Sensex, Nifty Fall Again Today as Oil Holds Above $100 and HSBC Cuts India to Underweight

Indian stocks slipped further Thursday. By 1:02 p.m. IST, the Nifty 50 sat at 24,207.25, while the BSE Sensex registered 77,799.23. Oil prices stubbornly held above $100 a barrel, and HSBC’s downgrade of Indian equities to “underweight” added pressure. Both indices shed nearly 1% on Wednesday.

Silver price today: Spot jumps above $80 as haven demand returns ahead of U.S. inflation data

Silver price today: Spot jumps above $80 as haven demand returns ahead of U.S. inflation data

Silver surged almost 3% in European trading Friday, clearing the $80 mark as bullion prices caught a tailwind from lower U.S. yields and fresh anxiety over U.S.-Iran friction. Spot silver was last up 2.8% at $80.57 an ounce at 0941 GMT. Gold tacked on 0.7% to $5,032.49. Platinum and palladium moved up roughly 2.3% apiece. “Yields are down, reducing the opportunity cost of holding bullion,” noted Peter Fertig, analyst at Quantitative Commodity Research.
Tokyo Stock Market Today: Nikkei 225 Edges Higher as Stable Yen Offsets SoftBank Slump Ahead of BoJ Rate Decision

Tokyo Stock Market Today: Nikkei 225 Edges Higher as Stable Yen Offsets SoftBank Slump Ahead of BoJ Rate Decision

Tokyo’s stock market finished Monday, 8 December 2025, slightly higher, as a pause in recent yen strength and a rebound in property stocks outweighed a sharp fall in heavyweight SoftBank Group. The move came despite a surprisingly weak GDP revision and rising expectations that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates at its meeting later this month. TradingView+1