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Sensex snaps 5-day winning run, shed 709 pts; metal, energy stks worst hit

CLOSING BELL: Metal stocks including Hindalco, Tata Steel, and JSW Steel were among the worst hit stocks on the bourses as they shed between 3.7 per cent and 5.3 per cent

Sensex soars 936 pts, Nifty tops 16,850; HDFC Bank rises 3%, Paytm dips 12%

CLOSING BELL: Shares of One97 Communications, the parent company of digital payments major Paytm, tanked 14.5 per cent to hit a new low of Rs 662 on the BSE in Monday's intra-day trade

Oil prices slide by about $4 per barrel, extending last week's decline

Oil prices extended last week's decline to fall by about $4 a barrel during early trade on Monday after a US official said Russia was showing signs of willingess to have negotiations over Ukraine

Sensex adds 86 pts; GNFC, JK Paper surge 12% each, auto stocks slide

CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, the Nifty Pharma index was the best performing index, rising 2.5 per cent on the NSE. The Nifty Auto index, on the other hand, slipped 0.4 per cent

Oil crawls higher on supply doubts, but set for sharp weekly decline

Brent crude futures inched up 11 cents to $109.44 a barrel at 0149 GMT after dropping 1.6% in the previous session.

Sensex rises 817 pts, Nifty near 16,600 as BJP set to win 4 states

CLOSING BELL: The markets, however, ended mildly off highs as European markets dropped up to 1 per cent in early deals as investors monitored the war in Ukraine and fluctuations in commodity prices

Oil falls 5% as fear among investors over Russian supply disruption eases

Brent had gained 28% in the previous six days of trading, and the Relative Strength Index, a momentum indicator, suggested the market was due for a selloff

Sensex leaps 1,163 pts from the day's low, ends 581 pts up; Nifty tops 16K

CLOSING BELL: The winners included Indian Oil Corporation, Sun Pharma, Tata Consumer Products, TCS, Cipla, Shree Cement, NTPC, Tech M, Dr Reddy's Labs, Wipro, Ultratech Cement, and Infosys

Credit Suisse downgrades India to underweight on soaring crude oil prices

Brent crude of $120 a barrel, Credit Suisse estimates, could add $60 billion to India's import bill. Price rises for gas, coal, edible oils and fertilisers could add another $35 billion.

Nikkei hits 16-month low as oil rally sparks investor worries of slowdown

Wall Street's main indexes fell sharply overnight, with the Nasdaq Composite confirming it was in a bear market.

Market Strategy: Buy on a dip or sell on a rally?

Nifty50 slipped below 16,000-mark on Monday. Is there more pain in store for the markets or should you use the fall to buy? Business Standard spoke to market experts to know their investment strategy

Top headlines: Brent spikes to $139; ex-NSE MD sent to 7-day CBI custody

Business Standard brings you the top headlines on Monday

Brent spikes to $139 on prospect of Russia oil ban, delay in Iran deal

Brent, WTI jump to highest since 2008; US, European allies discuss banning imports of Russian oil

Brent crude up $10, shares sink as Russia-Ukraine conflict deepens

The price of oil jumped about USD 10 a barrel and shares were sharply lower Monday as the conflict in Ukraine deepened amid mounting calls for harsher sanctions against Russia. Brent crude oil surged more than 12 per cent during the day in Asia, while benchmark US crude gained about USD 10 at more than USD 125 a barrel. The latest market turmoil followed a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukrainian statehood was imperiled as Russian forces battered strategic locations. A temporary cease-fire in two Ukrainian cities failed over the weekend and both sides blamed each other. France's CAC 40 dipped 3.6 per cent in early trading to 5,841.82, while Germany's DAX lost nearly 4.1 per cent to 12,564.78. Britain's FTSE 100 dropped 2.0 per cent to 6,848.87. U.S. shares were set to drift lower with Dow futures down 1.6 per cent at 33,048.00. S&P 500 futures fell 1.7 per cent to 4,252.00. The price of gold, which is viewed as an investor safe haven in times of crisis, ...

Benchmarks fall 15% from record peak, end at 8-mth low; Sensex dips 1491pts

On the NSE, the Nifty50 index touched an intra-day low of 15,711 before settling at 15,863, down 382 points or 2.35 per cent

Brent Crude goes over $130 per barrel surpassing top 2012 mark

The price of Brent crude oil went over $130 per barrel in the early hours of Monday, surpassing the top 2012 mark of over $128.

A Rs 12 hike in petrol, diesel price needed to break-even: ICICI Securities

Crude oil prices shot above USD 120 a barrel for the first time in nine years on Thursday before retreating a little to USD 111 on Friday, but the gulf between cost and retail rates has only widened

Oil rebounds as escalating Ukraine conflict raises supply concerns

Global stocks fell and oil prices rose on signs of an escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict after reports of a fire at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant after an attack by Russian troops

Crude oil eases on Iran deal prospects after nearing $120 a barrel

Despite the market turmoil, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies are sitting on the sidelines

Oil hits almost decade high of $119 before Iran throttles the rally

Analyst says Iran deal can't replace Russia disruptions; OPEC and its allies have snubbed calls to accelerate output rises