The eagerly awaited August consumer price index (CPI) data indicated progress in the Federal Reserve's battle against inflation.

About 2,301 shares have advanced, 1,101 declined and 150 are unchanged on BSE.

It tracks periodical changes in prices and is thus monitored closely by policy decision-makers, analysts, businesses and consumers. 

Let's look at how factors like interest rate hikes, imports and exports, employment, and foreign exchange reserves affect the rupee's movement.

The idea is that people will spend less if borrowing money or carrying a balance on a credit card costs more.

The shares of this company have made a fresh 52-week high at Rs 192.80 piece on September 16 (Friday).  

The stock has been hitting back-to-back upper circuits for a week and got locked in the 5 per cent upper circuit on Friday as well.  

At market close on Friday, the markets ended the session on a flat note, owing to mixed global cues.  

At the day’s end, Sensex settled at 58,803.33, up by 36.74 points or 0.06 per cent whereas Nifty 50 closed at 17,539.45, down by 3.35 points or 0.02 per cent.  

At market close on Thursday, the markets plunged, owing to weak market cues, globally. Sensex settled at 58,766.59, dropping 770.48 points or 1.29 per cent while Nifty 50 closed at 17,542.80, down by 216.50 points or 1.22 per cent.   

At 2.30 pm on Thursday, the markets were seen recovering from the day’s low as Asia- Pacific markets tumbled following the overnight cooling off of the most recent Wall Street rise.  

Distinct signs of economic weakness such as volatile equity markets, raging inflation and regular hikes in interest rates are compelling investors to ask the daunting question: Have we entered recession? To answer the question – no, the Indian economy is not in a recession. Let us understand the precise meaning of recession. There are many ways in which recession can be defined

Fears of a recession have increased lately as the Federal Reserve tries to combat surging inflation with aggressive rate hikes, resulting in volatile risk sentiment around the world