it was regularly ordered by Ajaz’s nephew, Farhan. Officials then raided Ajaz Khan's residence in Jogeshwari on Wednesday and Thursday, where the house was registered in the name of Fallon Guliwala. During her interrogation, Guliwala confirmed that Farhan was Ajaz's nephew and the owner of Ek Number Production house. A search of her flat led to the discovery of drugs, including 136 grams of charas, 33 grams of MDMA in empty pouches, 28 grams of MDMA tablets, and other narcotics, as well as cash amounting to Rs 11 lakh. She was subsequently arrested.

On the second day of the opening Test against New Zealand in Christchurch, Root fell for a duck, dismissed by debutant Nathan Smith, who also claimed the wicket of Jacob Bethell in the same over. England's solid start of 43/1 quickly deteriorated to 45/3. This was Root's 13th career duck in Test cricket and his eighth in the World Test Championship (WTC), the most by any batter in the competition's history alongside Rory Burns, Kusal Mendis, Jason Holder, and Zak Crawley. Root now surpasses Steve Smith and Virat Kohli, who each have seven ducks in the WTC.

Last winter, the peak had hit 5816 MW, the highest recorded in the national capital. During summer this year, peak electricity demand had touched an unprecedented 8,656 MW. The areas served by BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd, winter peaks are projected to exceed 2,600 MW and 1,240 MW, respectively. Last year, the peak hit 2,529 MW and 1,210 MW, respectively.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Credit investors often talk in euphemisms. The safest bonds, with the highest credit ratings and hence the lowest yields, are almost always referred to as “high-grade" rather than “low-yield".

Diamond Power Infrastructure are likely to remain in focus today as the company had announced a stock split in the ratio 1:10 and fixed December 3 as the record date for determining shareholder eligibility. This means today is the last day to buy the stock to be eligible for the stock split.

PC Jeweller will be in focus after the company fixed December 10 as the record date for its proposed 1:10 stock split. “This is to inform that pursuant to the Members’ approval obtained through Postal Ballot on November 21, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company by means of a resolution passed by circulation today i.e. on November 28, 2024, has fixed Record Date as mentioned below for sub-division/split of equity shares of the Company, such that 1 (One) equity share having face value of Rs 10 each, fully paid-up, be sub-divided / split into 10 (Ten) equity shares having face value of Re 1 each,” the company said in its press release yesterday.

Overseas investors are finding opportunities in India despite record outflows from local shares last month, signaling potential in specific sectors. Industrials, health-care and telecommunication stocks have drawn net inflows of about $3 billion each this year through Nov. 15, according to data from the National Securities Depository Ltd. That’s in contrast to overall withdrawals of over $2 billion in the period, following an unprecedented wave of selling in October.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The relief rally fizzled out sooner than expected. The heaviest selling by foreign investors in more than three weeks, amid rising US bond yields and a strengthening dollar, brought the markets crashing more than 1.5% on Thursday, leaving investors poorer by ₹1.55 trillion.