Indian Market News

In July 2025, India’s leading discount brokers—Groww, Zerodha, Angel One, and Upstox—saw a loss of around 6 lakh active clients, according to recent industry data. This follows a broader decline in the first half of 2025, with these four platfo

India’s stock market ecosystem hit a new milestone in July, with the number of demat accounts crossing the 200 million mark. Nearly 3 million accounts were opened during the month, the sharpest monthly increase since December last year, reflecting

India’s fintech giant Paytm saw its shares jump to a 52-week high after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted in-principle approval to its payments arm, Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL), to operate as an online payment aggregator (OPA). The mov

India’s trade landscape is poised for a major upheaval as 55% of the country’s merchandise exports to the U.S. will be subject to a 50% duty, Finance Minister of State Pankaj Chaudhary informed the Lok Sabha. This significant tariff hike follows

India’s retail inflation eased markedly in July 2025, falling to 1.55%, its lowest annual rate since June 2017. This figure came as a surprise, significantly below June’s 2.10%, and well under the market consensus estimate of 1.76%. Food Price

India’s IPO landscape is heating up, with several firms advancing their public offering plans. Among them, Powerica Ltd, Fractal Analytics, Transline Technologies, and FourFront Ltd are preparing significant listings, signalling renewed activity in

India’s $600 billion mutual fund market could be on the brink of significant transformation, according to Sid Swaminathan, Managing Director and CEO of Jio BlackRock. He believes the industry has only begun to realise its true potential, with equit

On August 11, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending the suspension of planned tariff hikes on Chinese goods by another 90 days, delaying a major escalation between the world’s two largest economies. Simultaneously, h

The Indian government is moving forward with plans to establish a metal and mineral trading exchange, modelled after global platforms such as the London Metal Exchange (LME) and Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE). Detailed in a recent Cabinet note, thi

India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has markedly intensified efforts to defend the rupee by selling over $5 billion in both onshore and offshore markets this August, according to media reports. This marks a departure from the mor

On August 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) proposed a new regulatory framework named SWAGAT-FI (Single Window Automatic & Generalised Access for Trusted Foreign Investors). This initiative aims to simplify access for lo

India’s mutual fund industry witnessed a remarkable rise in Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) contributions during July 2025, setting a new monthly record and highlighting sustained investor confidence in equity markets. SIP Contributions Reach A