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​“With the announcement of sanctions, the Forward Rate Agreement – Overnight Indexed Swap spread – a measure of how expensive or cheap it will be for banks to borrow in the interbank market relative to the risk-free rate – has widened, along with spreads on nonfinancial commercial paper,” said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report.

Further, the markets watchdog has directed all banks to attach all accounts including lockers held by the defaulters.There is sufficient reason to believe that the defaulter may dispose of the securities in the account held by you and realisation of amount due under the certificate would in consequence be delayed or obstructed, Sebi said.

Abhishek Jadon, smallcase manager and vice president, Windmill Capital, said that uncertainties like interest rate hikes, war crisis, and rising crude oil prices impacted the markets, and they are likely to witness bouts of volatility until these issues subside.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been flagging concerns about cryptocurrencies, which are seen as a highly speculative asset.In the foreword to the 25th issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR) released on Thursday, Das also said that as the financial system gets increasingly digitalised, cyber risks are growing and need special attention.

The equity shares of the company has commenced trading on the BSE and the NSE under the new ticker symbol JWL, the company said, adding that the business will have 38,74,47,419 shares at the exchange under the provisions of the amended merger agreement.

"Gold prices traded weak with spot gold prices at COMEX trading down at USD 1,815 per ounce on Thursday. Gold prices are stuck in the narrow range on mixed global cues," said Tapan Patel, Senior Analyst (Commodities) at HDFC Securities.

RBI said that the decline in real returns on fixed income investments, simplification of Know Your Customer (KYC) registration processes, effective use of digital technology and opening of online accounts, enhanced availability of investment information on digital modes and growing public awareness has promoted a widening of the investor base, including first-time investors.

"After the formation of false upside breakout at 15,800 levels on June 27, the absence of any sharp weakness from near the hurdle in the last three sessions could be in favour of the bulls to make a comeback from the lows. But, any decisive move below 15,600 levels is likely to negate the bullish bet and could result in sharp weakness down to 15,200 level," Shetti said.

The marketing executive from Summit, New Jersey, says his holdings, including a number of different cryptocurrencies like ethereum, are down around 60% from where he bought. What was 2% of his portfolio is now around 0.8% - making him wring his hands about whether to hold on, head for the exits, or buy the dip.

“Everybody is also at the moment pausing, reflecting and looking forward to the fifty years of GST. From an ease of doing business prospect, around 60% have said the government has done a great job to be engaging and working proactively on technical issues and the accessibility has been across the states and the centre as well. They hope that continues.”