CLOSING BELL: The NSE Nifty shut shop at 18,696, down 117 points. Broader indices - BSE Midcap and Smallcap bucked the trend, and were up 0.8 per cent and 0.7 per cent, respectively, on Friday.
Brent crude futures rose $2.22, or 2.67% to $85.25 per barrel by 1340 GMT. The more active February Brent crude contract rose by 3.35% to $87.07
Brent crude oil prices have slipped nearly 15 per cent in the last few weeks, from a peak of around $98 a barrel to a little over $83 a barrel now despite OPEC+ cutting supply
Crude has erased the gains made at the start of the quarter, when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia agreed to reduce production by 2 million barrels a day
Their expectation is based on the recent action in October by the OPEC of cutting production by 2 million barrels per day. This suggests that the OPEC is looking to defend price, they said
Brent crude futures rose $2.39, or 2.6%, to $96.06 a barrel by 0745 GMT, extending a 1.1% rise in the previous session
Brent crude futures dropped $1.58, or 1.6%, to $96.99 a barrel by 2336 GMT, after hitting as low as $96.50 earlier.
Brent crude futures dropped by 22 cents, or 0.2%, to $94.45 a barrel at 0025 GMT after falling 1.5% in the previous session
Brent crude futures rose $1.13, or 1.2%, to $95.78 a barrel at 0441 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose $1.26, or 1.4%, to $89.63 a barrel
Brent crude futures picked up 17 cents, or 0.1%, to $94.82 a barrel at 0014 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 26 cents, or 0.3%, to $88.63 a barrel
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CLOSING BELL: JSW Steel, Hindalco, Coal India, L&T, Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, HCL Tech, Axis Bank, Tata Motors, Tata Consumer Products, Shree Cement, and Wipro were the top gainers
CLOSING BELL: Adani Enterprises was the biggest Nifty dragger as it dropped 9 per cent
Brent crude futures for November settlement slipped by 82 cents, or 1%, to $85.33 a barrel at 1110 GMT. The contract fell as low as $84.51, the lowest since Jan 14
CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, indices ended mixed with the Nifty FMCG index rising over 1 per cent, while the Nifty Bank, and Financial Services indices falling up to 1.4 per cent each
Brent futures were 10 cents, or 0.1%, lower at $90.52 a barrel by 10:13 a.m. EDT (1413 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 28 cents, or 0.3%, to $83.66.
CLOSING BELL: The losses, meanwhile, were led by the Nifty Metal index (down 2 per cent), and the Nifty Pharma index (1.4 per cent)
CLOSING BELL: Besides, the Nifty Auto and Private Bank indices advanced 1.7 per cent each