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Oil shock and RBI intervention drive a defensive market

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Indian equities fell 0.7% after a sharp rise in crude prices linked to attacks on Saudi Arabia erased early gains. Foreign selling, supply disruption fears and concerns about the rupee weighed on sentiment.

8:35 PMEconomic Times

Indian benchmarks reversed early gains on Monday, with the Sensex falling 548 points and the Nifty closing below 22,400 amid foreign selling, rising bond yields and geopolitical concerns. Investors will track global markets, crude prices, inflation data, earnings expectations and key stocks for Tuesday’s direction.

11:23 AMEconomic Times

The Reserve Bank of India has restricted overseas clients to using rupee non-deliverable derivative contracts for hedging. It has also extended a 20% cash reserve requirement to banks' own rupee currency hedges.

9:22 PMEconomic Times

The rupee gained nearly 1% to 95.77 per dollar after the RBI moved to curb speculative demand for dollars. It recovered from a near-record low of 96.73 and reached an intraday high of 95.5850.

8:17 PMEconomic Times

The rupee rose nearly 1% to 95.77 per dollar after the RBI introduced measures to curb speculative currency trading. A special window for state-owned oil marketing companies reduced spot-market pressure, although importer demand, elevated crude prices and global uncertainty limited the recovery.

11:07 AMEconomic Times

Indian banks have asked the RBI to clarify how new foreign exchange measures will affect risk reserves, liquidity ratios and exposure limits. They also want guidance on passing costs to customers and on whether cash reserves qualify as high-quality liquid assets.

10:05 AMEconomic Times

Other Developments

A curated list of other prominent stories from this day.

Several prominent investors, including Ashish Kacholia, Sunil Singhania and Dolly Khanna, reduced or appear to have exited selected holdings during the September quarter. The changes have drawn attention because the affected stocks have experienced sharp price movements.

11:25 PMEconomic Times

Vaibhav Vyapaar's Rs 42.10 crore IPO opens on October 13, 2026, on the NSE SME platform at a price band of Rs 51 to Rs 54 per share. The NBFC plans to use most of the proceeds to strengthen its capital base, after reporting 48% income growth and 33% profit growth in FY26.

11:24 PMEconomic Times

Vedanta has declared an interim dividend of Rs 5 per share, its first payout since the stock adjusted for the group's major demerger. The total distribution will cost the company Rs 1,955 crore.

10:51 PMEconomic Times

TCS has announced an interim dividend of Rs 12 per share alongside its September-quarter results. The payment follows another Rs 12 interim dividend distributed in July.

10:40 PMEconomic Times

Bank of India has reclassified its Rs 575 crore exposure to Future Enterprises as fraud after the account had already been treated as a non-performing asset. The exposure was sufficiently provisioned, and Future Enterprises has been in insolvency proceedings since 2022.

9:42 PMEconomic Times

NSE will remove Polycab India from the equity derivatives segment on December 30, 2026, while allowing existing contracts to run until expiry. Separately, NCLAT has stayed the NCLT order admitting insolvency proceedings over an alleged Rs 2.79 crore operational debt.

12:24 PMEconomic Times

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