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gold prices to soften, have started purchasing gold jewellery in the last two days as prices have fallen from a high of Rs 86,647 per 10 gm on last Tuesday to Rs 84,056 per 10 gm on Friday. Prices have dropped by Rs 2,509 per 10 gm over the last two days. The gold market was closed on Wednesday on account of Shivratri. Rajesh Rokde. chairman of All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) said «The footfalls at the stores have increased. Those, who had been waiting to buy gold, have started their purchase. Consumers do not want to miss the chance of lower gold prices.» He added that the correction in gold prices seems to be a temporary one. «It may go up any moment if the trade war intensifies and the geopolitical risk heightens. This a good opportunity to buy gold, Rokde said.

European Commission’s visa “cascade” regime. Effective April 18, 2024, the policy allows frequent travelers from India to obtain multi-entry visas valid for up to two years initially, followed by a five-year validity period if passport conditions permit. The visa policy has improved mobility between India and the Schengen region. Indian travelers meeting the eligibility criteria will have travel privileges similar to those of visa-exempt nationals. The move aims to facilitate tourism, business, and family visits while strengthening EU-India ties. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the new visa system in the ongoing negotiations for the India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), saying, «We welcome the new visa cascade regime of the EU. This will provide better mobility to the abilities of India's talented youth.»

trade war, moving ahead to implement tariffs that could unsettle Wall Street, as per a report. Trump posted on Truth Social, that tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico would come into effect from March 4, reported Yahoo Finance. The president also declared an extra 10% tariff on China.

Cryptocurrency prices are down sharply in recent weeks and not expected to rebound soon, with some of the biggest digital currencies erasing nearly all of the gains they made after Donald Trump's election win triggered a wave of excitement across the industry. Some analysts said the market is likely to remain subdued while waiting for a bullish signal, such as indications that the U.S. Federal Reserve plans to cut interest rates or a clear pro-crypto regulatory framework from the Trump administration.

NSE Nifty 50 recorded its fifth straight monthly loss — its longest such streak since 1996 — making India the worst performing global market, with investors and derivative markets signalling the pain is likely to linger. Weak earnings, persistent foreign outflows and uncertainty regarding U.S. tariffs have dragged the Nifty about 15% lower from its September peak, eroding nearly 85 trillion rupees (nearly $1 trillion) in investor wealth.

Cryptocurrency-linked stocks are dropping Friday with bitcoin (BTCUSD) trading around $80,000, more than a quarter off its January peak.

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«For midcap or smallcap, that could be a different story. But in the largecap space, the valuations have become very attractive. A couple of percentage points more of correction cannot be ruled out,» says Devender Singhal, Kotak Mahindra AMC. First up on the markets, nothing has been holding up. Since all this while we have been talking about the broader indices, getting into that bear territory, but look at Nifty 50 is down about 15% from those highest points of September 2024. Do you believe that another 5% correction from here on cannot be ruled out or you believe that at the index level we should find some bit of a base building? Devender Singhal: So, yes, you are right, we have seen around 15% correction in the Nifty. But there has not been a single year in the last 30 years where we have not seen something like this happening. But honestly, it looks like in terms of valuation comfort, we are very near to the bottom or the immediate bottom in terms of where the Nifty or largecaps are concerned.

broker Angel One on Friday said some of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources were compromised and that it has hired an external forensic partner to investigate the impact. The company's shares, already pressured in a weak market, extended losses to as much as 4.7% after the news.

«As far as supports are concerned for Nifty, I believe there is a support around 22,200 followed by 22,000 which is the support zone for Nifty,» says Sneha Seth, Angel One. It is just a deep sea of red across the screen and both the benchmark indices are not holding up well. Which are the next support levels as per you? Sneha Seth: If you look at the market, yes, we have seen decent correction. If you see the rollovers for last series, the rollovers were quite decent. In fact, I believe decent amount of shorts have been rolled over to the market. FIIs long-short ratio is also around 16, which clearly indicates that it is in the oversold territory and until we do not see any buying interest from FIIs in the future segment or in equity segment, the market may continue to be in pressure only.

Xi Jinping has admitted the country's economy still faces «numerous difficulties» in an article set to be published this week ahead of a major political meeting in Beijing, state media said Friday.

cryptocurrency market, has seen extreme price swings. Following the launch of its Open Mainnet on February 20, the coin surged over 300%, hitting a post-listing high of $2.94 before falling 11.1% to $2.49. As of February 28, 2025, Pi Coin trades at around $2.69, with a 24-hour trading volume of $3.09 billion. In the Indian market, it equates to roughly ₹201.13 per PI (CoinGecko).

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), State Bank of India (SBI), and Tata Motors among the ten Nifty 50 stocks hitting fresh 52-week lows as a broad-based sell-off rattled investors. A sharp decline in IT and financial stocks, coupled with renewed global trade war concerns and sustained foreign investor outflows, dragged the benchmark indices down by over 1%. The Nifty 50 tumbled 1.2% to 22,271.40, while the BSE Sensex sank over 1,000 points, or 1.34%, to 73,602 in early trade.

Tata Motors are on track for their worst monthly losing streak in nearly a decade, as persistent selling pressure has pushed the stock down by 12.2% in February. This marks the seventh straight month of negative returns and the steepest monthly decline since October 2023, when the stock slumped 14%. The last time Tata Motors witnessed such an extended downtrend was in 2015 when the stock declined consecutively from March to September before rebounding in October. The worst-ever monthly drop for Tata Motors came in March 2020, when the stock tumbled nearly 45% amid the COVID-19 market crash.

Pi Coin plunged over 20% on Friday, hitting an intraday low of $2.26 before recovering to $2.41, still down 12% for the day. The decline came amid a broader crypto market sell-off, which pressured investor sentiment. Bitcoin fell below $80,000, touching a 3.5-month low as uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's tariff plans, crypto regulations, and a $1.5 billion Ethereum hack rattled markets. Ethereum dropped 7%, while XRP, BNB, and Solana also posted sharp losses.

Ursula von der Leyen, focusing on imparting fresh momentum to the India-European Union (EU) strategic partnership. The two sides are expected to take stock of the ongoing negotiations to firm up an ambitious trade deal as well as explore ways to boost trade and investment ties.

Advantest tanking nearly 9%. The Nikkei index fell below 37,000 for the first time since September 19 and hit a low of 36,840.12 in intraday trade.

World Bank report released on Friday.

The coin was down 5.5% at $79,627 at 12:05 p.m. in Singapore, after hitting its lowest level since November 10. That was part of a broad rout: Ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, fell 7.3% while smaller tokens Solana and XRP were down 7.1% and 7.8%, respectively.