Selecting the right mutual fund is only part of successful investing, as investor behaviour can have a bigger impact on long-term returns. Experts say biases such as recency bias and fear often lead investors to buy after rallies and sell during market corrections. This 'behaviour gap' can significantly reduce the returns investors ultimately realise.

China completed its first outbound digital yuan payment to Malaysia, paying ₹6.05 lakh for a shipment of durian fruits by bypassing the global payments mechanism SWIFT. China Construction Bank made the payment in e-CNY, China's central bank digital currency, and saw its transaction clearing time reduced to 30 minutes. Transfers via SWIFT cost $25-35/transaction, with clearing fees of over 6%.

Nine of India's 10 most valuable companies added a combined ₹2.51 lakh crore in market value last week amid a rally in equities. Bajaj Finance led the gains, followed by Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, TCS, Larsen & Toubro and LIC. Hindustan Unilever was the only company that saw a decline.

IndiGo will end its damp lease agreement with Norse Atlantic Airways for six Boeing 787-9 aircraft and discontinue wide-body operations from October 25. The airline said rising costs, airspace restrictions, higher fuel prices, and geopolitical uncertainty have made it unviable. Mumbai-Amsterdam flights will shift to Airbus A321XLR, while Heathrow services will be suspended until A350 deliveries.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) broke a four-month selling streak in July by investing ₹20,200 crore in Indian equities. The turnaround follows massive net outflows exceeding ₹2.54 lakh crore earlier in 2026, including a record ₹1.17 lakh crore withdrawn in March alone. Analysts attributed the renewed buying to reasonable valuations, improving corporate earnings and easing global pressures.

A US judge has allowed Minnesota's ban on AI apps that generate "nudified" images to take effect despite xAI's lawsuit. The court said xAI waited nearly three months after the law was signed and sought to block it only days before it took effect on August 1. The delay undermined its claim of immediate harm, the judge ruled.

Indian startups raised $662 million (₹6,315 crore) in July, down sharply from $2 billion (₹19,078 crore) in June, when Meta's investment in CRED boosted overall funding. July saw only one funding round above $100 million, with Emergent becoming the seventh unicorn of 2026. Despite the monthly decline, funding remained above May's $630 million (₹6,010 crore).

Centre released an additional ₹1.09 lakh crore in tax devolution (the sharing of central tax revenues with states) as an advance instalment ahead of the regular monthly transfer due on August 10. The instalment is meant to give states more room to boost capital and development spending, the Finance Ministry said. Uttar Pradesh received the largest share at ₹19,208 crore.

Leopold Aschenbrenner, ex-OpenAI researcher often called 'AI Prophet', is set to marry Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's Chief of Staff Avital Balwit over this weekend. He is getting married days after selling a majority of his $45-billion public stocks, which dropped his holdings to $10 billion. Aschenbrenner has reportedly offered one-on-one phone calls to investors during his honeymoon week.

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) recorded its highest-ever monthly transaction volume in July, according to the latest NPCI data. Transaction volume rose 22% year-on-year to 23.66 billion, while transaction value increased 19% to ₹29.88 lakh crore. Transaction value had hit a record ₹29.90 lakh crore in May before dipping to ₹28.92 lakh crore in June.