Achal Agarwal

Stock market highlights: Sensex adds 769 pts, Nifty at 24,853; FMCG, IT, banks gain; pharma dips

Stock market highlights on Friday, May 23, 2025: Among the broader basket, Nifty Midcap100 and Nifty Smallcap100 indices settled with gains of 0.64 per cent and 0.80 per cent respectively

Credit card spends rise 18% to ₹1.84 trillion in April, shows RBI data

Credit card spends surged 18 per cent YoY in April but fell 8.7 per cent from March, as issuers remained cautious on new cards due to stress in unsecured portfolios

Operation Sindoor: India says air defence system at Lahore neutralised

The Ministry of Defence said the action was part of 'Operation Sindoor', with Indian forces targeting air defence radars and related systems at several Pakistani locations

Fully prepared to respond to Pak: India after hitting 9 sites in 25 minutes

Five targets were hit in PoJK - the Sawai Nala and Syedna Belal camps in Muzaffarabad, the Gulpur and Abbas camps in Kotli, and the Barnala camp in Bhimber

Cognizant Q1 net income rises 21.4%; maintains full year revenue guidance

Revenue for the Q1 CY25 grew 8.2 per cent in constant currency to $5.1 billion compared to the same quarter last year

Trump to enforce 25% tariff on nations importing Venezuelan oil and gas

This measure, described as a "secondary tariff," is set to take effect on April 2

Telecom shares rise up to 7%; Airtel at new high, Voda Idea hits 52-wk high

Shares of Vodafone Idea hit a 52-week high of Rs 18.47, surging 7% amid heavy volumes, surpassing its previous high of Rs 18.42 touched on January 1

Power consumption up by 3.5% to 145.4 bn units in July amid rainfall

The highest supply in a day (peak power demand met) also rose to 226.63GW in July 2024 against 208.95 GW in the year-ago month