Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal recently stated that two way trade between Europe and India can grow exponentially if both sides understand each other’s concern and cooperate meaningfully. He was speaking at the launch of the Federation of European Business in India (FEBI) in New Delhi. Speaking of the India-European Union (EU) partnership, Goyal added that respect for democracy and rule of law and similarity of views on fair trade will help our trade to grow exponentially.

The annual rate of inflation based on all India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) number stood at 1.84% (Provisional) for the month of September, 2024 (over September, 2023). Positive rate of inflation in September, 2024 is primarily due to increase in prices of food articles, food products, other manufacturing, manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers & semi-trailers, manufacture of machinery & equipment, etc. Inflation stood at 1.31% on year in August.

Shares of civil construction firm PNC Infratech soared as much 6.1 per cent at Rs 467.75 per share on the BSE in Monday’s intraday trade

Aptus Value Housing Finance India Ltd, Redtape Ltd, Esab India Ltd and Greaves Cotton Ltd are among the other gainers in the BSE’s ‘A’ group today, 14 October 2024.

The US stocks stayed broadly supported with the Dow and the S&P 500 reaching new record closing highs on Friday. The Dow soared 409.74 points or 1.0 percent to 42,863.86, the S&P 500 jumped 34.96 points or 0.6 percent to 5,815.03 and the Nasdaq rose 60.89 points or 0.3 percent to 18,342.94. For the week, the Dow surged by 1.2 percent, while the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 both spiked by 1.1 percent.