As per provisional closing, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, declined 217.41 points or 0.29% to 74,115.17. The Nifty 50 index lost 92.20 points or 0.41%, to 22,460.30.

Nearly 1.7 million people over State Pension age across Great Britain, including 150,000 in Scotland, are set to receive up to £1,362 each month from April as part of the annual uprating exercise from ...