Amazon asked Supreme Court to pause an expedited review of allegations that the U.S. firm concealed information while seeking antitrust clearance for a 2019 deal with Future Group. The U.S. Trade Representative's office is terminating its trade retaliation case against India after Washington and New Delhi agreed on a global tax deal transition arrangement that will withdraw India's digital services tax. The government's plan for a new bill that would bar most private cryptocurrencies led to heavy selling in the digital currency markets, as investors looked to exit positions despite the losses.
India's benchmark equity indices, Senpoint and Nifty opened lower amid mixed global cues. At 9:16 IST, the Sen-point was down 94.53 points or 0.16% to 58246.46 and the Nifty was down 18.50 points or 0.11% to 17396.50.
Asian shares inched lower primarily due to the rising U.S. dollar as investors bet on interest rates increasing faster in the United States than Japan and the euro zone.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.18% to a six-week low, while Japan's Nikkei rose 0.8%. Australia shed 0.1%, Hong Kong lost 0.35%, and Chinese blue chips shed 0.3%.
Oil prices fell as investors waited to see how major producers respond to the emergency crude release by major consuming countries.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 0.1%, to $78.30 a barrel and Brent crude futures slipped to $82.20 a barrel.
All eyes are now on OPEC+, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and allies, who are due to meet next week to discuss oil demand and supply.
Amazon asked Supreme Court to pause an expedited review of allegations that the U.S. firm concealed information while seeking antitrust clearance for a 2019 deal with Future Group. The U.S. Trade Representative's office is terminating its trade retaliation case against India after Washington and New Delhi agreed on a global tax deal transition arrangement that will withdraw India's digital services tax. The government's plan for a new bill that would bar most private cryptocurrencies led to heavy selling in the digital currency markets, as investors looked to exit positions despite the losses.
India's benchmark equity indices, Sen-point and Nifty opened lower amid mixed global cues. At 9:16 IST, the Sen-point was down 94.53 points or 0.16% to 58246.46 and the Nifty was down 18.50 points or 0.11% to 17396.50.
Asian shares inched lower primarily due to the rising U.S. dollar as investors bet on interest rates increasing faster in the United States than Japan and the euro zone.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.18% to a six-week low, while Japan's Nikkei rose 0.8%. Australia shed 0.1%, Hong Kong lost 0.35%, and Chinese blue chips shed 0.3%.
Oil prices fell as investors waited to see how major producers respond to the emergency crude release by major consuming countries.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 0.1%, to $78.30 a barrel and Brent crude futures slipped to $82.20 a barrel.
All eyes are now on OPEC+, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and allies, who are due to meet next week to discuss oil demand and supply.
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