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Brent crude futures for November rose 44 cents, or 0.6%, to $71.89 a barrel by 0324 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures for October was at $68.49 a barrel, up 35 cents, or 0.5%.

Barring Solana, which lost as much as 8 per cent, eight out of the top 10 cryptocurrencies were trading higher at 9.30 hours IST. Polkadot led the gainers with a rise of 15 per cent, whereas Binance Coin and Cardano added 6 per cent each.

Diaz de Leon pointed out that the value of cryptocurrencies have often swung wildly in a single day.

If we look at good performers in the year, large-cap businesses like HDFC Bank, TCS and Infosys did well. Consumer businesses as a space did very well. Many midcap businesses like Relaxo, PI, Aarti, Kajaria did well too.

National Stock Exchange (NSE) on August 26 directed its members, including stockbrokers, to discontinue the sale of digital gold on their platforms by September 10.

After a strong 32 per cent rally in the last one week, Solana, with a market capitalisation of $55 billion, is a few steps behind the fifth largest and dollar-pegged cryptocurrency Tether. Binance Coin is pinned at the fourth spot.

The investment platform​​ enables investors to digitally invest in high yield, high return properties with blockchain-based registry.

Despite the fact that the Income Tax Department has not issued any explanation on the subject, investors are required to pay tax on crypto-transactions dependent on the type of the transactions.

Analysts expect capex in core sectors such as cement, metals, oil refining and power to be around Rs 5 lakh crore, which is not only highest in a decade but also likely to be more than double the capex spent over the previous three years.

The Nikkei average rose 1.25 per cent to 30,381.84, the ninth session of gains in the last ten. For the week, it was up 4.3 per cent.