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SPCX opened at $160.95, spiked to $225.64 on Day 4, and closed the week at $174.90. Here is what drove each move, what the $75B raise funds, and what Indian retail investors need to know.
Nifty crossed 24,000 and Sensex settled at 77,410 this week as the US-Iran peace deal sent Brent crude below $80 and strengthened the rupee to 94.50. A hawkish Fed and weak FII flows kept the rally grounded.
Sensex opened down 800+ points Monday after fresh Israel-Iran strikes sent Brent crude above $97. FII outflows of Rs 8,776 cr on Friday set the stage. Here is what moved and what to watch next.
India's Q4 FY26 GDP came in at 7.8%, beating the 7.0-7.2% consensus by 60-80 bps. FY26 full year at 7.7%. Here is what the beat means for Indian investors and RBI's FY27 outlook.
RBI kept repo at 5.25% for a third straight meeting on June 5 - but revised GDP down to 6.6% and lifted CPI projection to 5.1%, signalling a hawkish hold with no near-term easing path.
MOSPI releases Q4 FY26 GDP on June 6-7, two days after RBI held repo at 5.25%. Consensus clusters at 7.0-7.2%, down from Q3's 7.8%. Here is what a beat or miss means for bonds and INR.
Five IPOs open this week - CMR Green Technologies, Hexagon Nutrition, Genxai Analytics, UHM Vacation, and Vahh Chemicals. Here is what each company does and where the risks sit.
India's HSBC Services PMI final for May 2026 came in at 59.8, beating the flash estimate of 58.9 and confirming a six-month high - with input cost inflation easing to a four-month low ahead of June 5 MPC.
Repo rate at 5.25%, CPI at 3.48%, WPI at 8.3% - here is the final analyst consensus, four scenarios, and the exact signals to watch when Governor Malhotra speaks at 10 AM on June 5.
The Sensex closed at 74,649 on June 2 as a 4.23% Nifty IT surge - driven by Snowflake AI earnings and rupee weakness - offset selling in banks, pharma, and power stocks ahead of MPC.
Three companies - Anthropic, SpaceX, OpenAI - filed IPO paperwork within two weeks of each other. Here is what the S-1s actually say, what the valuations rest on, and what Indian retail investors can do.
Gross GST hit Rs 1.94 lakh crore in May 2026 (+3.2% YoY), but the real story is a 20.2% surge in IGST on imports - led by 387% growth in processing units - while domestic collections fell 2.6%.