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The Mexican peso slumped after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed new import tariffs against the country, though other developing-nation currencies held their own amid concerns about the impact of the escalating trade war on growth in the world’s largest economy. The peso fell as much as 1% against the dollar, extending its decline to a fourth day and hitting the weakest level in a month after the 25% duties came into effect, together with levies on Canada and China. Investors are awaiting Mexico’s response, with President Claudia Sheinbaum expected to...

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex ended the previous trade session in the red. Nifty 50 closed at 22,119.30, while Sensex ended at 73,085.94. Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty 50 ended the previous trade session 4,158.05 points below its record high of 26,277.35.Overnight, Wall Street indices crashed post Trump tariffs. The S&P 500 ended 1.8% lower, the Dow Jones dropped 650 points and the Nasdaq Composite was down 2.7%. Asian equities too declined in early trade today.US President Donald...

(Bloomberg) -- From China’s artificial-intelligence successes to Dubai’s immigrant-led boom and rising prospects of debt restructuring in Venezuela and Lebanon, the winning emerging-market trades of 2025 all help investors withstand President Donald Trump’s trade agenda. Such selective trades are protecting investors from the unpredictability of Trump’s second term because they aren’t reliant on exports to the US, interest-rate cuts or a weak dollar. While benchmark indexes across stocks, bonds and currencies in developing markets have had the best start in years, the end of February brought a selloff, triggered by yet another...

Budget 2025: The Indian stock market experienced high volatility on Saturday, February 1, following the FY26 Union Budget announcement by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. While the budget introduced major changes in income tax slabs, shifting more money into the hands of middle-class consumers, market sentiment remained mixed due to concerns over government capital expenditure (capex) allocation.A key takeaway from the budget was the increase in the income tax exemption limit to ₹12 lakh, a significant move aimed at boosting household consumption, savings, and investment. There had been widespread expectations that...