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Indian stock markets rallied on Thursday, with the Sensex surging over 905 points and the Nifty gaining 1.05 per cent, as the US Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates unchanged, a marginal easing in crude oil prices, and renewed institutional buying improved investor sentiment.

HONG KONG, Oct 29 — Tech firms diverged today with a mixed bag of results for some of the AI sector’s big beasts tempering the recent spurt of optimism amid growing anxiety...

Asian shares and U.S. futures are mixed, weighed down by some big technology stocks after Google parent Alphabet’s earnings were below expectations. As expected, the Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged. Oil prices fell more than 1% early Thursday, even as U.S. officials warned that renewed military action against Iran could come after the Nov. 3 midterm elections. On Wednesday, Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 added 0.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2%, and the technology-he

The Nifty Midcap 150 and Nifty Smallcap 250 indices have fallen roughly 4% this month, while the benchmark Nifty has held broadly flat. Largecap earnings are lending support, with second-quarter net profit at Nifty 50 companies up 19% from a year earlier.

Microsoft rose 2.5% after its earnings, partly offsetting the impact. The Fed held rates unchanged, with two dissenting votes.

Australian shares opened higher, drawing support from gains on Wall Street. Gold recovered to about $4,050 an ounce. The Federal Reserve signalled it could raise interest rates further depending on how inflation develops.

The S&P 500 rose 0.2% in early Wednesday trading, while the Nasdaq composite gained 0.4%. Crude oil climbed more than 2% after an attack on a major Saudi Arabian refinery by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Brent crude, the international benchmark, was also up almost 2% at $111.38 a barrel.

The company posted operating profit of 83.3 trillion won for the latest quarter, nearly seven times the year-earlier figure. The result exceeded market expectations.

Futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose on Wednesday, buoyed by memory-chip stocks after SK Hynix's bumper results, with investors now looking to a slate of key earnings as the next test of AI...

The Australian sharemarket erased its morning gains after the release of the nation’s latest inflation figures increased pressure on the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates next week.