Markets show thumbs-down to Union Budget

Sat, 01 February 2025

12:39

The stock markets have reacted negatively to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2025.

Within 30 minutes of the Budget speech, the BSE Sensex was down by 278 points while the NSE Nifty was down by 98 points.

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