Benchmark indices on Friday witnessed a massive decline over global trade war fears.

The escalating tensions between Beijing and Washington sent shivers through financial markets, as investors foresaw dire consequences for the global economy if trade barriers start going up.

A day after its bid failed the legal eligibility test, ArcelorMittal, confirmed that it would participate in the rebid for Essar Steel.

“We have not yet received any formal notification from resolution professional. But we can confirm it is our intention to participate in a rebid," read a statement from ArcelorMittal. Sources close to Numetal said it had not heard officially from the resolution professional.

Mahindra and Mahindra and the India subsidiary of Ford Motor have signed five non-binding agreements, furthering the accord signed between them last September, Mahindra said.

The two automobile makers would be collaborating on multiple areas including connected vehicle projects, electric battery vehicles, development of compact sports utility vehicles (SUVs), B-segment SUVs and power trains.

LinkedIn, the popular social networking site for business people and professionals, released a report ranking 25 companies in India that are most preferred by professionals as their workplace. The list that is led by India’s Directi. Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Industries, country’s largest and most valued firm, stands at 24th on this list. The other Indian companies are Flipkart, One97 Communications, Ola, OYO, and MakeMyTrip.

The CCTV cameras of the Apollo hospital's ICU ward in Chennai were switched off during the time late AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa was admitted there, the group's chairman Dr Prathap C Reddy said today.

"Unfortunately they (CCTVs) were switched off. Jayalalithaa got admitted and one ICU was completely occupied only by her.

State Bank of India (SBI) hit a 52-week low of Rs 240.65, down 3% on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), falling below its previous low of Rs 241.15 touched on October 26, 2017 in intra-day trade.

In past three months, SBI has underperformed the market by falling 22% as compared to 7% decline in the Nifty 50 index. At 03:04 pm; the stock was trading 2.7% lower at Rs 241, against 0.32% decline in the benchmark index.

Tata Motors and a joint venture between Goldstone Infratech and BYD of China have bagged orders to supply electric buses to nine of the 10 cities that had invited tenders in the past two months as part of a pilot partly funded by the central department of heavy industries.

Tata Motors, which emerged as the lowest bidder, will supply 190 buses to six cities – Jaipur, Indore, Kolkata, Jammu, Guwahati and Lucknow – said the company’s spokesperson.

Shares of oil exploration and production companies such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Oil India, Aban Offshore, Jindal Drilling & Industries, Hindustan Oil Exploration Deep Industries and Selan Exploration Technology Company have rallied by up to 16% on the BSE in intra-day trade after oil hit a six-week high on Wednesday.

Brent crude futures were up $1.73, or 2.6%, at $69.15 per barrel by 12:50 a.m. EDT (1650 GMT). Brent has risen by nearly 12% since hitting a two-month low of $61.77 in early February, the Reuters report suggested.

Mumbai: Bharat Petro Resources Ltd (BPRL), the exploration and production arm of state-run oil marketing company Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) is planning to raise $600 million to refinance debt, two people aware of the development said.

BPRL has $600 million debt, which the firm accumulated across its acquisitions of global hydrocarbon assets.

Mumbai: India’s biggest oil refiner Indian Oil Corp. is planning to invest as much as $3.5 billion in the year beginning 1 April, or about a fifth more than the previous year, to expand and upgrade its refineries and boost its marketing network, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The company plans to use internal resources for the capital expenditure and has no plans to raise loans or issue bonds, the people said, asking not to be identified as they aren’t authorized to speak to the media.

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