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Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday pointed to the large policy uncertainty around tariffs and other issues arising from the early days of President Donald Trump's administration as among the top challenges in figuring out where to take U.S. monetary policy in the months ahead. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee warned that ignoring the potential inflationary impact of tariffs would be a mistake, whereas Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin said it remains impossible at this early stage to know where cost increases from any tariffs might be absorbed or passed along to consumers. The views of the two U.S. central bankers were emblematic of the cautious approach Fed officials are angling to take in deciding whether to resume interest rate cuts later this year or continue to keep them on hold. The Fed left its benchmark interest rate unchanged last week in the 4.25%-4.50% range after cutting it at three straight meetings to close out 2024. The U.S. economy is strong, the labor market is «plausibly» at full employment, and inflation has come down and is approaching the Fed's 2% goal, Goolsbee said in remarks prepared for delivery to the Chicago Fed's annual auto symposium in Detroit.

The bank said 51% of its 4,233 respondents named inflation and tariffs together as the top potential developments likely to dominate markets this year. Last year, inflation was also a top concern, but only for 27% of the interviewees.

Alphabet earnings and weighed the prospect of future interest rate cuts from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Google-parent Alphabet dropped 7.3% after posting downbeat cloud revenue growth on Tuesday and earmarking a higher-than-expected $75 billion investment for its AI buildout this year.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's economic engine, consumer spending, has stumbled, placing immense pressure on the Union Budget 2025-26 to reignite growth. The budget delivered a headline-grabbing tax relief for the middle class, fueling hopes of a consumption revival.

stock market downturn. On the contrary, they have trimmed their stakes further since October, continuing their selling spree from most of the earlier part of 2024. Since October 1, when the market began declining, promoters of nearly 120 mid- and small-cap companies have sold shares worth ₹7,000 crore.

Tesla sales plunged in Germany last month, official data showed Wednesday, after billionaire owner Elon Musk waded into the country's election campaign by vocally backing the far right. Shares of the company were trading 2.61% down at $381.99 at 11.38 am on Nasdaq.

DeepSeek, whose chatbot became the most downloaded app in the United States, has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company that has been barred from operating in the United States, security researchers say, as per a report.

stocks. Investors stayed cautious ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's three-day monetary policy meeting, which commenced today, with expectations of an impending rate cut. The benchmark BSE Sensex lost 312.53 points or 0.40% to close at 78,271.28, while the broader Nifty 50 index closed at 23,696.30, lower by 42.95 points or 0.18%.

GSK launched a 2 billion pounds ($2.5 billion) share buyback on Wednesday and lifted its long-term sales target to nearly $50 billion, betting that growing sales of its HIV and cancer drugs will make up for pressures on its vaccines revenue. GSK's shares were up 6% at 1342 GMT after the British drugmaker's fourth-quarter results also topped expectations.

Swiggy reported on Wednesday that its consolidated losses widened to Rs 799 crore in the December quarter, compared to Rs 574 crore in the same period last year. Revenue from operations for Q3FY25 stood at Rs 3,993 crore, marking a 31% increase from Rs 3,049 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.

Prataap Snacks Ltd.(up 3.47%), Euro India Fresh Foods Ltd.(up 2.65%), LT Foods Ltd.(up 2.46%), Gillette India Ltd.(up 2.40%), Umang Dairies Ltd.(up 1.53%), Bikaji Foods International Ltd.(up 1.38%), Zydus Wellness Ltd.(up 0.92%), Jyothy Labs Ltd.(up 0.63%), Gopal Snacks Ltd.(up 0.46%) and Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd.(up 0.46%) stood among the top gainers.

These high-performing stocks that rallied more than 10% during the session included, Himachal Fibres(13.28%), De Nora India(13.23%), Centrum Capital(13.11%), Vimta Labs(13.03%), Trescon(12.65%), Jai Balaji Inds(12.35%), Eris Lifesciences(11.64%), AVI Polymers Ltd.(11.25%), Natraj Proteins(11.22%) and Yasho Industries(11.11%).

