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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian cement sector is navigating a transformative period in 2025, characterized by structural cost improvements, price stabilization, and strategic consolidation. We remain optimistic about the industry and project a robust recovery in demand and profitability going ahead.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian stock market: The benchmark Nifty 50 index faced resistance at its 50-week moving average (WMA) and turned volatile on 25 March, but ended the week with a 0.72% gain. The price action formed a ‘Doji’ candle with a long upper wick on the weekly chart, signalling indecision at higher levels.

US Economy Faces Tough Road Ahead with Slow Growth and Stubborn Inflation Amid Tariffs and Uncertainty The US economy's outlook indicates a stagflationary trend, as per the latest CNBC Rapid Update. Policy uncertainty, new tariffs, and declining consumer and business confidence will lead to a slowdown in the GDP growth of the United States, reported CNBC.

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salary increments in 2025, with hikes surpassing 10 per cent, according to a report by EY. The report highlighted that despite a slight moderation in salary growth across industries, the digital commerce sector will continue to offer competitive pay increases. It said «the e-commerce sector is expected to witness the highest salary increments, surpassing 10 per cent, driven by the rapid expansion of digital commerce, increased consumer spending and technological advancements».

As we step into FY26, consumption may emerge as one of the hottest investment themes due to lowering of interest rates and income tax rate cuts, says Viraj Gandhi, CEO, SAMCO Mutual Fund. In this chat with ET Markets, he also talks about 2 other promising sectors — private sector banks and pharma. Edited excerpts:

On a rolling twelve-month basis, gold has surged nearly 37% to just shy of Friday's fresh lifetime record of $3,100 per troy ounce. It is extremely rare for any asset, including the hottest of stocks, to hit successive lifetime highs every third trading session. Gold has achieved that astonishing feat in 2025, building on the 30% plus gains last calendar year, as central banks and capital-protection funds continue to buy into the yellow metal.

RBI) data showed, illustrating deceleration in the country’s discretionary spending through a month that coincides with the start of school board examinations in most parts of the country. This decline usage was also accompanied by a significant reduction in new credit card additions that nearly halved to 440,000 in February—from 820,000 in January. To be sure, India’s broadest equity gauges plunged through the first two months of 2025, before a late rearguard from overseas buyers through the last ten days of March helped the indices erase losses for the calendar year. Equity gains were often at the vanguard of big-ticket expenditures, particularly in the metros, through the first nine months of 2024.

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Indian equities in March for the third consecutive month but there was a sharp deceleration in the outflow due to strong buying in the second fortnight of the month. They invested net Rs 26,042 crore ($3,037 million) in the second half of March, a sharp contrast to the outflow of Rs 30,015 crore ($3,438 million) in the first fortnight. As a result, net outflow for the full month reduced to Rs 3,973 crore ($401.2 million). The extent of investment by foreign investors in the coming months will depend upon several factors including the tariff stance by the Trump administration and its impact on global trade, attractiveness of the Indian economy relative to the US, which is facing recessionary pressure and the valuation comfort of the domestic equities.

Kumar Jain, a jeweller from Mumbai's Zaveri Bazaar, the largest gold hub in the country, said, «Consumers are buying gold coins more as they think that it is a good investment and the price of gold will move further in the coming days.» Last year, during Gudi Padwa, the price of gold was at Rs 78,000 per 10 gm, which is now nearing Rs 90,000 per 10 gm.

Barak Valley Branch of the Tea Association of India (TAI) said that the issue of absenteeism and migration poses a serious challenge to tea estates, with unauthorized absenteeism rates exceeding 50% in some cases. Addressing at the association’s 50th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Cachar Club, Silchar he said this persistent trend disrupts operations, creates manpower shortages, and forces estates to resort to costly alternative sourcing methods to maintain their daily functions. “Such challenges come at a time when financial constraints are already straining estate resources. The additional expenditure required to manage this manpower deficit exacerbates the stress on estate exchequers, creating a compounded financial burden.

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%.

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.