Closing Bell on October 5, 2023: L&T, Titan Company, TCS, Bajaj Auto, M&M, Infosys, Eicher Motors, Asian Paints, and ICICI Bank were the top stocks that supported the indices, rising up to 2.15%
Previously, Puri underscored the need for oil producers to demonstrate the same consideration for consumer nations as they had received during the pandemic
The Indian imports from Russia increased due to a lower demand from China leaving more oil to be supplied to the Indian markets, an industry expert said
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has long called for OPEC and its allies led by Russia, known as OPEC+, to consider how their policies affect oil-consuming countries
Higher oil prices increase risks for India
Festival season may add vibrant strokes to volumes, but margins remain a blank canvas
Brent crude futures closed up $2.59, or 2.8 per cent, at $96.55. It breached $97 a barrel during the session
The finance ministry on Friday exuded confidence that the country will achieve 6.5 per cent growth in FY24 on the back of improved corporate profitability, private capital formation and bank credit growth, notwithstanding the risks of rising crude oil prices and monsoon deficit. The ministry's August edition of Monthly Economic Review said the 7.8 per cent growth recorded in the first quarter (April-June) was on account of strong domestic demand, consumption and investment. The growth was also witnessed in various high-frequency indicators. Flagging certain risks like steadily climbing crude oil prices in the global market, impact of monsoon deficit in August on Kharif and Rabi crops, the review said, "that needs to be assessed." At the same time, it observed, the rains in September have erased a portion of the rainfall deficit at the end of August. Furthermore, the review said, a stock market correction, in the wake of an overdue global stock market correction, is an ever present .
India, the world's third-largest energy importer, purchases more than 80% of its crude oil from international markets
The Indian economy will grow at around 6.5 per cent in the current fiscal, notwithstanding high crude oil prices and increased uncertainty due climate changes, NITI Aayog member Arvind Virmani said on Thursday. Virmani also asserted that the gross household savings ratio in India has consistently gone up. In an interview with PTI, he said: "My growth projection (of India's GDP growth) is 6.5 per cent plus minus 0.5 per cent... because my experience is that the fluctuations in global GDP more or less has balanced out for us, assuming normal changes." On some US-based economists' claim that India is overstating economic growth, Virmani said he has noticed that certain former officials don't have any idea how GDP is constructed as they have come from academic background. Last week, the Finance Ministry also dismissed the criticism of inflated GDP, saying it has followed the consistent practice of using the income side estimates to compute economic growth, and stressed many internatio
Closing Bell on Wednesday, September 20: HDFC Bank shares were the biggest dragger on the benchmarks as they dropped nearly 4 per cent, while JSW Steel, and Reliance Industries fell over 2 per cent
Crude has soared by about a quarter since mid-June, with Riyadh and Moscow joining hands to curtail exports in a bid to drain inventories and drive a rebound in prices
With crude crossing $94 per barrel, upstream companies like OIL will benefit from higher net crude realisations; company also exploring ways to repatriate its dividends worth $150 million from Russia
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Elevated crude prices will create complications
That leaves Indian state oil companies caught in the crosshairs of higher oil prices, supply cuts, impending elections and growing losses
CLOSING BELL ON SEPTEMBER 06, 2023: The Sensex gained 483 points from the day's low, with HDFC Bank, ITC and Bharti Airtel contributing 217 points to the BSE benchmark on Wednesday.
Producers, hedge funds, analysts and traders will all converge on the Southeast Asian city-state for this year's Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference, organized by S&P Global Commodity Insights
Russia, the world's second-largest oil exporter, has already agreed with OPEC+ partners to cut oil exports next month, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said
Closing Bell on September 1, 2023: In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices added 0.75 per cent each