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Walmart shares slipped over 5% after Q2 results, despite strong sales growth and an upbeat FY26 outlook. Operating income fell 8.2% on legal and restructuring costs, while Wall Street weakness added selling pressure.

Gold futures at MCX experienced a decline, falling by Rs 304 to Rs 99,000/10 grams, marking a Rs 1,200 drop in a week. Silver contracts remained nearly flat at Rs 1,12,506/kg. Market volatility is high ahead of the Fed Chairman s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium.

GIFT City’s IFSC is emerging as a global financial hub, with fund commitments projected to exceed USD 100 billion by 2030, driven by reforms, rising investor participation, and rapid growth in alternative investment funds.

Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty advanced on Thursday, extending their rally to a sixth straight session as optimism over a potential cut in Goods and Services Tax (GST), strength in financials from a proposal to exempt insurance premiums from tax, and gains in Reliance Industries lifted the market.

The Indian rupee fell on Thursday as aggressive dollar buying by oil importers towards the end of the session pressured the local currency even as persistent greenback sales by foreign banks helped offset some of the losses.

Metal major Vedanta s board on Thursday approved a second interim dividend of Rs 16 per share for the financial year FY26 and has set August 27 as the record date. The total payout will be Rs 6,256 crore.

Indian markets ended higher for the sixth day, with Nifty at 25,083 and Sensex at 82,000. Swiggy, Reliance firms, IDBI Bank gained, while BSE, Angel One, Ola Electric slipped.

Motilal Oswal Alternates raised $800 million in the first close of its $950 million India Business Excellence Fund V, its largest PE vehicle. Backed by global and domestic investors, the fund targets mid-market investments across diverse sectors.