Weekend Financial News

Nobody is trading Bitcoin on the weekend anymore, concludes a new blog post by analysts at blockchain market data provider Kaiko.

Paramount Pictures’ Bob Marley biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” outperformed expectations to debut at No. 1 at the box office with a $27.7 million opening weekend

Sensex surged 376.26 points, or 0.52%, to end at 72,426.64, while the Nifty 50 settled 129.95 points, or 0.59%, higher at 22,040.70. “Indian markets showed resilience despite volatility. Q3 earning season has ended on a buoyant note with Nifty delivering a strong beat with a 17% YoY PAT growth versus estimates of +11%.

Oscars 2024 hot-favourite 'Oppenheimer' by Christopher Nolan, Jennifer Lopez's new movie «This is Me…Now: A Love Story», «Young Sheldon» season 7 are among the popular movies and shows that are releasing this weekend. Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' is on Peacock now. The film is up for 13 awards including best picture, best director for Christopher Nolan and best actor for Cillian Murphy in Oscars 2024.

Vampire Weekend. The loved indie rock band is back with the latest music, a new album "Only God Was Above Us", a North American tour with 39 dates, which is about to be released on April 5 after nearly a decade as per a report by USA Today. The latest album was announced in the past week, following up on the 2019 album «Father of the Bride», of the band. Their last album has been at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 amassing Grammy nominations in 2020 for the Album of the Year category, as well as winning for the category of best alternative rock album, with the lead single "Harmony Hall" scoring the best rock song's nod.

1) Land of Bad: A Delta Force mission goes awry in Liam Hemsworth's action thriller Land of Bad, leaving a rookie combat controller stranded and depending on a seasoned drone pilot for air support. To have a chance at escape, they must lead a valiant struggle for survival against insurmountable obstacles, pushing themselves to the brink and forming an unlikely bond.

Deutsche Bank’s decision to ban staff from working at home Friday and the following Monday — a common practice at firms that come to the office three days a week — has drawn a new line in the sand in the ongoing tussle between bosses and workers.

Sensex gained 167.06 points, or 0.23%, to close at 71,595.49, while the Nifty 50 ended 64.55 points, or 0.3%, higher at 21,782.50. Analysts expect cautiousness to prevail and the market to consolidate in the near term amid key macro data and the last leg of Q3 results. Also Read: Week Ahead: Inflation data, Q3 results, global cues among key market triggers this week “The equity market remained volatile during last week, responding to events like the US Fed Policy announcement, and the RBI policy in quick succession.

₹53.25 crore net on its first Saturday while Fighter minted ₹27.5 crore net. Thus, Fighter happened to amass only half the numbers that Pathaan minted. Moreover, both movies gained momentum on their first Sunday.

Catch Live Market Updates here The US Federal Reserve monetary policy and its first rate decision of 2024, to be released Wednesday, will be keenly watched and is expected to guide the markets. Both the domestic benchmark indices declined around 1.3% in the holiday-shortened week gone by, primarily dragged by weakness in the banking sector.

₹20 crore on opening day. “It has been somewhat of a slow run (at the Hindi box office) over the past few weeks. Even though we saw Hanu Man (a Telugu film dubbed in Hindi) do decently well, there is a need to ensure there is content that proves relevant to all cinemas in the Hindi-speaking belt, which would translate into more big-ticket films and for the moment, Fighter is the only such title," independent distributor and exhibitor Akshaye Rathi said.

₹1.25 lakh. This price doesn’t include breakfast. Similarly, a stay at Taj Fort Aguada in Goa will rack up a bill of ₹95,000.

Memphis residents were urged to boil water and New Yorkers have been warned that roads could be covered with dangerous black ice this weekend as brutal cold and inclement weather continue to sweep across parts of the U.S.Bitterly frigid air spilled into the Midwest from Canada on Friday and several states were under advisories as forecasters warned that wind chills dipping to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 34 degrees Celsius) could be common through Sunday morning.

₹331 whereas IPO of Medi Assist Healthcare Services Limited got subscribed by 16.25 times. -IPRU MF, SBIMF, WOC AMC, Motilal Oswal AMC and Groww AMC have launched the NFOs for IPRU Nifty50 Value 20 Index Fund, SBI Nifty50 Equal Weight Index Fund, WOC Banking & Financial Services Fund, WOC Pharma & Healthcare Growth Fund, Motilal Oswal Large Cap Growth Fund and Groww Banking & Financial Services Growth Fund.

Kabir Malik fights the terrorist Zarar. Genre: Action/Thriller Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Vivek Anand Oberoi.

IndiGo Airlines' Chief Executive Officer Pieter Elbers on Thursday said the airline's operations will be completely back to normal by the weekend and in due course of next week as flight cancellations over fog-related disruptions in northern India in recent days have come down. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of ‘Wings India 2024’, an aviation conclave and exhibition, at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad, Elbers said the airline industry witnessed probably the worst fog in many years, impacting flight operations, which has become a challenge. "...If you see, I am sure all of you have seen that...we had probably the worst fog in many years...Many of our stations in northern India were severely impacted by the fog situation...If northern India is under a blanket of deep fog, we are having a challenge," the Indigo CEO said.

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Sensex closed the day 178.58 points, or 0.25%, higher at 72,026.15, while the Nifty 50 settled at 21,710.80, up 52.20 points, or 0.24%. Also Read: Market ahead: Q3 results, Red Sea crisis, inflation, FII activity among key market triggers to watch next week “Healthy pre-quarterly business updates indicate that the earnings growth momentum is likely to continue in Q3 as well. Overall we expect markets to remain in a positive range.

Salaar box office collection Day 16: After less than optimal collection on Friday, Prabhas' Salaar: Part One- Ceasefire' saw an improvement in its box office collections, minting ₹5.3 crore on Day 16 in the second week since its release. This is the third Saturday run for the movie. The film, available in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi has performed well in the first 16 days at the box office, earning a net of ₹387.05 crore in India, according to data by Sacnilk.

OTT platforms. Let’s have a look. 1) Meg 2 - The Trench: In Meg 2: The Trench, Jason Statham plays rescue diver Jonas Taylor again after the hit 2018 movie The Meg.

Asian markets are closed today. The US and most European markets will also remain closed today. Catch Live Market Updates here The domestic benchmark indices ended on Friday, the last trading day of 2023, on a negative note, snapping their five-day winning streak, on profit-booking in select heavyweights.