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HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, and Infosys. The BSE Sensex was trading 573 points or 0.85% lower at 67,023. Nifty50 was trading at 20,004, down 130 points or 0.64% at around 9.16 a.m. From the Sensex pack, HDFC Bank, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, Bharti Airtel, and Infosys opened with losses, while ICICI Bank, Power Grid, L&T, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank opened with gains. HDFC Bank opened nearly 3% lower after the bank on Monday said its gross non-performing assets will likely increase as of July 1, after its merger with HDFC. Shares of Bharat Dynamics opened 3% higher after the company signed a contract worth Rs 291 crore with IAF. Sector-wise, Nifty Financial Services declined 0.87% and Nifty Bank fell 0.68%.

Federal Reserve convened for its much-anticipated two-day monetary policy meeting. All three indexes ended the session lower in a broad sell-off ahead of the Fed's interest rate announcement on Wednesday, which is expected to culminate in a decision to leave key interest rates unchanged. «It's a big set up coming into tomorrow and markets are clearly focused on any change in communication from the Federal Reserve,» said Bill Northey, senior investment director at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, Helena Montana, who expects «intense focus on the Fed's perspective on inflation in the post-meeting press conference.» «Broad inflation readings have shown marked progress over the last year,» Northey added.

Capital continued to flow out of crypto-backed investment funds last week, with total outflows for the past nine weeks now nearing $500 million.

While September has been a bit sloppy so far, will further weakness in October weigh on investor sentiment before the seasonally strong period begins?

Key Takeaways Among S&P 500 companies that fully disclosed the race & ethnicity breakdown of their boards, the average number of non-white board members rose to 2.4 in 2022 from 2.2 in 2021. That number ranged from 3.2 in the financial sector to 1.9 in the renewable-energy sector.Companies in the technology and communications sector showed the largest increase in the number of non-white directors.

Meanwhile, the global cryptocurrency market cap was trading higher, around $1.06 trillion, rising 1.5% in the last 24 hours. «Bitcoin is currently trading at the $26,500 mark, and this shift in its price may be attributed to recent developments at the European Central Bank (ECB),» Edul Patel, CEO & Co-founder of Mudrex, said. The ECB has signalled that their recent hike of 0.25% in three key interest rates could potentially mark the conclusion of the rate hikes in the current cycle. In order to sustain its upward momentum, Bitcoin will need to breach the resistance at $27,000, Edul added.

China, where marriages are traditionally elaborate, expensive affairs, but the industry estimated at almost $500 billion is now facing a bigger threat: a plunge in the number of couples willing to tie the knot. The trend, which has become more obvious as the economy weakens and consumer confidence wanes, is also worrying officials trying to revive marriage, and birth, rates which dropped to record lows last year, leading to the first decline in population numbers in 60 years. «The number of marriages is falling and few are willing to spend a lot on weddings,» said Yuan Jialiang, who ran a full-scale wedding planning business for almost a decade in Shanghai before switching to focus on wedding photography before the pandemic. «The future of this industry doesn't look promising.» There were 6.8 million marriages across China last year, 800,000 fewer than in 2021 and the lowest since the government began publishing the data in 1986. This drop in marriage registrations will exacerbate the decline in births in China, now one of the world's fastest-ageing societies.

The S&P 500 (SPX) lost 0.2% last week following a sentiment reversal on Friday, when the index dropped 1.2%. This way, the S&P 500 fell below the short-term supporting trend line, which could invite more pressure in the near term.

The S&P 500 (SPX) lost 0.2% last week following a sentiment reversal on Friday, when the index dropped 1.2%. This way, the S&P 500 fell below the short-term supporting trend line, which could invite more pressure in the near term.

All headlines this week will focus on the Fed's decision, but markets had their own big end-of-week finish last week with triple witching options expiration combined with a sell-off to leave the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in a little trouble.

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The world's most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has been steadily climbing over the past few weeks, surpassing the $26,500 level today. The Bitcoin price currently stands at $26,560, with a 24-hour trading volume of $9.6 billion.

HDFC Bank gained over 1 per cent on Friday, September 15, and traded at an intra day high of ₹1,670 on the NSE during late afternoon deals, after the leading private lender witnessed block deals worth ₹4,500 crore. The deals came over passive inflows following a rejig of the FTSE indices.

After Russell 2000 (IWM) pushed down to the 200-day MA in its third test of the moving average since early August, there was an accumulation-worthy counter move higher that returned the index back to its 20-day MA.

Databricks, a data analytics platform using artificial intelligence (AI), said on Thursday it secured more than $500 million in a funding round that valued the company at $43 billion, marking one of the biggest funding events for private tech companies this year amid AI-fueled optimism. The new round, led by T. Rowe Price, could mark the last round of private funding as the data company gears up for the public market. Chipmaker Nvidia, another beneficiary of the AI boom, and credit card firm Capital One Financial, also participated in the latest funding round.

banking services at precisely the moment when extra funds are most needed for essential supplies such as medical supplies and food. Cryptocurrency transfers have become an increasingly popular way to provide financial assistance to disaster victims due to their speed, low costs, borderless nature, and transparent transactions.

The US-based crypto service provider Paxos has been revealed as the party responsible for massively overpaying fees on a recent Bitcoin transaction.

Nasdaq ended higher on Wednesday after data showing a moderate increase in consumer prices in August cemented expectations that the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates unchanged in September. Megacap growth stocks Tesla, Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Amazon.com gained over 1% each.Apple dipped 1.2%, down for a second day after unveiling new iPhones on Tuesday while leaving prices unchanged. The S&P 500 climbed 0.12% to end the session at 4,467.44 points. The Nasdaq gained 0.29% to 13,813.59 points, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.20% to 34,575.53 points. The S&P 500 consumer discretionary index climbed 0.9%, lifted as Ford Motor rallied 1.5% on the vehicle maker's plans to double the production of its hybrid F-150 pickup trucks in 2024. Data showed consumer prices increased by the most in 14 months in August as gasoline prices surged, but the annual rise in underlying inflation was the smallest in nearly two years. Stickiness in services inflation has kept alive prospects of a November hike.

JPMorgan strategists have once again reiterated their concern about the sustainability of this year's rally in U.S. equities. The S&P 500 is up 16.2% year-to-date.

A Bitcoin (BTC) user paid around $500,000 in transaction fees to send just $200 of BTC last weekend, setting a new record in Bitcoin transaction fees.

The market is following historical trends, which are often easy to overlook.