ONGC), and Indian Oil Corp (IOC) surged up to 5% on Wednesday after analysts at Macquarie and Goldman Sachs raised their ratings and target prices, citing improving fundamentals and an attractive risk-reward setup. HPCL shares climbed 4.7% to Rs 349.50 on the BSE, while BPCL shares advanced 3.7% to Rs 265.65. IOC shares rose 3.2% to Rs 128.50 during intraday trading, and ONGC shares advanced 2.9% to Rs 261.50 on the BSE.

retail investors invested in fixed deposits, PPFs, postal saving schemes, and physical gold. However, nowadays equity as an asset class has become popular with retail investors. New asset classes like REITs and InViTs have also been made available to them, apart from gold bonds and ETFs. We have witnessed that instruments that were available to only a select portion of the population are now widely accessible and tokenized to serve any ticket size (the latest being small-ticket SIP with a minimum investment amount of Rs 250 per month).

Donald Trump's crypto coin have accumulated close to $100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks, according to estimates from three blockchain analysis firms, a large windfall from a venture that has seen tens of thousands of small traders lose money. The meme coin, known as $Trump, was launched by the president on Jan. 17 and quickly surged, reaching a peak of over $14.5 billion in overall market value by Jan. 19, the day before his inauguration. It has since slumped by two-thirds.

Ethereum, Dogecoin, Tron, Sui, Avalanche, and Shiba Inu saw gains, climbing as much as 6%. As of 12:10 pm IST, Bitcoin had slipped 1.5% to $97,808, while Ethereum surged 1.3% to $2,747. Meanwhile, The global cryptocurrency market cap fell by 0.44% to approximately $3.22 trillion in the past 24 hours.

Chamunda Electricals was fully subscribed on Wednesday with an overall subscription of 28.5 times as of 12:22 pm on the second day of bidding. The IPO, a book-built issue of Rs 14.60 crores, offering a fresh issue of 29.19 lakh shares, will be available for investors to bid till February 6. The retail portion of the issue was subscribed 43.2 times, while the issue was subscribed 24.1 times in the non-institutional investors’ category on the second day of bidding. Meanwhile, the qualified institutional buyers had subscribed by 6.02 times the allotted portion.

sell call on Divi's Laboratories with a target price of Rs 4,500. The current market price of Divi's Laboratories is Rs 6081. Divi's Lab, incorporated in 1990, is a Large Cap company with a market cap of Rs 161670.37 crore, operating in the Pharmaceuticals sector. Divi's Laboratories' key products/revenue segments include Pharmaceuticals, Scrap, Sale of services and Export Incentives for the year ending 31-Mar-2024.

Birla Corporation shares will be in focus on Wednesday, February 5, after the company reported a 71.4% year-on-year (YoY) decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 31.19 crore for Q3 FY25. In the same period last year, net profit stood at Rs 109.14 crore. The company attributed the decline to lower cement prices, particularly in Maharashtra and central India. Realization from cement sales in Q3 stood at Rs 4,781 per tonne, down 9.5% YoY but up 1.8% sequentially from Rs 4,697 per tonne in Q2 FY25.

Asian stocks rose as traders navigated their way through a US-China trade war and earnings from Wall Street’s big tech companies. Chinese markets were set to reopen on Wednesday. Shares in Australia and Japan rose along with stock futures for Hong Kong. Contracts for US equities edged lower as Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. tumbled in extended trading. US stock indexes had earlier rebounded after a wave of dip-buying with a Bloomberg gauge of the “Magnificent Seven” megacaps advancing 1.7%. Treasury yields edged higher.

Swiggy, Titan, Tata Power, Hero MotoCorp, Bandhan Bank among others will be in focus due to various news developments. Swiggy, Reliance Power, Info Edge Shares of Swiggy, Reliance Power and Info Edge will be in focus as these companies will announce their quarterly results today.