Govt to issue sovereign gold bonds tranche in Dec, Feb

The SGBs will be sold through scheduled commercial banks (except small finance banks, payment banks and regional rural banks), Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited, Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL), designated post offices, National Stock Exchange of India Limited and Bombay Stock Exchange Limited.

Tokyo stocks open lower on stronger yen

Tokyo stocks opened lower on Friday despite gains in US shares, as a stronger yen against the dollar weighed on the Japanese market. “The Japanese market is expected to start lower due to the significant appreciation of the yen,” senior market analyst Toshiyuki Kanayama of brokerage Monex said.