Indian markets are closed for Diwali, but there will be a special one-hour Muhurat trading session tonight. Sensex and Nifty fell on Thursday, while the rupee remained steady. Asian stocks are down due to inflation concerns and mixed U.S. tech earnings. Chinese markets are stable, with factory activity and property sales showing improvement. Japan’s Nikkei dropped over 2% as the yen strengthened. The dollar is holding steady, gold is up slightly, and oil prices rose on Iran-Israel tensions. U.S. stocks fell on cost warnings, while economic data showed mixed results on spending, unemployment, and inflation. European stocks also declined due to higher euro zone inflation.

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