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ANI | Updated: Aug 11, 2026 22:12 IST New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Individuals trading in the equity Futures and Options (F&O) segment lost Rs 91,685 crore in the financial year ended March 2026, according to data shared by the Ministry of Finance in the Rajya Sabha.In reply to a written question, the Finance Ministry said the losses were recorded among individual/retail participants in the equity derivatives segment, based on an analysis conducted by market regulator SEBI. The data showed that 78.6 lakh individual traders participated in F&O trading in FY26, with the average loss per person standing at…

Data centres are getting pretty close to homes in the US. Picture: Getty Images The data centre boom is slowly arriving in Australia and residents are rightly asking what it all means for the neighbourhoods where these developments spring up. The same questions are being asked in the US. But with America’s own data centre explosion being ahead of Australia’s, their lived experiences offer potential insight into what data centres could mean for the population Down Under. The impact on home prices is a huge source of concern for many Aussies, and how data centres are impacting the real estate…

BlackRock will initially make the products available across 15 jurisdictions. The listed markets include the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and Singapore.Beyond investment management, BlackRock identified potential uses in corporate treasury operations, digital collateral management, bank distribution channels and broader tokenized financial ecosystems. These applications connect regulated fund exposure with blockchain-based financial infrastructure.The European launch follows BlackRock’s announcement of two tokenized US money market products for reserve management. BlackRock previously launched its BUIDL tokenized fund in 2024 as part of its broader digital asset strategy.BlackRock executives have also described a longer-term model involving tokenized Treasury…

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In this picture, the State Bank of Pakistan building in Karachi can be seen. — SBP/website/FileKARACHI: The central bank on Monday said Pakistan’s economic growth is expected to recover in fiscal year 2027 but warned that risks such as Middle East tensions, global energy price volatility, climate change and delays in structural reforms could impact this outlook.In its biannual Monetary Policy Report (MPR), the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said that inflation is projected to ease and stabilise near the upper bound of the target range towards the end of FY27.Economic growth is expected to pick up and remain in…

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Prediction markets have surged from academic curiosity to a $44 billion industry in under three years. What began as simple election wagers on Wall Street in the 1860s now prices everything from Federal Reserve rate decisions to whether OpenAI will announce achieving AGI before 2027. The growth reflects something deeper than a crypto bull market: in a world of fragmented trust, algorithmic media, and institutional decline, probability itself has become a product. TL;DR Combined trading volume on Polymarket and Kalshi exceeded $44 billion in 2025, up from roughly $2 billion the year before, with 13 federally regulated platforms now operating…

Mumbai, 5th Aug’26: HDFC Securities Limited, one of India’s leading brokerage firms, has launched a curated suite of algorithmic trading strategies on its InvestRight and HDFC SKY platforms. The offering provides 16 ready-to-use models (six for equity and ten for F&O) that enable clients to automate their trades based on predefined rules, without needing to build strategies or code on their own. With this launch, HDFC Securities aims to democratize access to systematic investing and trading tools that were traditionally available only to advanced or institutional participants. The strategies draw on rule-based approaches such as trend-following, mean reversion, and momentum, and are designed to help investors cut out emotion, follow a disciplined process, and respond faster to changing market…

Equity mutual fund inflows declined 15% in July to Rs 24,697 crore, compared with an inflow of Rs 28,973 crore in the previous month.Among the 11 sub-categories, small-cap funds received the highest inflow at Rs 7,767 crore, marking the highest-ever inflow in the category.Midcap mutual funds received the second-highest inflows at Rs 6,192 crore, followed by flexicap funds, which received Rs 4,709 crore during the month. Large & midcap funds and multicap funds received inflows of Rs 3,425 crore and Rs 3,227 crore, respectively.Four equity mutual fund categories recorded outflows in July. Largecap funds saw the highest outflow at Rs…

Commercial real estate investment in South Florida has soared since last year. But don’t get excited yet. Most property types are feeling the weight of elevated inflation and interest rates. “When you have those two things going on, the institutional markets are like, ‘We don’t have certainty. Pencils down,’” said Avison Young’s Michael Fay. Deal volume in the tri-county region reached $9.3 billion in the first half of the year, a 19 percent increase over the same period last year, an uptick largely driven by industrial sales, according to an Avison Young report. The only other asset class that posted an increase in…