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Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net sellers in FY2025, offloading domestic equities worth Rs 1,27,401 crore. The intensity of selling, reduced significantly in March which saw a sell-off worth Rs 3972.61 crore. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), on the other hand, remained buyers throughout the year and purchased stocks worth Rs 6,06,368 crore. In March, the buying activity amounted to Rs 37,079.08 crore. On Friday, FIIs sold shares worth Rs 4,352.82 crore while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net buyers at Rs 7,646.49 crore.

The benchmark BSE Sensex declined 191.51 points or 0.25% to close at 77,415, while the broader Nifty 50 index closed at 23,519, lower by 72.60 points or 0.31%.

The BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) will suspend trading across equities, derivatives, currency markets, securities lending and borrowing (SLB), and electronic gold receipts (EGR) for the holiday on March 31. With markets already closed on Saturday (March 29) and Sunday (March 30), investors are advised to plan their trades accordingly.

reciprocal tariffs, which will likely be announced by US President Donald Trump on April 2, India could see a minimal macro impact or even benefit from the fresh salvo, provided it plays the cards rightly. Before moving on to how India could gain from the tariffs, we should acknowledge that there will be some impact, albeit indirect and minimal. India’s exports would feel the pinch if global trade and growth slow down amid rising trade tensions. However, there is near consensus that this event will most likely be transient unless it evolves into a full-scale trade recalibration.

A Manhattan federal judge on Friday said investors can move forward with claims that Musk committed securities fraud by failing to make timely disclosures to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, posting “misleading tweets about Twitter’s future” and carrying out “a coordinated trading strategy to silently build up” his position in the social media company. Lawyers for Musk and the investors didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

According to a report by ICICI Bank Global Markets, gold prices could touch Rs 87,000 to Rs 90,000 per 10 grams in the first half of 2025, driven by global economic uncertainties and US tariff policies. They could rise even further to Rs 96,000 per 10 grams in the latter half of 2025, as per the analysts. «Going forward, local gold prices are expected to trade with an upside bias in the ₹87,000 per ten grams to Rs 90,000 per ten grams range in 1H2025 and moving to the Rs 94,000 per ten grams to Rs 96,000 per ten grams range in 2H2025,» the report said.

Bank Nifty and Nifty Midcap Select, increasing them to 35 and 140, respectively. The changes will be effective for all new contracts introduced from April 25, 2025, onwards, NSE said in a circular. The lot size for Bank Nifty will increase from 30 to 35, while Nifty Midcap Select will go up from 120 to 140. Existing contracts with expiries on April 24, May 29, and June 26, 2025, will continue to trade with the previous lot sizes until expiry, NSE said.

artificial intelligence startup to go public, finished its first day of trading at $40.01 a share, one penny above the disappointing initial public offering price the company had set a day earlier. The company's share price, trading under the ticker symbol CRWV, signaled concern among Wall Street investors about the economy and CoreWeave's business model. The faltering day of trading came amid a slumping stock market and uncertainty around inflation and President Donald Trump's tariffs. The S&P 500 dropped 2% on Friday, one of its worst days since Trump's election.

employment report that could reveal a slowing economy. The S&P 500 posted a weekly loss, selling off on Friday after data pointed to underlying price pressures. Earlier this month, the benchmark index marked a correction, dropping more than 10% from its record high.

SDA Bocconi Asia Center’s Leadership Summit 2025 united global leaders to discuss leadership in times of Geopolical uncertainity. As an extension of SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy, the Asia Center continues to foster global thought leadership and drive impactful discussions in the ever-evolving business landscape. Amid global uncertainties, the Leadership Summit 2025focused on building resilient organisations through innovation and sustainable growth.

