Wall Street logged its biggest drop in more than a year as markets were jolted by another surge in oil prices.

The Indian benchmark indices tripped into the red terrain in mid-morning trade. The metal, auto, and bank sectors were underweighted. The rising crude oil prices amid continuing Russia-Ukraine crisis continued to keep the investors on the edge. The FII outflow of Rs 7,482.08 crore was seen and domestic investor inflow of Rs 5331.03 crore was seen on Monday. Also, the United States is considering acting alone to ban Russian oil imports rather than teaming up with allies in Europe, easing concerns of a wider disruption to crude supplies. 

The rupee has tanked to its lifetime low of 77.11 against the US dollar today as escalating geopolitical risks of the Russia-Ukraine conflict pushed investors to safe-haven assets like gold. 

The mounting tensions between the two European nations kept crude oil prices at an elevated level and heightened worries about domestic inflation and wider trade deficits. Continued foreign fund outflows and a relatively less inflow of domestic investors into equities also weighed on investor sentiment.  

The Indian markets experienced carnage on Monday's early trade due to weakening in global markets as concerns over the Russian invasion of Ukraine fuels and also the crude oil reaching a multi-year high. 

A broad-based sell-off was witnessed across indices on exchanges BSE and NSE along with global markets. A spike in crude oil prices and currency depreciation has caused higher input costs for companies across sectors. Also, rising global inflation has made investors cautious. The foreign investors were seen pulling off money from the Indian market, FII outflow of 7,631.02 crore and domestic investor inflow of Rs 4738.99 crore was seen on Friday.   

The company board has agreed to a third interim dividend of Rs 13 per equity share on the face value of rupee 1 per share for the current financial year 2021-2022, a total sum of Rs 4,832 crore. Vedanta in a regulatory filing said that the record date for payment of dividends is Thursday, March 10, 2022. 

Nifty Auto stocks saw a constant fall amid weak markets in today's session. Banks, auto, and consumer durables stocks were the worst hit, due to the continued escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war and soaring oil prices. The Nifty FMCG index fell 1.80 per cent to 34,390.70 and has lost 3.16 per cent in three sessions. Also, the European bourses are set for a weak open as Euro Stoxx 50 futures and German DAX futures shed 2.6 per cent, while FTSE futures lost 1.4 per cent. 

Along with Asian stocks, Indian indices tripped on Friday as investors watch Russia's invasion of Ukraine getting worse. As the Russian forces attack on Europe's largest nuclear power plant, the facility is currently secure, a state of emergency was declared by Ukraine. The Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) outflow/sales was seen worth Rs 6644.65 crore; while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) inflow/purchase was seen of Rs 4799.24 crore in the Indian equity market on March 3. 

Arihant Capital Markets Ltd informed the exchanges and investors that the Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on March 3, 2022, that it has approved the interim dividend of, Rs 0.75 (15 per cent) per equity share of the face value of Rs 5 each to the shareholders of the company for the financial year 2021-22. 

A broad-based buying was observed with metal stocks outperforming and leading the rally given the global scenarios. The oil & gas stocks gained as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war skyrocketed the oil and resource prices ever higher than before. The domestic equities also rose to track positive global cues as Asian shares gain. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that he was “inclined to propose and support a 25-basis-point rate hike in the month of March.”  

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Brent crude futures climbed USD 3.55, or 3.4 per cent, to USD 108.52 a barrel, making new highs not seen since July 2014. The Indian rupee has depreciated by 0.16 points reaching 75.65 against the dollar. India's GDP growth dropped down to 5.4 per cent in February from 8.5 per cent the previous quarter.