Saturday, March 07
Two persons were killed, and three others were injured in a shooting at a hockey arena in Rhode Island, United States, according to CNN.One of the victims in the incident was a young girl. CNN reported, citing the law enforcement officials, that the gunman also died of a self-inflicted wound following the shooting.Police officials said that the gunman appears to have been targeting his own family members.Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee said that the authorities are monitoring the situation. He spoke to Mayor Grebien and police officials."We are actively monitoring the shooting at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket. I just spoke with Mayor Grebien as well as @RIStatePolice, who are working with local law enforcement. I am praying for Pawtucket and everyone involved," Governor Dan McKee said
Mumbai: Wealth managers and strategists have one message for investors sitting on hefty gains from the tearaway rally in gold and silver: take money off the table. With both the precious metals having more than doubled in the past 18 months in a record-breaking run-up, pulling in a wave of new investors, the risk-reward may be stretched to hold an outsized bet, they said. "If you bought gold and silver over the past year and a half, this is the time to take profits and be a fence sitter," said Sahil Kapoor, head - Products, and market strategist, DSP Mutual Fund. Over the past 18 months, gold has been up 101% in dollar terms and 116% in rupee terms. Silver has surged 167% in dollar terms and 198% in rupee terms. While international silver has dropped 36.63% and gold is down 7.8% from their
Mumbai: The recent sell-off in information technology (IT) stocks has lessened their influence on moves in the benchmark Nifty, ceding more power to banks, whose share in the key index has strengthened to new highs. The free-float weight of IT stocks in the benchmark Nifty had fallen to 8.7% as of February 16 from 9.94 at the start of 2026, according to data from ETIG. At the same time, banks' weight has increased to 27.6% from 26.61% over the same period. The waning IT weight has resulted in the oil & gas sector, led by Reliance Industries, emerging as the second most influential bunch at 9.36%. In any market index, weights determine how much influence a stock or a set of stocks has on the measure's movement. Typically, weights show which sectors are leading earnings and liquidity.128
