MUMBAI: India’s benchmark indexes resumed their downward trend this week as fears of an escalating global trade war weighing on the US economy hit heavyweight information technology stocks hard.

Indian markets suffered their worst weekly decline of 2025, with the Nifty sinking nearly 3% and midcaps tumbling even more sharply. The Sensex and Nifty are now down 16% from their record highs, ...

Gold is set for its eighth weekly increase, driven by geopolitical and trade tensions, reaching over 1% higher this week. A surge in bullion-backed exchange-traded funds and increased central bank ...

Still, the benchmark index logged gains for its eighth-straight week - its longest streak of weekly gains since the first quarter of 2024. On an annual basis, the STOXX is up over 8% ...