Gold price prediction amid US-Iran war: What’s the gold rate outlook for March 13, 2026? Resistance seen near Rs 1,60,300

Gold is trading near the lower Bollinger band after an extended decline, indicating strong downside momentum. (AI image) Gold price prediction today: Gold prices are seeing intraday weakness and a…

Reporting change to lift bank credit growth in FY26

MUMBAI: A technical tweak in the way banks report fortnightly balance-sheet data may swell India’s credit numbers by more than Rs 2 lakh crore this year and lift measured loan…

Stock market today (March 13, 2026): Nifty50 opens below 23,500; BSE Sensex down around 600 points on oil prices, US-Iran war

Stock market today (AI image) Stock market today: Continuing the down trend, Nifty50 and BSE Sensex opened in red on Friday as oil prices climbed and the Strait of Hormuz…

Average US mortgage rate climbs to 6.11% as Middle East tensions unsettle bond markets

Ongoing crisis in the Middle East is beginning to ripple through financial markets, with the impact now visible in the US bond market. The average rate on a long-term mortgage…

Top stocks to buy today: Stock recommendations for March 13, 2026 – check list

Top stocks to buy today (AI image) Stock market recommendations: NCC, and HFCL are the top stocks that Bajaj Broking Research recommends buying on March 13, 2026. Here is a…

NSE selects 20 merchant bankers for proposed IPO

National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has selected 20 bankers for its long-awaited initial public offering, the exchange said in a statement.The selected bankers include Kotak Mahindra Capital, JM Financial…

‘Women must think like for-profit cos with their own definition of success’

In her recent book ‘Having It All’ gender economist and associate professor of business economics and public policy at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Corinne Low talks about how…

Food prices push retail inflation in February to 3.2%

NEW DELHI: Retail inflation inched up by 47 basis points in Feb, largely led by an increase in food & beverages and personal care & effects inflation. The West Asia…

LPG crisis: Panic bookings by domestic consumers, server crash trigger chaos

Anxiety over LPG shortage has spilled over to the domestic sector, fuelling panic bookings of cooking gas cylinders, while server glitches in the IVRS and other online booking systems are…

Retail inflation rises to 3.21% in February as food prices climb

India’s retail inflation edged higher in February, largely on the back of rising food prices, according to official data released on Thursday.Data from the National Statistics Office (NSO) showed that…