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Stock market live updates: Today’s Stock Recommendation: February 03, 2026

Industryupdate

Stock market live updates: India-US trade agreement: The deal will strengthen ‘Make in India’ endeavours, spur growth: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday welcomed the India-US trade agreement, saying it will spur growth in both economies and strengthen the country’s ‘Make in India’ endeavours.

Jaishankar, who is on a three-day visit to the US to attend a Washington-led ministerial meeting on critical minerals supply chain, said he “welcomed the announcements on bilateral trade”.

India-US trade agreement: The deal will strengthen ‘Make in India’ endeavours, spur growth: Jaishankar

India-US trade agreement boosts ‘Make in India,’ reduces tariffs, and promotes economic growth, says External Affairs Minister Jaishankar.

Banking

Stock market live updates: Govt mulls raising FDI in public sector banks to 49%, says Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju

The Finance Ministry is contemplating hiking foreign direct investment (FDI) in public sector banks to 49 per cent from the current 20 per cent, a move which can bring them at par with private banks.

Govt mulls raising FDI limit in PSB to 49%: Secretary Nagaraju

The Finance Ministry is contemplating hiking foreign direct investment in public sector banks to 49% from the current 20%, a move which can bring them at par with private banks.

Commodities

Stock market live updates: India revises baggage rules: 40 gms jewellery allowed duty-free with no value cap

Now, a female travelling from abroad can bring 40 grams of jewellery, and a male 20 grams, without a value cap, provided they have spent more than one year there. This is part of the new baggage rules, notified by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) late on Monday.

India allows 40 gms jewellery duty-free in new baggage rules with no value cap

CBIC revises baggage and duty-free rules: higher jewellery allowance, laptops, pets, and simplified customs procedures for returning residents and tourists.

Industryupdate

Stock market live updates: Businesses want stability, not a disturbed environment, says Nirmala Sitharaman

In her first media interview after presenting her ninth Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sat down with businessline at noon on Monday to explain the nuances behind her proposals and schemes. Relaxed, yet sharp with her replies, Sitharaman was confident of meeting the revenue projections, even as she stoutly defended the proposals to increase tax on derivatives and to tax secondary market transactions in sovereign gold bonds. 

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Businesses want stability, not a disturbed environment, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasizes the importance of stability in tax administration for businesses in her Budget 2026 interview.

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Stock market

Stock market live updates: US-India trade agreement lifts outlook for stocks and rupee; GIFT Nifty jumps 4.5%

Indian equities are primed to narrow their rare underperformance versus Asian peers after New Delhi and Washington clinched a long-awaited trade agreement, removing a key overhang that had weighed on the nation’s financial assets and triggered record foreign outflows.

US-India trade agreement improves stocks, rupee outlook; GIFT Nifty up 4.5%

India-US trade deal cuts tariffs, boosts investor confidence and lifts outlook for Indian equities, Nifty 50 and the rupee amid hopes of foreign inflows.