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U.S. stocks were mixed Tuesday, with the Dow Jones tumbling while other indices held their ground.

U.S. stocks were mixed Tuesday, with the Dow Jones tumbling while other indices held their ground.

U.S. stocks were mixed Tuesday, with the Dow Jones tumbling while other indices held their ground.

The question now is how much more evidence policymakers will need to see before they take their foot off the brake.

The question now is how much more evidence policymakers will need to see before they take their foot off the brake.

As of 12:30, Sensex went up by almost 900 points or 1.5% to 60,802 points, whereas Nifty gained 250 points or 1.42% to 18,113 points and the banking gauge Nifty Bank is trading at 42,633 points, up 444 points or 1.05%

World stocks rallied on Friday, led by Wall Street, as investors cheered a crucial U.S. jobs report that showed wage growth slowed in December, fuelling bets that inflation is easing and the Federal Reserve need not be as aggressive as some feared.

Wall Street sparked a global rally in stocks after data showed wage growth slowing, fuelling investor bets that inflation is easing and that interest rates may not rise as high as feared.

Friday's data showed the U.S. economy added jobs at a solid clip in December, pushing the unemployment rate back to a pre-pandemic low of 3.5% as the labor market stayed tight, while average hourly earnings rose 4.6% in December from a year earlier, down from 4.8% in November. Even though the data showed a still-robust labor market, investors saw the report as a sign that a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy amidst rising rates is possible, and focused on the cooling in wage infl...

By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) -World stocks rallied on Friday, led by Wall Street, as investors cheered a crucial U.S. jobs report that showed wage growth slowed in December, fuelling bets that inflation