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Overseas investors offloaded shares in the financial services and capital goods sectors worth ₹4,501 crore and ₹3,019 crore, respectively. While capital goods had seen outflows last month, financial services had received foreign inflows worth over ₹14,000 crore.

360 One will also buy UBS s local stock broking and distribution business, discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management services business, and residual loan portfolio, the release said. UBS has active assets under management of ₹26,000 crore as of December 21, 2024.

The brokerage raised its ratings on Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Trent and Colgate to buy , while maintaining its buy on Avenue Supermarts (DMart), Godrej Consumer Products and Britannia. UBS top picks could return between 5% and 22% in the next twelve months

In feedback to the regulator, industry and broker associations said the move could unintentionally spike market volatility and stifle product innovation by limiting exchanges ability to design investor-focused offerings.

​Gold ETFs, or exchange-traded funds, are vehicles that allow investors to take exposure to gold prices without the need to buy or store physical gold. They are traded on stock exchanges like regular stocks and their value reflects the performance of gold and investors can buy them during trading hours.

Trump’s comments on the Fed chief late Tuesday in Washington walk back opinions expressed earlier in the week that sparked concerns about the US central bank’s independence. Progress in various trade talks also helped improve market sentiment after investors had broadly retreated from US assets this month following the announcement of century-high levies.

State-owned Power Finance Corporation said it is actively pursuing further action and "exploring all possible options" on pending dues of Rs 307 crore from Gensol Engineering.

Gold prices saw a decline. This happened after US President Donald Trump softened his stance on the Federal Reserve chair. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted at easing trade tensions. This reduced gold s appeal as a safe investment. Silver saw a slight increase. Platinum and palladium experienced losses.

Oil prices saw a rise on Wednesday. This happened because of new Iran sanctions. Also, US crude stocks dropped. Donald Trump s comments on the Federal Reserve also helped. Brent crude futures increased. US West Texas Intermediate crude also went up. The US imposed sanctions on an Iranian network. This network ships Iranian oil. US crude oil inventories decreased last week.