Indian Market News

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2026. These rules change the way external commercial borrowing (ECB) works. RBI said in a notice in 2026 that the new ru

The National Stock Exchange of India, on February 16, 2026, said it has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India to launch Indian Natural Gas futures contracts. In a statement issued on February 16, the Mumbai-headquartere

The Delhi High Court on February 17 dismissed a petition challenging the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) January 30 approval for the National Stock Exchange’s (NSE) initial public offering, holding that it lacked territorial jur

The rupee opened at 90.72 per U.S. dollar on February 17, down 7 paisa from its previous close of 90, according to interbank foreign exchange market data. The currency movement comes after India’s merchandise trade deficit widened to $34.68 bill

Shares of Infosys gained over 4% in intraday trade on February 17 after the company announced a strategic collaboration with Anthropic to develop enterprise artificial intelligence solutions. The Nifty IT index advanced nearly 3% to 33,612.30 as of 1

Indian stock markets ended February 16 with gains, as the BSE Sensex rose 650 points, or 0.79%, to close at 83,277.15, while the Nifty 50 advanced 212 points, or 0.83%, to settle at 25,682.75, according to exchange data. On February 17, multiple stoc

Marushika Technology Limited's initial public offering (IPO) has demonstrated strong investor interest through its third and final day of subscription. The stock price band is set at ₹111-117 per share. The ₹26.97 crore IPO reached 17.93 times

Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation increased to 1.81% in January from 0.83% in December 2025. This marked the highest WPI inflation reading since March last year. The positive print reflected broad-based price increases across several manufa

On February 16, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) made of gold and silver fell in trade as investors cashed in profits after recording profits in the prior session. Exchange data showed that a number of silver ETFs dropped over 2%, and gold ETFs were bein

The USD-INR exchange rate dipped slightly to close around ₹90.6925 by late Monday morning. There were no large directional moves due to counterflows, resulting in a trade range of 8 paise in early sessions. Early morning boosts from the US-India tr

With just one main board IPO and only two SMEs scheduled to open next week, activity is very slow in the primary market in India. The Fractal Analytics and Aye Finance main board IPOs have listed on the BSE and NSE today, February 16. The Gaudium IVF

Declines in IT stocks have seen mutual fund holdings lose an estimated ₹50,000 crore (around 12 billion dollars) since early February. It is due to fears that generative AI will disrupt the industry have led to declines in mutual fund holding