Sensex tracks 30 large, well-established companies listed on BSE and was introduced in 1979. Nifty 50 tracks 50 major companies listed on the NSE and was launched in 1995.

Alphabet's aggressive AI spending comes on the back of strong revenue growth momentum. It crossed the $400 billion annual revenue mark for the first time.

Google now has 325 million paid subscriptions across consumer services, led by strong adoption for Google One and YouTube Premium, said Sundar Pichai.

Sensex, Nifty declined amid profit booking after a three-day rally due to weak trend in global stock markets.

This came after gold and silver prices were rebounding for the last two sessions following a sharp slump earlier.

Alphabet executives struck a more confident tone on the company's post-earnings call on Wednesday, the first since it released the Gemini 3 model

Competition Commission of India orders probe into airline after mass cancellations in December

IT stocks: Jefferies sees 'more pain ahead' for IT sector Anthropic’s Cowork plug-ins highlight how AI could erode application services revenue, which accounts for 40–70% of IT firms’ topline

Bitcoin is hovering around the lowest levels since Donald Trump’s election win in November 2024.

For the year so far, FIIs have been net sellers of shares worth Rs 43,063 crore, while DIIs have net bought shares worth Rs 70,978 crore.

The deal, which would make Blackstone the largest shareholder in Federal Bank, involves an investment of around $700 million for a 9.9% stake. The private equity major had reached an agreement for the investment in October