Indices slump 3% as fears on Ukraine grow; India VIX index jumps 23% Business

Sensex Rises Over 100 Points, Nifty Near 15,850

By Administrator_ India Capital Sands The Indian equity benchmarks edged higher on Wednesday led by gains in HDFC, HDFC Bank, Asian Paints, Infosys, and Tata Consultancy Services. However, the upside was capped as Reliance Industries, Hindustan Unilever, Titan, and UltraTech Cement were witnessing selling pressure. Meanwhile, Asian share markets tumbled on Wednesday as a bout […]

Business

Tech Mahindra partners StaTwig for blockchain-based traceability solution for vaccine supply chain

By Administrator_ India Capital Sands IT major Tech Mahindra said it has partnered with StaTwig, a Singapore and Hyderabad-based digital supply chain solution provider, to implement vaccine traceability platform “VaccineLedger” globally. The companies aim to roll out a blockchain-based traceability solution for global vaccine supply chain transparency, predict and prevent failures in supply chains, including problems related […]

Commodities

Oil Down, Investors Await Crucial OPEC+ Meeting

By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Oil was down Monday morning in Asia, with investors on tenterhooks ahead of a crucial OPEC and allies (OPEC+) meeting later in the day. Brent oil futures inched down 0.07% to $76.12 by 12:25 AM ET (4:25 AM GMT), after falling to its first weekly decline in six during the previous week. WTI futures also […]

Economy

Dollar off to firm start as focus shifts to jobs data

By Administrator_ India Capital Sands The dollar’s index against six other major currencies rose 0.1% to 91.870, having recovered from Friday’s low of 91.524 hits in the wake of the inflation readings. The euro fell 0.1% to $1.1923, as it struggled to recover the $1.20 level, while the dollar hovered at 110.67 yen, not far […]

Forex

Dollar Down, Investors Await Further Inflation Data

By Administrator_ India Capital Sands The U.S. Dollar Index that tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies inched down 0.03% to 91.767 by 12:13 AM ET (4:13 AM GMT). The USD/JPY pair inched down 0.01% to 110.84, with the yen just below a 15-month low against the dollar. Data released earlier in the day said that the Tokyo […]

World

Amazon Restores Services After Multiple Users Face Outage

By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Multiple users experienced a brief outage at Amazon.com Inc’s platforms including Alexa and Prime Video late Wednesday before services were restored, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector. More than 6,200 user reports had indicated issues with Amazon’s online store site, as of 0148 GMT, while about 1,700 users reported problems […]

India

Moody’s cuts India growth forecast for 2021 to 9.6%

By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday slashed India’s growth projection to 9.6 percent for the 2021 calendar year, from its earlier estimate of 13.9 percent, and said faster vaccination progress will be paramount in restricting economic losses to the June quarter In its report titled “Macroeconomics – India: Economic shocks from […]

India

India records 42,640 fresh coronavirus infections

By Administrator_India Capital Sands As many as 42,640 fresh COVID-19 infections were reported in the last 24 hours, the lowest daily spike after 91 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The second wave of COVID-19 seems to be abating as the country has been witnessing a continuous decline in fresh coronavirus cases for the past few weeks. […]

Commodities

Oil Down Over Soaring U.S. Dollar

By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Oil was down Friday morning in Asia but remained above $70-market after the U.S. Federal Reserve projected possible interest rate hikes earlier than expected. Brent Oil Futures fell 0.79% to $72.50 by 12:36 AM ET (4:36 AM GMT) and Crude Oil WTI Futures slid 0.82% to $70.46. The dollar has soared in the […]