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Eight of 10 economists polled by Business Standard expect the Reserve Bank of India to raise the repo rate by 25 basis points, from 5.25% to 5.50%, when its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announces the RBI policy October 2026 decision on Wednesday, 7 October. The poll, published on 2 October, comes after retail inflation rose…

Petrol and diesel prices were left unchanged on 1 October 2026, with petrol at ₹102.12 a litre and diesel at ₹95.20 in Delhi, according to retail price data published by the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC). On the same day, oil companies raised the price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) for domestic airlines by…

The Sensex today, Thursday 1 October 2026, fell 570.59 points, or 0.79%, to close at 71,909.70, after touching an intraday low of 71,292.88. The Nifty 50 lost 198.50 points, or 0.88%, to end at 22,421.95. Auto stocks led the fall, while IT was the only sector index to rise, BusinessLine and India Today reported. Friday…

The NSE and BSE are closed on Friday, 2 October 2026, for Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, so the stock market holiday today means no trading in equities or equity derivatives. NSE’s trading holiday circular for 2026 (Circular 172/2025, dated 12 December 2025) lists 2 October as holiday number 11 of 15 for the year. The commodity…

The Sensex today fell 48.78 points, or 0.07%, to close at 72,480.29 on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, and the Nifty 50 lost 95.75 points, or 0.42%, to end at 22,620.45. It was the third straight losing session for both indices. The Sensex had been up as much as 533.16 points at a high of 73,062.23…

IBJA’s benchmark 999 gold closed at ₹1,47,888 per 10 grams on Wednesday evening, 30 September 2026, up ₹221 from ₹1,47,667 on Tuesday evening, while silver 999 fell ₹1,165 to ₹2,20,435 per kg. The gold price today had opened higher, with the India Bullion and Jewellers Association’s morning rate at ₹1,48,379, before easing by the evening…

The Sensex fell 242.65 points, or 0.33%, to close at 72,529.07 on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, while the Nifty 50 lost 64.05 points, or 0.28%, to end at 22,716.20. It was the second straight losing session. The Sensex had been down as much as 707.72 points at the day’s low of about 72,064 before buying…

Every few days, my uncle in a village outside Sitapur calls to ask the same thing: “Kisan wala paisa kab aayega?” He’s got the kharif harvest to manage, a tractor rental to pay off and Diwali on the way, so ₹2,000 lands at a useful moment. If you’re asking about the PM Kisan 24th installment…

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