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In Delhi, the petrol prices were hiked by 30 paise per litre, taking it to Rs 104.14, while diesel prices in the national capital have gone up to Rs 92.82 per litre with the hike in price by Rs 0.35.

In a move that further raised hopes among crypto advocates, the regulator asked two issuers to withdraw their Ethereum-futures ETF filings over the U.S. summer, but made no such demands on similar Bitcoin-based applications. This week it also approved the Volt Crypto Industry Revolution and Tech ETF (ticker BTCR). The actively managed product plans to invest a majority of its assets into companies “with exposure to Bitcoin and its supporting infrastructure,” according to its prospectus.

The expectation of good quarterly numbers and the dovish policy measures by RBI in their bi-monthly policy announcement helped in adding investor confidence.

The term Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has started to gain traction and attention of central banks and financial and tech enthusiasts alike. A CBDC is a legal tender issued by a bank in a digital format. Also known as digital base money or digital fiat currencies, a CBDC is no different from hard cash, apart from the fact that they are in a digital or virtual form. It is not meant to replace hard cash, but coexist as an additional form of payment method.

“We continue to believe that in the very long term, for the IT sector, the largecaps on a relative basis continue to offer a little bit of relative value as compared to the midcaps. ”

“Global liquidity supply is continuing and if the US payroll data is on the expected lines, the liquidity flow into the global markets including Indian markets will remain unabated. ”

For now, the feeling of many is that inflation has lingered longer than most predicted. As Huw Pill, the Bank of England’s new chief economist, said last week, the “balance of risks is currently shifting towards great concerns about the inflation outlook, as the current strength of inflation looks set to prove more long-lasting than originally anticipated.”

At risk is a pattern of bullishness that has helped fuel the market’s doubling since March 2020: Stocks have risen every time results were being reported, a vote of confidence in profit margins. Now their uncanny durability faces its greatest threat at a time of increasing costs for companies.

"Trading by any insider during UPSI period and during window closure period is itself against the legislative/regulatory framework set-up under SEBI PIT Regulations, 2015," Sebi said.

Should you bet on growth stocks or value stocks? Should you buy stocks only after they fall, because they’re available at a cheaper price? Or should you buy even rallying stocks with the hope and expectation that they’ll rise more? These are common questions that haunt every investor in the market day in and day out.