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Hong Kong-headquartered brokerage CLSA said that a further rise in oil prices could damage investor sentiments and raise twin deficit fears. "Oil is now firmly above US$70 and there’s talk of it moving to US$80. This could further damage investor sentiments, as the economy doesn’t have a lot of cushion, especially in a pre-election year," said CLSA in a note.

In the wake of the American sanctions on Russia, includng some of the latter's largest industrial groups, the price of aluminium has risen 30 per cent in two weeks, on worry of a coming supply deficit. The entire metals segment has seen a price rally; after aluminium, the most marked rise was in nickel. In addition, a Saudi Arabian projection of oil at $100 a barrel, well above the current price, has resulted in a rally in Brent crude, to its highest level after November 2014. These uncertainties has pulled up gold and silver prices as well.

Citing upside risks to inflation, RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya said he would vote for a shift in monetary policy stance from neutral to ‘withdrawal of accommodation’ in RBI’s June meeting, minutes of the April meeting show

The Indian rupee hit its lowest level against the dollar in about seven months Tuesday amid a worsening trade scenario and a steep increase in global oil prices. With the technical level above Rs. 65.50 breached for a sustained period, the local unit is Asia's worst performing currency this year after the Philippines peso.

Talking to ET Now, Ashwini Agarwal, Ashmore Investment Management India, says top line growth and operating leverage should play out in the March quarter numbers for a lot of the companies.

The S&P BSE Sensex has given average returns of 29.75 per cent during below-normal rainfall years – those in which rainfall is at least 10 per cent short of the long-period average (LPA), according to the India Meteorological Department. Business Standard looked at monsoon data and the BSE Sensex’s performance over the past 15 years. Here is what we found:

Talking to ET Now, Himanshu Srivastava, Morningstar Advisers, says the FIIs will be more cautious and we can expect around $1.8- 1.9 billion net inflows in the coming months.

The benchmark indices continued its winning streak for the eighth consecutive session on Monday in anticipation of a favourable monsoon. Gains in index heavyweights such as HDFC and ITC helped the BSE Sensex recover from an early loss of 293 points to finish the day with gains of 113 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 34,305.43.

Oil prices, already at more than three-year highs, may be about to jump further. And, to JPMorgan Chase & Co., crude-related assets are starting to look attractive. Brent oil could spike to $80 a barrel if the US and European Union reimpose sanctions on Iran and as Western powers expand the scope of the Syrian civil war, JPMorgan strategists, led by John Normand, wrote in a note on Friday.

In our previous weekly note, we had mentioned that we continue to remain in the 27-month-long upward rising channel, which is the primary uptrend. We had also expected the gains to get extended in the coming week. In line with that analysis, the market extended its gains during the week gone by. The benchmark Nifty50 index ended the week, gaining 149 points or 1.44 per cent on a weekly basis.

A key derivative signal in the eternal war between bulls and bears points to an imminent sharp rise in the stock market on the back of a massive short-covering rally. The net open interest (OI) for Nifty ‘put’ contracts crossed ?40,000 crore on April 11. This has happened only four times in the past 20 years and each time, the Nifty index rallied between 6 per cent and 13 per cent in that particular month, data show.

India Inc. reported good numbers in the third quarter of 2017-18. The aggregate net profit of Sensex companies grew 9% year-on-year (y-o-y). The low base effect for the third quarter of 2016-17—demonetisation happened in November 2016—was the main reason for this good performance.

The equity markets are under pressure, with the Nifty down 1.89 per cent and the Nifty Midcap 50 down 5.30 per cent year to date (YTD). The slowdown in real estate continues. The volatility in yields has caused the returns of debt funds to see-saw in recent months. One option that investors need to include in their portfolio to provide balance to it is gold, which is up 4.26 per cent YTD. The bull market in gold started in 2002 and continued till 2012. From 2013 to 2015, the yellow metal gave negative returns.

Equity investors on Dalal Street became richer by over Rs 2.50 lakh crore on Thursday, as the equity market rejoiced RBI’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged and the leeway it gave to domestic lenders to absorb their loan losses. Firm opening in European markets, positive services PMI data and buying across the sectors also supported market mood. The BSE Sensex climbed 577 points, or 1.75 per cent, to end the day at 33,596, whereas NSE’s Nifty index jumped 196 points, or 1.94 per cent.

India’s central bank is optimistic the economy would outpace China to become the world’s fastest growing major market this year and help lure investors seeking opportunities as a global trade war brews.