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Festive phone market set to shrink in volume

TazaPulseOctober 12, 2026

NEW DELHI: India’s smartphone market is expected to witness a 12% decline in sales (by volumes) this festive season, even as the overall market value is projected to grow 5%, reflecting a shift towards pricier devices and longer replacement cycles, according to Counterpoint Research.Rising memory costs have pushed up smartphone prices, prompting consumers to defer...

Gold Prices: Gold, silver prices next week: What investors should watch amid global uncertainty

TazaPulseOctober 11, 2026

Gold, silver prices may stay range-bound with positive bias next week (representative image) Gold and silver prices are likely to remain range-bound with a mildly positive bias next week, as weakness in the rupee supports domestic bullion prices amid global fluctuations, analysts said.Investors will also track inflation data from India, China and the US for...

Inflation data, IT earnings, crude oil to steer stock markets this week, say experts

TazaPulseOctober 11, 2026

Investors will track September CPI and WPI data, earnings from major IT firms and global cues amid persistent oil price and geopolitical risks. NEW DELHI: Indian stock markets are likely to remain volatile and consolidate this week as investors track September inflation data, quarterly earnings from major companies, crude oil prices and global economic cues....

Stock market is crashing, but IPOs are seeing billions of dollars of investment. What’s happening?

TazaPulseOctober 11, 2026

Even as Sensex continues to bleed, Dalal Street’s IPOs are seeing strong investor interest. There seems to be no end in sight for the stock market crash. Investors, especially foreign, are exiting Indian equities with record outflows continuing. Sensex is down almost 16% from its lifetime intraday high, and hasn’t hit a fresh closing high...

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This Chinese memory chip maker has global potential

TazaPulseOctober 11, 2026

China’s memory chip maker CXMT has potential not just in its home market, but abroad as well, analysts said. Rising memory prices and tightening industry supply globally give CXMT expansion opportunities overseas, CLSA analysts said in a report Thursday initiating coverage of the Shanghai-listed stock with an outperform rating. They said CXMT’s global market share...

JPMorgan sees once in a generation opportunity in fixed income space

TazaPulseOctober 10, 2026

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is making a bullish call on an underinvested market group: high-quality fixed income. Priya Misra, a portfolio manager at the firm, sees a once in a generation opportunity for investors. “You can actually take credit risk in the highest quality companies and still get [a] 6.5% [yield], Misra told CNBC’s “ETF...

Now, RBI puts CRR and bond sale into play

TazaPulseOctober 10, 2026

Inflation has stayed above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) target of 4% for the past three months (Photo: Reuters). MUMBAI: RBI has tightened daily cash reserve requirements for banks, impounding an additional Rs 1 lakh crore, and has announced a Rs 25,000 crore bond sale, moves that will drain liquidity from the banking system...

Forex reserves fall by $13bn to $734.6bn

TazaPulseOctober 10, 2026

MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $13 billion to $734.6 billion in the week ended Oct 2, driven by a sharp decline in foreign currency assets and gold reserves. Foreign currency assets, the largest component of the reserves, dropped by $10.7 billion to $604.7 billion.Gold reserves declined by $2.3 billion to $106.4 billion. The...

US trade talks steady, visa curbs may help India: Piyush Goyal

TazaPulseOctober 10, 2026

BENGALURU: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday that talks with US for a trade deal were progressing steadily and the two sides were working on the fine print, while asserting that tighter access to H-1B visas can benefit India by encouraging skilled professionals to stay back, bringing more tech work to the...

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TMUS, VZ, T, CCI, TEVA

TazaPulseOctober 9, 2026

Check out some of the companies making the biggest moves midday: Telecom providers – SpaceX moved to boost its Starlink Mobile service , heightening competition concerns around legacy telecom carriers. T-Mobile plunged 13%, and AT & T and Verizon by 10% each. Cellular tower companies surged: Crown Castle climbed 12%, SBA Communications added 6%, American...