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AU Small Finance Bank shares jump 6% as Q2 NII rises 8.6% YoY to Rs 2,144 crore
AU Small Finance Bank shares jumped more than 6% in Monday’s trade after the lender announced its Q2 FY26 results, showing steady operational performance despite a slight decline in profit. For the quarter ended September 2025, the bank reported a...

Experts Seek Policy Synergy In Deepening Green Finance Market
Finance and sustainability experts have called for stronger collaboration among regulators, investors, and private sector players to scale up sustainable financing and drive Nigeria’s long-term economic growth. The call was made during a special...

Nifty 50, Sensex today: What to expect from Indian stock market in trade on October 20 ahead of Diwali 2025
The Indian stock market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are likely to open higher on Monday, tracking upbeat global market cues. The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a gap-up start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was...
Market exchange rates in China -- Oct. 20
BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Monday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System: Currency Unit Central parity rate in...

Market outlook: Here’s how Indian markets will react to Global trends, FPIs move, Q2 earnings
New Delhi: Equity market investors would track global trends, foreign fund movement and quarterly earnings in a holiday-shortened week ahead, analysts said. Stock exchanges BSE and NSE will conduct a special Muhurat trading session Tuesday,...

Trading card enthusiasts gather at Fox Cities Stadium for bi-monthly card show
APPLETON (NBC 26) — Trading card collectors filled Fox Cities Stadium for a bi-monthly card show hosted by Fox Cities Cards, bringing together enthusiasts looking to buy, sell and trade everything from vintage baseball cards to modern...

Market Close: XJO clocks green as market awaits disaster or delight from overnight Albanese-Trump meeting
Join our daily newsletter At The Bell to receive exclusive market insights Good Afternoon and welcome to HotCopper‘s Market Close, I’m Jon Davidson. It was a strong start to the week at least, ahead of Anthony Albanese and Trump’s meeting in...

Trade Expo Indonesia 2025: Value of agreements surpass 1 billion USD
Jakarta (VNA) – Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) 2025 has recorded impressive results in its first three days, reinforcing its status as the country’s largest trade promotion event, according to the Indonesian Ministry of Trade. Data from the ministry...

Trade Trouble Ahead? Trump Warns India Of Major Tariffs Over Russian Oil Buys
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in February this year (AP Photo) United States President Donald Trump has reiterated his warning to India,...

Trade minister meets economic delegation from Montana on potential cooperation
Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo met with a visiting economic delegation from the northwestern U.S. state of Montana on Monday to discuss ways to bolster bilateral cooperation in energy, manufacturing and supply chains, Yeo's office said. Yeo...

IN DETAIL: Stock market investors traded 2.4bn shares worth N76.6bn in five days
About 2.42 billion shares valued at N76.62 billion were traded in 126,591 deals between October 13 and October 17, according to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX). Although the shares increased marginally, data from the bourse showed that the value...

Bitcoin Recovers To $109K As US-China Trade Tension Simmers
Bitcoin climbed back to around $109,500 as the US-China trade talks continue with cooler heads this time. Trump confirmed that his meeting with Xi will proceed by the end of the month after admitting that their three-digit tariff is unsustainable....

Tether Mints 1B USDT: Bullish Or Market Manipulation?
Stablecoin giant Tether just unleashed 1 billion USDT for the crypto market. Analysts expect the event to trigger another bullish scenario for crypto, but others warn of possible market manipulation on the sidelines. Tether minted an additional 1...

Nextrade has captured nearly 30% of South Korea’s $2.4 trillion stock market
South Korea’s brand-new stock exchange Nextrade has bulldozed its way into the country’s $2.4 trillion equity market, stealing nearly 30% of total trading value just months after launching in March. That’s up from under 4% at the start. The...

Rupee spurts 14 paise to 87.88 against US dollar in early trade
The rupee appreciated 14 paise to a month's high of 87.88 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday on foreign fund inflows and lower crude oil prices. Sharp gains in the domestic stock market also bolstered the rupee sentiment. At the...

Can Nifty touch 26,000 this Diwali? Muhurat trading trends hint at more upside
Indian equities are shining bright this festive season, with the Nifty50 hitting fresh 52-week highs just ahead of Diwali. Historical Muhurat trading trends suggest the bullish momentum could extend, as the index often delivers gains during the...

HSBC privatisation of Hang Seng Bank: How the deal affects your money and shares
Market valuations for two iconic Hong Kong banks have moved in opposite directions following last week’s HK$106 billion bid by HSBC to acquire the remaining 37 percent it doesn’t own in Hang Seng Bank. In a deal valuing the nearly century-old Hang...

Kingdom, China expand agricultural trade cooperation
Kingdom, China expand agricultural trade cooperation Growing demand for agricultural products across China can create opportunities for Cambodian farmers as the two countries agree to further expand agri-trade cooperation. Cambodia and China have...
Hong Kong's finance chief attends IMF and World Bank meetings in US, updates different sectors on latest developments in the HKSAR
HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 20 October 2025 - Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), visited the United States last week (October 14-17) to attend Annual Meetings of the International...

'US stock market...' Shankar Sharma decodes Dow Jones, Nasdaq rally; his outlook for Samvat 2082 and more
While investors appear baffled by the record-setting rally in the US stock market, Shankar Sharma, ace investor and the founder of GQuant, an AI-tech company, points out what most people are missing — the underperformance of US equities compared...