At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 74.65 against the American dollar, and later witnessed an intra-day high of 74.57 and a low of 74.80 against the greenback. The local unit finally ended the day at 74.74, down 5 paise from the previous close.

Since the beginning of 2022, gold prices have been hovering around USD 1800 per ounce. To discuss the road ahead for gold prices, CNBC-TV18 spoke to PR Somasundaram, Regional CEO of India at World Gold Council.

Crypto tax is here in India after the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement of 30 percent tax on transfer of digital assets in the Budget 2022. Although the finance minister did maintain that taxing an asset does not legitimise it industry watchers believe that clarity on tax policy is the first step towards regulation. Could this reform be the first step in India's digital leap and what role can blockchain technology play? To discuss this, CNBC-TV18’s Manisha Gupta spoke to  Darshan Bathija, Co-Founder and CEO at Vauld, and Sandeep Nailwal, Co-Founder and COO at Polygon.

Stock Market Highlights: Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 ended a choppy session with mild gains on Tuesday, putting an end to a three-day losing streak, amid a mixed trend in global markets. Gains in auto, metal, pharma and PSU banking shares pushed the headline indices higher, though losses in IT and oil & gas shares limited the upside. Broader markets weakened, with the Nifty Midcap 100 index falling 0.7 percent, and its smallcap counterpart dropping 1.7 percent.