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Sensex Jumped Today. The Real Reason May Be Sitting In Your Petrol Pump

Today’s market cheer was not only about Dalal Street. A softer crude oil price gave India’s stocks, rupee and inflation mood some much-needed elbow room. Sometimes the stock market does not need a grand speech. It just needs oil to calm down. On Monday, Indian equities jumped sharply, with the Sensex rising 1.54% to 76,679.37 and the Nifty 50 climbing 1.45% to 23,964. The move was part of a broader global rally after a reported U.S.-Iran peace deal eased worries around the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important oil-shipping routes. And here is the petrol-pump connection. Brent crude fell nearly 4.7% to around $83 a barrel. For India, that is not a small detail sitting in some trader’s screen. India imports a large share of its crude oil, so every sharp move in global oil prices can quietly touch fuel bills, airline costs, transport charges, company profits ...

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