new delhi mar 29 following are the top business stories at 1900 hours del17 bizsmallsavings new delhi the government has kept the interest rates on small savings schemes including nsc and ppf unchanged for the apriljune quarter dcm23 bizgaspricehike new delhi natural gas prices will rise by 10 per cent to their highest level in three years from april 1 a move that will result in rise in cng and piped cooking gas rates as well as cost of urea production dcm29 bizfiscal deficit new delhi the countrys fiscal deficit touched 1342 per cent of the fullyear revised budgeted estimate at the end of february 2019 mainly due to tepid growth in revenue collections official data showed friday del33 bizrbicad mumbai the countrys current account deficit widened to 25 per cent of gdp in third quarter of the current fiscal from 21 per cent a year ago primarily on account of a higher trade deficit the rbi said friday del35 bizgovt borrowing new delhi the finance ministry friday said the government will borrow rs 442 lakh crore in the first half of the fiscal 201920 del34 biz2nd ld stocks mumbaithe bse sensex climbed over 127 points to finish at 3867291 friday the last trading day of fiscal 201819 during which the benchmark posted a rise of 1730 per cent dcm30 biznclatld ilfs new delhi the national company law appellate tribunal nclat friday asked the government and the debtridden ilfs to submit details of assets and liabilities of 13 entities of the group del29 bizstockswealth new delhi investors wealth zoomed rs 883 lakh crore during 201819 fiscal driven by a rally in the broader market where the bse benchmark jumped over 17 per cent dcm28 bizsmallstocks new delhi small and midcap indices of the bse suffered losses of up to 116 per cent during 201819 lagging behind their bluechip peer which logged a gain of more than 17 per cent del15 bizbullionclose new delhi gold prices tumbled by rs 395 to rs 32700 per 10 grams at the bullion market friday following slackened domestic demand according to the all india sarafa association del28 bizrupeeclose mumbai the rupee appreciated by 16 paise friday to close at 6914 against the us dollar on persistent foreign fund inflows and heavy buying in domestic equities dcm3 bizpnb housingstake sale new delhi staterun punjab national bank pnb friday said it will sell its partial stake in pnb housing finance to global private equity firm general atlantic group and alternative investment firm varde partners for rs 18516 crore dcm10 bizindia incborrowings mumbai india incs borrowings from foreign markets fell to usd 281 billion in february down by 9 per cent as compared to the yearago month data from the reserve bank of india showed friday ruj mkj