Reeling under severe heatwave conditions, Delhi's Mungeshpur on Wednesday recorded a maximum temperature of over 52 degree Celsius, the highest temperature in the national capital.
New Delhi [India], May 28: The Primex 40, an index tracking the performance of the top 40 Indian private companies in unlisted and delisted markets, recently achieved an all-time high of 2763.89, growing over 236 basis points since the last record-high achieved on November 1, 2021. The Prime
Indian stock markets closed marginally below on Tuesday after a high volatility during the trading. The equity markets experienced a pause after a three-day streak of record highs.
On Friday, the maximum temperature reached 48.8 degrees Celsius in Barmer. A red alert was issued in most of the districts of Rajasthan, with temperatures expected to increase by two degrees Celsius from May 25 to 27.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi predicted a historic win for the BJP in the upcoming election and forecasted record highs for the stock markets on June 4, the benchmark Nifty index crossed the 22,800 mark for the first time during Thursday's session.
Gold, considered a safe haven asset for investment, has been in demand for considerable period of time, with its prices rallying to hit record highs every now and then.
The Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections surged to a record high of Rs 2.10 lakh crore in April month. The GST collection has also registered a 12.4 per cent year-on-year growth.
Global gold demand was up 3 per cent year-on-year at 1,238 tonne in the first quarter of 2024, marking the strongest first quarter since 2016, according to World Gold Council's Gold Demand Trends report.
India's foreign exchange reserves declined for the second week, after having risen for the seventh straight week to hit an all-time high of USD 648.562 billion.
Amid the economic crisis in Pakistan, the rate for 10-gram gold has climbed to an all-time high of Pakistan currency (PKR) 216,221, while one tola gold (12.5 gram) has now touched PKR 252,200 on Saturday, Dawn reported.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma exuded confidence in the BJP sweeping all five seats that went to the polls in the first phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election.