US Fed Interest Rate

Spot gold held its ground to stand at $2,734.79 an ounce at 0831 GMT, having hit a record high of $2,790.15 last Thursday

Minutes of the Fed's meeting released on Wednesday showed the decision had been a close call, and Goolsbee on Thursday said he expected more close-call meetings ahead

On Friday, government data showed an unexpectedly strong job market, which called into question widespread concerns the labor sector was weakening

Stock Market News: The BSE Sensex soared 1,500 points today to hit a fresh record high of 84,694.5 intraday. The Nifty50, too, saw robust gains of 433 to it a new high of 25,849

The US Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday reduced the lending rate to 4.75-5.00 per cent from 5.25-5.50 per cent, a larger than expected cut

The Sensex hit a new high at 83,774 in intra-day deals on Thursday; and has rallied 6% this quarter. Can the BSE benchmark rally another 7.4% to hit the 90K mark by year-end? Check key levels here.

Stock Market Highlights: As many as 33 constituent stocks on the Nifty50 ended in the red, dragged by TCS, Infosys, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, and Wipro, with a fall of up to 3.50 per cent

The Nifty IT index had shed 3% on Wednesday ahead of the US Fed policy decision. Here are the key pivot points to track on top IT stocks with potential upside and downside targets as per charts.

Derivatives market update for Sept 17: The premium in Nifty Sept futures jumped to 58 pts, and Bank Nifty to 100 pts; whereas, the PCR declined to near 1 levels indicating positive to sideways trend.

He says that a 25-bp cut with a strong dovish message could be as effective as a 50-bp cut with minimal commentary

Analysts at Nomura suggested that larger private banks are likely to experience a greater negative impact on their NIMs from the potential US Fed rate cuts compared to mid-sized & smaller banks.

Traders are confident that the US Fed will cut rates this month and are pricing in a 59 per cent chance of a 25-basis-point cut, according to CME FedWatch tool

All you need to know before the market opens on Monday: GIFT Nifty hints at 100 pts gap-up; Experts see Nifty rising to 24,700-25,000 levels. FIIs index long-short ratio at 1:1; 17 stocks in F&O ban.

The data likely sets the stage for the Fed to begin cutting rates in September, as the market widely expects

Valuations are reasonable and the outlook is improving in IT, BFSI and FMCG. Defence, engineering and power are clearly overpriced and some profits can be taken, Nischal Maheshwari of Centrum said

The combined market-capitalisation (market-cap) of the top 25 banks globally rose 5.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the April - June 2024 period (Q1-FY25)

Powell's testimony before the Senate on Tuesday and the House on Wednesday could give investors more clues on the likely direction of rates

U.S. yields declined on Friday after data showed nonfarm payrolls grew by a slightly higher-than-expected 206,000 jobs in June, but the count for April and May was revised lower by 111,000

Analysts believe there is more room for an upside going ahead, but investors need to be patient as it will not be a runaway rally for the markets from here on.

The rate-setting panel unanimously voted to hold the policy rate at the 23-year high mark