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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s benchmark indices ended a turbulent week with modest gains on Friday, but sharp swings driven by global cues and a spike in crude oil prices kept investors on the edge. The Nifty 50 closed at 25,571.25, while the BSE Sensex settled at 82,814.70, both rising around 0.4% on Friday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The ministry of commerce and industry has overhauled its merchandise trade indices, shifting the base year to FY2022-23 from FY2012-13. The move aims to revamp the tracking of price and volume trends, providing a more accurate snapshot of an economy driven by high-tech manufacturing and engineering.

₹54,000 crore, far exceeding the ₹28,000 crore spent by companies under mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) norms annually.However, most of these contributions remain informal in nature.Titled ‘How India Gives 2025-26’, the report is based on telephonic surveys conducted between April and June 2025, and has a sample size of 7,225 households across 20 states.Donations to destitutes are the second biggest category at 42%. The lowest share of giving was towards friends, family and relatives at 9%.Around 68% of those surveyed reported giving in some form, indicating that everyday giving is widespread.Men (71%) were more likely to donate than women (64%), whereas households in urban areas (70%) were slightly ahead of rural households (66%) in charitable donations.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market update: Absolutely disappointing end to a day when all the effort that was seen in the last three days was brought to a nought, leading the trends to capsize without any hesitation. This has now proved that we need to work harder as domestic cues are not able to sustain the momentum.

The first estimates of inflation based on the revised series of India’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) were released last week. The new CPI series uses 2024 as the base year. Accordingly, inflation in January was 2.75% (the price index’s increase, i.e., over the same month of 2025), with rural inflation at 2.73% and urban at 2.77%.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Reworked concession terms, stronger traffic growth and falling yields on operational assets are nudging long-term capital back toward construction-linked road bets. After staying away from construction-risk projects for almost a decade, fund houses and private equity firms are re-evaluating greenfield build-operate-transfer (BOT) highway projects in India.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: Benchmark equity indices, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, extended their gains for the second consecutive session on Tuesday, 17 February, led by gains in select heavyweights, including ITC, BEL, and Infosys. The Sensex ended at 83,450.96, rising 174 points, or 0.21%, while the Nifty 50 settled 43 points, or 0.17%, higher at 25,725.40.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market update: Indian equity benchmarks extended their recovery for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, 17 February 2026, as the Nifty 50 closed 0.17% at 25,725 and the Sensex rose 173 points to settle at 83,451.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market update: Post the sharp decline, the absence of global markets brought back some cheer. The trends remain tentative as they try to defend the lower levels.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: Domestic equity market benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, cracked on Friday, 13 February, with a broad-based selloff hitting metal, IT and commodity stocks amid sluggish global markets. Traders said a weaker-than-expected earnings season, coupled with emerging pressure on technology stocks over AI-led disruption concerns, weighed on sentiment.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's top auto part makers are rushing to add more capacity, after the September cut in goods and services tax (GST) sparked a scramble for cars, scooters and sport utility vehicles. Component makers such as Tata AutoComp Systems Ltd, Bosch Ltd, Belrise Industries Ltd, Uno Minda Ltd and Bosch Ltd have either kicked off capacity expansion plans or are evaluating them, as demand rises for wheels, seating systems, and electric vehicle components.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Financial creditors are now leading the charge at bankruptcy tribunals, overtaking the vendors and service providers who once dominated filings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). The shift marks a turning point in how the law is being used: less as a pressure tactic for recovering trade dues and more as a lender-driven restructuring framework.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25% at its April meeting, as the newly-adopted inflation measurement series is unlikely to significantly shift the price trajectory, while the central bank also awaits the release of revamped GDP data on 27 February, economists said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: Indian equity markets closed lower on Thursday, snapping a four-day winning streak as persistent weakness in IT stocks weighed on sentiment. The Sensex ended 558.72 points lower at 83,674.92, while the Nifty slipped 146.65 points to settle at 25,807.20, briefly breaching the 25,750 mark during the session.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Titan Co. Ltd’s latest numbers reflect the shimmer that the steep rise in gold prices brings in.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: Indian equities closed largely unchanged on Wednesday, as benchmark indices moved in a narrow range throughout the session. The Sensex slipped 40 points to settle at 84,233.64, while the Nifty edged up 18.7 points to finish at 25,953.85.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Gold and silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are now among the top five picks financed by brokers under the margin trade funding (MTF) facility on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The trend reflects investors’ growing appetite for portfolio diversification amid rangebound markets and external headwinds.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hindustan Unilever Ltd is set to announce its third-quarter results on Thursday, but more than the numbers, investors will look for clues on how India’s consumption story is shaping up after major structural and regulatory changes in the recent past. HUL is expected to post a profit after tax of ₹ 2,597 crore and revenue of ₹16,156 crore in the three months ended December, according to Bloomberg estimates based on 19 analysts who track the stock.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: Profit booking, combined with the sudden capitulation in prices on Friday, as the Budget seemed to have been priced in, spread panic amongst market participants as they faced steady selling pressure. Best stocks to buy today (All Buy trades are rates of Equity & Sell rates are based on F&O) Campus Activewear Ltd: Buy above ₹285 | Stop ₹270 | Target ₹315 (multiday) Max Financial Services Ltd: Buy above ₹1,750 | Stop ₹1,700 | Target ₹1,900 (multiday) HCL Technologies Ltd: Sell below ₹1,575 | Stop ₹1,610 | Target ₹1,500 (multiday) On 10 February 2026, Indian equity markets sustained their upward momentum, marking the third straight session of gains.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Union Budget 2026, with its record ₹12.2 trillion capex outlay and incentives such as tax credits and production-linked incentives (PLI) for sectors including railways, green energy, semiconductors, biopharma, and textiles, is likely to reshape IPO strategies of several private firms. Companies looking to go public in FY27 are likely to pivot from debt repayment and high offer-for-sale (OFS) components towards increased greenfield capex in their fundraises, boosting fresh equity for factories, machinery and capacity expansion, multiple dealmakers told Mint.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market update: A sharp rise in bullish sentiment followed clarity on the US-India trade deal. The gap-up opening, which we anticipated, pushed out above 25,800, a signal of bullishness in store.