Shares of Mara Holdings (MARA), Strategy (MSTR), and several other companies tied to cryptocurrencies fell Friday along with the price of Bitcoin (BTCUSD).

renewable energy, green hydrogen production, industrial energy efficiency, landfill methane recovery, and mangrove afforestation and reforestation. An offset mechanism is a voluntary system where entities can compensate for greenhouse gas emissions by investing in projects that reduce, remove, or avoid emissions elsewhere, earning carbon credits. The framework approved by the government enables businesses, industries, and organizations-particularly those not covered under the compliance mechanism-to participate in climate action and receive carbon credits for verified emission reductions.>

trade agreement (BTA) Friday. As of date, there has been no imposition of country-specific reciprocal tariffs by the US on India, he added. On March 12, US President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on imports of all steel and aluminium to limit imports and boost production domestically. These duties threaten an estimated $5 billion worth of engineering goods and almost $1 billion worth of aluminium exports to the US from India. The minister informed that India continues to engage with the US to achieve enhancement and broadening of bilateral trade ties in a mutually beneficial and fair manner. The two countries aim to more than double trade to $500 billion by 2030 to be achieved by deepening the trade. «Both countries have committed to negotiate a mutually beneficial, multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement under which the countries would focus on increasing market access, reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers, enhancing supply chain integration and resolving key trade issues bilaterally,» Prasada said. India and the US aim to negotiate the first tranche of the BTA by fall this year.

Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday had a phone conversation that both men described as productive, although the Canadian leader said Ottawa would be imposing retaliatory tariffs next week as promised The call was the first contact since Carney won the leadership of Canada's ruling Liberals. He has called Trump's tariff threats a betrayal of a once close economic and security relationship. «It was an extremely productive call, we agree on many things, and will be meeting immediately after Canada's upcoming Election to work on elements of Politics, Business, and all other factors,» Trump wrote on Truth Social. Trump's tariff announcement is expected on April 2. Ottawa has made clear for months that it will impose countermeasures. The US and its northern neighbour have long been close allies and trading partners. But relations deteriorated after Trump upended the relationship with tariff threats and repeated comments about annexing the country. US inflation, consumer spending up

Agarwal community established by Raja Agrasen. Is this location just a coincidence or an ancient connection? The later Vedic civilisation that stretched from Haryana towards the Yamuna and Ganga basins, about 3,000 years ago, was not mercantile. It was made of pastoralists tending to cattle, warriors on horse-drawn chariots and their poet-priests who chanted the Vedic hymns in praise of celestial gods.

Donald Trump's administration to secure the partial removal of the US tariffs that have already started hitting the bloc's exports and that are set to increase after April 2. European Union officials were told at meetings this week in Washington that there was no way to avoid new auto and so-called reciprocal tariffs that Trump is launching next week, according to people familiar with the talks. Discussions also began on what the contours of a potential deal to reduce them should eventually look like. That has prompted the European Commission, which handles trade matters for the EU, to start working on a «term sheet» for a potential agreement, which would set out areas for negotiations on the punitive trade measures, including lowering its own duties, mutual investments with the US as well as easing certain regulations and standards, said the people. VAT considered fair The reciprocal tariffs are meant to strike out against what Trump considers to be unfair levies on US goods as well as non-tariff barriers, like domestic regulations and how countries collect taxes, including the bloc's value-added tax, digital taxes and regulations. The EU says its VAT is a fair, non-discriminatory tax that applies equally to domestic and imported goods. A spokesperson from the commission declined to comment.

Poll after poll shows angry Canadians are on board when it comes to retaliating against United States President Donald Trump‘s tariffs.

By Mark Mullins

If it’s built by Canadian workers on Canadian docks, it should be made with Canadian steel and aluminum.

United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs have sparked fears of a recession in Canada, but this country’s largest bank is confident it can overcome any near-term hurdles and continue to post healthy growth during the next few years.

Gold prices surged to a record high on Friday, as investors flocked to the safe-haven asset amid fears of a global trade war triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariffs. Spot gold climbed 0.9% to $3,082.39 an ounce as of 11:38 a.m. ET (1538 GMT) after hitting its eighteenth record high this year at $3,086.70 earlier in the session. Bullion is up 2% this week and is on track for a fourth straight weekly gain.