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3 days ago |
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
As vegetable prices continued to decline in May, the average cost of preparing a thali (vegetarian and non-vegetarian) at home got cheaper, shows an analysis by Crisil. Tomato prices fell 29 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) to Rs 23 per kg in May from Rs 33, due to a high base effect amid yield concerns last year. Similarly, prices of onion and potato declined by 15 and 16 percent respectively y-o-y over a high base.
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1 week ago |
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
In May, the RBI transferred a record dividend of ₹2.69 trillion (0.75 percent of GDP) to the central government for FY25, buoyed by higher dollar sales. This compares to the dividend paid by the RBI of ₹2.11 trillion in the previous fiscal. The larger dividend will likely negate concerns about fiscal slippage and extra bond supply, say economists at Nomura.
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2 weeks ago |
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
Also, India’s export growth picked up in April despite the initial imposition of Trump’s 10 percent tariffs, while import growth remained strong, driven by both oil and core categories. India’s trade deficit rose to a five-month high of $26.4 billion in April from $21.5 billion in the previous month. This was driven by a sequential increase in imports even as exports moderated after the ramp up seen in March.
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3 weeks ago |
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
Also read: Exclusive: Raamdeo Agrawal on why global investors are turning to India, not China or the USAs part of the rejig, 11 stocks have been added to the MSCI Smallcap index while 22 stocks have been removed. The MSCI India Index is designed to measure the performance of the large and midcap segments of the Indian market. With 156 constituents, the index covers approximately 85 percent of the Indian equity universe.
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3 weeks ago |
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
According to Amar Ambani, executive director, Yes Securities, the Indian markets jumped partly due to the India-Pakistan ceasefire, but mainly on the news that the US and China have eased tariffs and that the talks have progressed well. “A 90-day window for a trade deal has lifted sentiment, with investors hoping the worst of the trade war is behind us,” he says.
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