Markets

• Oct 30, 2026 Bengaluru, Hyderabad Office Supply Doubles as India Leasing Hits Record Bengaluru and Hyderabad added 30.45 million sq ft of office space as leasing across seven major cities reached 61.06 million sq ft.
• Oct 30, 2026 EKA Targets ₹2,800 Crore FY27 Revenue as Bus Orders and Truck Expansion Drive Growth EKA plans ₹2,000 crore in three-year capex, with bus deliveries, depot readiness and electric truck economics shaping its growth plans.
• Oct 30, 2026 NSE’s Electronic Gold Receipts Could Add ₹1,259.9 Crore in Annual Revenue by FY30 Jefferies estimates EGR revenue could reach ₹1,259.9 crore by FY30, if trading volumes scale and access to physical gold improves.
• Oct 30, 2026 Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals Targets Overseas Growth With New Brand Identity Tuticorin Alkali is tying a sustainability-led brand refresh to broader customer ambitions, with its first ammonium chloride shipment to the United States.
• Oct 30, 2026 Nifty Tops 23,100 as IT Shares Lead Mid-Session Recovery; Trent Gains 6.30% The Nifty rose 0.72% by 12.46 pm, led by IT shares and Trent, while higher crude prices and mixed market breadth kept risks in view.
• Oct 30, 2026 Fitch Sees Treasury Yield Relief by 2027, With AI Spending Risks in Focus Fitch expects the 10-year US yield to ease to 4.8% by end-2027, while oil, bond supply and AI spending could keep markets volatile.
• Oct 30, 2026 India’s $1 Trillion Export Pace Hinges on Manufacturing Competitiveness First-half trade reached around $480 billion, putting the $1 trillion export mark in view if that pace holds. Manufacturing’s share remains nearly flat.
• Oct 30, 2026 Brent and WTI Rise as West Asia Supply Risks Lift Oil Futures Brent rose 1.01% and WTI 1.12% as traders weighed possible supply disruptions; MCX natural gas fell while turmeric and jeera advanced.
• Oct 30, 2026 Five Long-Serving Singapore CEOs and the Business Shifts That Defined Their Tenures From SGX’s planned succession to major shifts at UOB, SIA, Keppel and ST Engineering, five long CEO tenures reflect changing business priorities.
• Oct 30, 2026 Binance Security Probe Tests Crypto Market Confidence as Stablecoins Are Frozen Binance says customer funds are safe as Tether and Circle freeze more than $2.3 billion in tokens and bitcoin falls below $79,000.
• Oct 30, 2026 Binance Freezes US$6.3 Billion in Assets After Major Crypto Exploit Binance says about US$3 billion has been frozen after an exploit involving US$6.3 billion in funds, as withdrawals pause and crypto prices fall.
• Oct 30, 2026 Vietnam’s Affordable Luxury Market Faces a Test of Repeat Spending Premium brands see room to grow in Vietnam, but income gaps and cautious spending narrow the market for repeat purchases.
• Oct 30, 2026 AEM Leads Singapore Chip Sell-Off as Alphabet’s Record Drop Hits Regional Stocks AEM fell as much as 11% amid a regional chip sell-off, while its monthly decline and losses at peers point to pressure beyond one day’s trading.
• Oct 30, 2026 Japan’s Price-Sensitive Shoppers Shift Spending to Discount Retailers Rising prices are pushing Japanese shoppers away from convenience stores, while discount chains gain traffic and retailers adjust prices and store formats.
• Oct 29, 2026 Three-Month Short-Selling Limits Could Give Singapore IPOs Time to Find Their Price A proposed three-month seasoning period would restrict uncovered shorts and apply an uptick rule while leaving room for price discovery.
• Oct 29, 2026 Oil Climbs as Renewed US-Iran Tensions Add to Tight Supply Risks Brent rose to a six-month high in October as renewed tensions, low inventories and constrained refined-product supplies kept the oil market on edge.
• Oct 29, 2026 Alphabet’s $500 Billion Slide Puts Google’s AI Spending Under Scrutiny A shortfall in Google Services and slower search growth rattled investors as rising AI costs pressured expenses and free cash flow.
• Oct 29, 2026 Lagarde to Leave ECB in February 2027 as Inflation and Bond Costs Pressure Europe Christine Lagarde will leave the ECB on Feb 7, 2027, amid energy-driven inflation risks, higher borrowing costs and a closely watched succession.
• Oct 29, 2026 Hong Kong’s Apartment Horror Films Turn Housing Pressure Into Fear From cramped corridors to unaffordable homes, Hong Kong horror films make property pressure and urban folklore part of the terror.
• Oct 29, 2026 Warsh’s Rate Hold Signals Patience as AI Investment Broadens The Fed kept rates at 3.75 to 4 per cent as Warsh pointed to tighter financial conditions, AI-driven productivity and stubborn inflation risks.