Sebi proposes to relax ownership rules to allow more entrants in the exchange space, which is seeing a disruption globally with the emergence of new technologies such as block chain.

The rise in US bond yields spooked investors last week and there could a further increase given the inflation dynamics, according to Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies. "The US bond market sell-off has continued over the past week, and with it the increased potential for an inflation scare. "Still, there is plenty of scope for bonds to sell off more since the last time the 5-year forward inflation expectation rate was running at current levels (namely in early December 2018), the 10- and 30-year bond yields were significantly higher at 2.91 per cent and 3.17 per cent, respectively," the market guru said in his newsletter GREED & fear. The 10-year and 30-year US Treasury finished at 1.34 per cent and 2.13 per cent, respectively, last week.

The bulk of the incremental profits will come from oil & gas and automobile sectors.

Through anchor allotment, a firm can demonstrate the demand for shares by getting marquee investors on board.

The firm is on course to replace state-owned Gail India in the widely-followed index during the semi-annual review set for March.

'We know that returning money to unitholders at the earliest is the first and most important step towards resurrecting our brand and regaining investor trust.'

Shares of all the 14 companies are currently trading above their issue price.

The total default is said to be in excess of Rs 3,000 crore - making this the largest default by a broker.

Maximum promoter holding to be eligible for reclassification to be raised from 10% to 15%; waiting time to be brought down to one month from three.

The move will increase working capital requirement for brokers, raise the work load on the system and will leave little room for contingencies.

While Airtel has hiked the limit to 100 per cent in principle, the company needs to address some issues on overseas investment limits in subsidiaries, before the changes come into effect. Until then, the cap on foreign ownership will remain at 49 per cent under the automatic route.

The markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), recently introduced fresh guidelines to determine the place of a mutual fund (MF) on its riskometer tool.

The NSE held 25 to 100 per cent stakes in these entities through its subsidiary NSE Investments as of September.

T'I am not going to buy small- or mid-cap stocks at very high valuations if it doesn't make sense for the investors.'

Several brokers used shares of dormant or inactive clients to provide margins for other more active clients. This prompted Sebi to rework its entire system of pledging.

In the past four months, more than 4 million new accounts have been opened, taking the total to 44.3 million.

The Chinese authority hasn't entirely sold its stake but just trimmed it below 1 per cent. Stock exchange shareholding disclosure captures names of public shareholders who own more than 1 per cent stake.

The mid-cap universe - comprising firms that rank 101-250 in terms of m-cap - could see as many as 17 new stocks move out. Similarly, over half a dozen stocks could exit the large-cap universe, which is defined as the top 100 entities in terms of m-cap.

Many believe that the surge in the markets defy economic reality and is being fuelled by aggressive monetary easing by central banks across the world.

This is the fastest the markets have taken to get out of bottom, compared to previous crises.