Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Precious metals prices declined more than 5% in the national capital on Friday (February 13, 2026), with silver declining to ₹2.55 lakh per kilogram, while gold dropped to ₹1.58 lakh per 10 grams amid subdued demand in the local market. According to the All India…
Nippon India ETF Gold BeES ranked sixth globally in gold ETF fund flows for January 2026, recording net inflows of $911.7 million and a gold demand of 5.7 tonne, according to data released by the World Gold Council. It was the only Indian gold ETF to feature in the global top 10 for the month….
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee consolidated in a narrow range and settled for the day 3 paise lower at 90.64 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Friday (February 13, 2026), tracking the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and a negative trend in domestic…
India needs to address its structural cost disadvantages, leverage free trade agreements (FTAs) and promote the manufacturing of strategic components to boost its electronics goods exports, according to NITI Aayog’s Trade Watch Quarterly report released on Friday (February 13, 2026). The electronics segment represents a $4.6 trillion global market. However, India’s share in this market…
Asia shares were trading mostly lower on Friday (February 13, 2026), tracking sharp Wall Street losses on a sell-off of technology-related stocks that investors fear could lose out from artificial intelligence disruptions. U.S. futures were mostly unchanged. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.8% to 57,165.13 on Friday (February 13, 2026), after it passed the 58,000 mark…
Gold started trading at discounts in India this week for the first time in nearly a month as volatile prices deterred buying, while demand was robust in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Indian bullion dealers this week offered a discount of up to $12 per ounce over official domestic gold prices –…
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled over 1% in early trade on Friday (February 13, 2026), led by steep losses in IT stocks amid weak global cues and persistent concerns over artificial intelligence-led disruptions, which weighed on investor sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 883.4 points, or 1.05%, to 82,791.52 in early deals. The…
SEBI Chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is set to take measures to reduce costs of regulation, said markets regulator Chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey on 12, February at an event at Mumbai. “Cost of capital is an important cost and it should come down. For…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in Lok Sabha during the Budget Session, in New Delhi February 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI Congress leader Anand Sharma slammed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (February 12, 2026) for criticising India’s stand at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali in 2013 during the UPA rule and…
Food price inflation was at 2.13% year-on-year in January. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s key inflation rate accelerated to 2.75% in January on higher food and precious metal prices, the maiden print under a revised data series showed on Thursday (February 12, 2026), returning to the Reserve Bank of India’s target band for the…
