Goldman Sachs has a buy rating on Bajaj Auto with the target price at Rs 9,500. Analysts said that the company’s April-June (Q1) quarter was in-line. However, they feel rare earth shortages are likely to impact E2W and E3W sales with Bajaj Auto expecting 50-60%/70-80% planned production for E2W/E3W in the current quarter. And a […]
Airtel promoters to sell stake worth over $1bn
MUMBAI: In one of the biggest block deals this year, Indian Continent Investment, a promoter group entity of Bharti Airtel is selling a 0.8% stake in the telecom giant for about Rs 9,310 crore (over $1 billion). The deal is set to be executed through one or more block deals on Friday and is managed […]
AU secures in-principle nod for universal bank
MUMBAI: RBI has granted its first universal bank approval in a decade, giving AU Small Finance Bank (SFB) in-principle approval to transition from an SFB to a universal bank-the first such nod since Bandhan and IDFC in 2015.Founded in 1996 by Sanjay Agarwal as AU Financiers, an NBFC in Jaipur, AU became an SFB in […]
Gold crosses Rs 1.02L/10gm to hit new high
HYDERABAD: Unending tariff wars coupled with weaker-than-expected US macroeconomic data and a depreciating rupee, fuelled gold’s rise to record highs in the Indian market on Thursday. The yellow metal crossed the Rs 1.02 lakh/10 gm mark to hit a high of Rs 1,02,155 on MCX and was quoting at all-time highs of Rs 1,02,700 and […]
Titan Q1 net up 53% on jewellery, watches
BENGALURU: Titan Company reported a 52.5% year-on-year increase in net profit to Rs 1,091 crore for June quarter, backed by strong performances in jewellery and watches businesses, despite elevated gold prices. The Tata group firm’s revenue rose 24% to Rs 16,628 crore in the same period. Sequentially, it rose to about 11% from Rs 15,032 […]
Trump tariffs: 17% effective rate, $50bn monthly customs revenue
NEW DELHI: For all the noise over India being the tariff king, the US effective tariff rate for all countries is now estimated at 17%, Fitch Ratings has estimated after the latest reciprocal tariff announcements. The effective rate that Indian goods will pay to enter US before Aug 27 was estimated at 20.8%, including exempted […]
India-US tariff tussle: ‘Time to take ahead transformative reforms’; FICCI president calls for strengthening industrial economy
FICCI president Harsha Vardhan Agarwal on Thursday called for urgent and bold economic reforms to strengthen India’s industrial base and services sector, In response to the US imposing an additional 25% import tariff on Indian goods.The latest move from Washington takes the total tariff burden on Indian imports to 50%, sparking concerns across domestic export-facing […]
Monetary policy: Bank of England trims rate to 4%; signals cautious easing ahead
Bank of England (Picture credit: AP) The Bank of England on Thursday trimmed its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 4 per cent, marking the fifth reduction since August 2024, as it seeks to support Britain’s slowing economy amid concerns over rising US tariffs and domestic tax hikes.The latest cut brings borrowing costs […]
US-India trade row: MEA official calls Donald Trump’s tariff hike a ‘unilateral decision’; says both sides were ‘very close to a solution’
US President Donald Trump (AI image) A senior Indian diplomat on Thursday criticised the Donald Trump administration’s imposition of 50 per cent tariffs on Indian exports to the US, calling the move “unilateral” and lacking any “logic or reason”, even as he confirmed that bilateral trade negotiations between the two sides would continue.“This is a […]
India in crosshairs: Trump’s Russia oil tariffs- How it could make China great again
President Donald Trump has hit India with a 50% tariff on its exports to the US, punishing New Delhi for continuing to buy Russian crude. He accuses India of “funding Russia’s war machine” and vows more penalties if Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn’t halt oil imports from Moscow.This follows Trump’s prior 25% tariff on Indian […]