The Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoS&PI) captures spending pattern of Indian households across various consumption categories. Conducted every five years, the HCES provides granular estimates of Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (MPCE) for both rural and urban populations, covering a wide range of goods and services. The…
Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Mutual fund investors chose gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over equity-oriented schemes in December 2025, following the rally in gold and the suboptimal returns. According to data from Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), the net inflows into gold ETFs, a mutual fund investment avenue…
A view of the SEBI headquarters in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has excluded brokers with less than 10,000 registered clients from complying with the technical glitch framework. The move would mean 60% of stock brokers would be kept away from the framework. “The revised framework carved…
Silver prices rebounded sharply in the national capital on Friday, rising ₹6,500 to ₹Rs 2.50 lakh per kg after a steep fall in the previous session, while gold advanced ₹1,200 to ₹Rs 1,41,700 per 10 grams on renewed safe-haven demand. | Photo Credit: ANGELIKA WARMUTH/Reuters Silver rebounded by Rs 6,500 to Rs 2,50,000 per kg…
Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons The initial public offering of Bharat Coking Coal Limited was subscribed 8.09 times on the first day of bidding on Friday (January 9, 2026), driven by strong demand from retail, non-institutional and existing shareholder investor categories. The issue received bids for 2,80,61,36,400 equity shares…
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…
