The total assets under management (AUM) more than doubled in 2025 globally, while it nearly tripled in India, data from the World Gold Council (WGC) showed. Global demand for investments in gold through exchange-traded funds (ETFs) increased by 25 per cent in 2025, even as Indian investors more than tripled inflows in ETFs. The total…
After a brief rebound in early trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex later declined 78.84 points to 84,102.12. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty drifted lower in early trade on Friday (January 9, 2026) amid relentless foreign fund outflows and renewed concerns over potential U.S. tariff hikes. After a brief rebound…
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s forex reserves dropped by $9.809 billion to $686.801 billion in the week to January 2, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday (January 9, 2026). In the previous reporting week, the forex reserves had jumped by $3.293 billion to $696.61 billion….
The assets under management (AUM) of gold ETFs have more than doubled to ₹1.28 lakh crore against ₹44,596 crore in December previous year. The lure of the yellow metal saw mutual fund investors pumping in a whopping ₹11,647 crore into gold ETFs last month, a threefold jump from ₹3,742 crore logged in November. In 2025,…
At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened higher at 89.88 but lost ground through the day to settle at 90.16 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar, down 26 paise from its previous close. Representational image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee declined 26 paise to settle at 90.16 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on…
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty buckled under selling pressure for the fifth straight session on Friday (January 9, 2026), falling nearly 1%, as investors turned cautious due to growing concerns over potential U.S. tariff hikes amid lingering geopolitical worries. The relentless foreign capital flight from Indian markets also…
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images The rupee fell 7 paise to 89.97 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Friday (January 9, 2026) amid sustained FII outflows and a rise in global crude oil prices. The apprehension of further tariffs by the U.S. and weak sentiments at the domestic equity…
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India is expected to grow by 7.2% in the financial year 2025-26, with consumption and public investment expected to “largely offset” the impact of the tariffs by the United States, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) said in a report. …
India will continue to work with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and support solar adoption and energy transition goals, government sources said on Thursday, even as the United States announced its withdrawal from the alliance. In an executive order signed on January 7, the U.S. sought to withdraw from 66 “wasteful, ineffective or harmful international…
Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: AP Silver prices declined sharply from record levels, plummeting ₹12,500 to ₹2,43,500 per kg, while gold receded by ₹900 in the national capital on Thursday (January 8, 2026), amid a rush of profit-booking globally. According to the All India Sarafa Association, the white metal surged ₹5,000…
