While Garg claimed to have discussed his plans for voluntary retirement with the Prime Minister's Office beforehand, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says she wasn't aware of any such conversation. Both, however, stand by the soundness of the overseas bond plan introduced in Budget 2019

Just to clear, the sovereign bond issuance which was basically intended to ease the pressure on the domestic availability of resources, especially into the private sector, was a very well-considered decision, Garg said

Sensex Live Today: Sensex and Nifty closed on a negative note, as market participants turned cautious post the outcome of Union Budget 2019 amid globally weakened markets.

An alternative to cash, cheques and credit/debit cards, prepaid cards are being widely used in easing everyday financial transactions like paying bills, withdrawing money from an ATM and shopping online.

Share Market Update : Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed on the negative zone Friday on account of profit booking. The indices rallied to record high levels in the early trade, however, after which fell sharply to turned red and close on the negative zone by the closing session.

Share Market Updates: Suzlon, Justdial, Infibeam, DCM Shriram and Adani Power were the top gainers on BSE, while on NSE, YES Bank, Bharti Airtel, NTPC, TCS and Bajaj Finance were the top gaining stocks.

Except IT sector, all the other indices ended in the red in today's trade. Biggest fall in today's trade was seen in PSU Bank, which was down 2.8%, followed by Auto, Media, Infra, Energy and Metal, each declining over 1%. Only gaining sector of the day was IT, up 0.66%.

The total gold, jewellery and diamond sales, reached 274 billion dirhams last year, an increase of about three per cent compared to 2017

Share Market Updates: Shedding gains of the trading session Wednesday, benchmark indices closed in the red. Other major indices gave up all intraday gains to turn negative in trade as well.

Share Market Update: RIL, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, ICICI Bank, SpiceJet, Interglobe Aviation, HDFC, HDFC Bank, were the major gainers in the indices, while Jet Airways, Infosys, TCS and Hindalco were among top laggards.

The case pertains to Geelani in illegal possession of foreign exchange, a case which was being investigated by the ED under the Foreign Exchange Management Act