(Updates for morning trade) By Vivek Kumar M and Bharath Rajeswaran May 8 (Reuters) - Indian benchmark indexes were subdued on Thursday, as investors weighed geopolitical tensions with Pakistan, persistent concerns over inflation and unemployment risks in the United States. The Nifty 50 was flat at 24,411.5 and the BSE Sensex was tepid at 80,776.75, as of 10:26 a.m. IST....

(Updates for markets open) May 8 (Reuters) - India's benchmark indexes opened little changed on Thursday, as investors assessed the ongoing tensions with neighbour Pakistan and as the U.S. Federal Reserve said risks of higher inflation and unemployment have risen due to the global trade war. The Nifty 50 fell 0.11% to 24,388.9 and the BSE Sensex lost 0.07% to...

ORLANDO, Florida, May 7 (Reuters) - Amid all the uncertainty surrounding U.S. growth, Federal Reserve policy, and the attractiveness of the dollar, the U.S. bond market is remarkably tranquil, calling into question long-held fears about the massive 'basis trade'. While Treasuries experienced a brief bout of volatility following the Trump administration's 'Liberation Day' tariffs last month, including a spike in...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday in choppy trading, buoyed as semiconductor stocks rallied late on a report that regulations on artificial intelligence chips would be loosened. For most of the session, stocks bounced around, and trading remained choppy after the Federal Reserve kept U.S. interest rates unchanged in a move that market participants expected. Close to the...