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• The Indian stock market showed positive momentum on Friday, with the Sensex rising 400 points and the Nifty trading around the 23,750 level. • While broader markets like the Nifty MidCap and SmallCap indices saw marginal gains of 0.04% and 0.11%, Max Healthcare shares experienced a significant decline of 7%. • Investors are focusing on upcoming Q4FY26 earnings reports from several major companies, including Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Eicher Motors, and Hindalco Industries.

• The Indian stock market saw a recovery as the Nifty reclaimed the 23,800 level and the Rupee strengthened to move below 96. • Gains were driven by the Nifty Bank and financial services indices, which rose by approximately 0.8% and 0.77%, while media, realty, and IT sectors experienced declines. • Honasa Consumer shares hit a 10% upper circuit following strong Q4 results, reporting a 177.9% increase in net profit to Rs 69.2 crore and revenue growth of 23.1% to Rs 657.1 crore.

• GIFT Nifty indicates a positive start for the BSE Sensex and Nifty50 as they enter the final trading session of the week this Friday. • The market is currently navigating volatility driven by high crude oil prices and geopolitical uncertainty surrounding the US-Iran conflict. • Market analysts emphasize that the indices must sustain positions above key resistance levels to confirm a broader, stronger recovery trend.

• Moneycontrol.com is providing real-time live updates and comprehensive news coverage regarding the current status of the Indian stock market. • The platform is focusing on delivering the latest share market trends and critical updates to help investors track market movements. • Technical indicators are being highlighted as essential tools for traders to determine overall trend directions and identify potential price reversals.

‘Look, if I was in a French supermarket, I probably would have got a two for one deal on that one,’ woman in WA told national TVFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen a group of housemates in Western Australia bought a pair of lettuces in a sealed plastic bag – reduced for quick sale to $1.15 – they got two other things for which they could not have bargained. One was a live frog reckoned to be the size of a man’s palm. The other, a slot on national television.But despite describing it as “the most random thing” they had encountered upon opening a packet of leafy greens from the supermarket, Laura Jones and Billie Le Pine fronted their interview on ABC news breakfast with a series or ready made one liners. Continue reading...

Advertised prices for new rental listings rising at fastest pace since October 2024. Follow updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s housing market is at its slowest for almost 18 months as buyers stick to cheaper properties and abandon interest in the top end of the market.Figures today from the data firm Cotality show Melbourne and Sydney house prices fell 0.6% in April. Melbourne’s home values have now fallen 1.9% since November, with Sydney’s down 1%. Continue reading...

London mayor also says his party should make clear manifesto commitment on full membership in next parliamentGood morning. Shortly before the general election in 2024, Keir Starmer said he did not think the UK would rejoin the EU in his lifetime. (He is now 63.) At the time he was loath to say anything that implied the Brexit vote was a mistake. More recently, Labour has been happy to talk about the economic damage done by the leave vote, and ministers want a closer relationship with the EU, but ruling out a customs union or single market membership remain firm red lines for Labour. And even more pro-EU parties, like the Liberal Democrats, are a bit vague about when full rejoining might be an option (not least because the last thing the Brussels probably wants is another half-decade of Brexit negotiations hell).But today Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, is trying to shift the debate into a different space. In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, he has said not just that rejoining would be good in principle (which is about as far as most pro-European Labour MPs are willing to go), but that Labour should commit to rejoining in its next election manifesto.I see on a daily basis the damage Brexit has done to not just London, but Londoners, the damage economically, socially and culturally. And I’m quite clear in terms of what needs to happen, which is I do think we should join the European Union …So I think there should be a five-stage process in relation to this. Continue reading...