The rot is is not limited to Chitra Ramkrishna and the yogi, observed Debashis Basu.
Rallis India Ltd, a Tata group company, is to sell its gelatine business to Sterling Biotech Ltd for Rs 47 crore in an all cash deal.
India's third largest software services exporter ended the day 4.41 per cent lower at Rs 492.20 on the BSE after falling 8.41 per cent to Rs 471.55 in intra-day trade.
Last month, the high court had ordered an interim status quo on the $4-billion deal, after a suit from some individual investors alleged insider trading in Ranbaxy's shares by Silverstreet Developers, Sun's wholly owned arm, before the deal was announced on April 6.
TV Today Network on Wednesday said it has filed draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India for its over Rs 100 crore initial public offering, involving 14.5 million shares.
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala sounded another note of caution on the nature of the latest bull run.
In a bid to incentivise its staff and improve their performance, Air India may soon offer them employee stock options (ESOPs). The erstwhile national carrier, which was acquired by the salt-to-steel conglomerate Tata Group last year, will be the second company in the Group to have an ESOP policy. Tata Motors is the other Group company with an ESOP policy, which was implemented in 2018.
Rise in investor sentiment, return of risk appetite aid shares across the board
The BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices outperformed to gain 0.6% and 1.1%, respectively
Wipro's scrip jumped 2.97 per cent to Rs 468.50 on the NSE.
India's first liquefied natural gas importer Petronet LNG Ltd will debut on the stock markets on March 26 when 260 million equity shares will be listed on the Bombay and the National stock exchanges.
Ashish Chauhan, MD & CEO of BSE, says it is prudent for investors to deal with more than one exchange as a risk management strategy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is deeply concerned by the war in Ukraine and his meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York demonstrates his commitment to finding a way forward and contributing in any way possible to a resolution of the conflict, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is facing as many as 15 complaints from investors, but the grievances pertained to the government's offer to sell 10 per cent equity in the company.
Educational technology company Byju's chief financial officer Ajay Goel has quit after completing the audit process for the financial year 2022 and will return to Vedanta, the company said in a statement. The edtech major has roped in industry veteran Pradip Kanakia as senior advisor, and president (finance) Nitin Golani has been given additional responsibility as India chief finance officer (CFO) to handle the finance function of the company.
BSE's, NSE's overnight liquid fund facility can help stock investors maximise returns
A social stock exchange, broadly, is understood to be a platform that allows investors to buy shares, bonds or units in a social enterprise that has been vetted by the exchange. These allow firms operating in sectors such as health, environment and transportation to raise risk capital.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday began his day-long visit to the financial capital by reviewing the operations of Unit Trust of India.
The bank plans to raise unsecured and rated Rupee Innovative Perpetual Debt Instruments, upper Tier or Lower Tier II subordinated debt during the remaining part of 2008-09 and 2009-10, SBI said in a filling to the National Stock Exchange. The fund not exceeding Rs 18,000 crore (Rs 180 billion) would be raised in tranches with a minimum maturity of over 60 months as per the RBI guidelines through structured deals or by private placement, it said.
Two equity funds at the opposite ends of the risk matrix - small-cap and arbitrage - bucked the 'low inflow' trend in May this calendar year 2023 (CY23) to receive the highest net inflows in recent years. The Rs 3,280-crore net inflows into small-cap schemes in May was the highest for the category since the mutual fund (MF) industry started releasing fund-wise inflow data in April 2019. Arbitrage schemes raked in a net Rs 6,640 crore - the highest since July 2021.
The S&P BSE Auto Index has been one of the biggest outperformers among sectoral indices over the past year with returns of 26 per cent. By comparison, the benchmarks - the National Stock Exchange Nifty50 and the S&P BSE Sensex - managed about 6-8 per cent during this period. Improving demand, falling raw material costs, and rising product realisations, led by the premiumisation of portfolios, have led to a revision of growth estimates and upgrades by domestic brokerages.
Colgate-Palmolive, New York has sold off 10.94 per cent stake in its Indian subsidiary to its Singapore-based unit Colgate Palmolive (Asia) Pte Ltd.
'Investors should hold equity assets for 3 to 5 years.'
According to a late evening filing with the National Stock Exchange, Gulu will buy the 33.3 per cent stake held by Sonu's wife for about Rs 110 crore (Rs 1.1 billion). The proposed deal will increase Gulu's stake in the holding entity from 27.77 per cent to 61.07 per cent. Guvisco owns a 52.74 per cent stake in Mirc, which manufactures the Onida brand of consumer goods. Onida has a share of 8-10 per cent in the Rs 14,000-crore (Rs 140-billion) colour television market.
Benchmark indices gain 30% this year, buoyed by global liquidity, new government
Facing opposition fire for exit polls allegedly being used for stock market manipulation, Axis My India's chief Pradeep Gupta has said he is open to facing all kinds of investigations and it would help do business in a much better way if the government frames specific regulations for pollsters.
tailwinds of a remarkable year and handsome investor returns, Indian equities are set for an eventful journey in 2024, with a slew of local and global cues -- varying from interest rates to Lok Sabha polls to geopolitical happenings. Analysts are of the view that the bull run in the domestic equity market will continue, and over the next 3-6 months, the benchmark indices -- Sensex and Nifty -- could climb up to 7 per cent. In 2023, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 11,399.52 points or 18.73 per cent, and the NSE Nifty climbed 3,626.1 points or 20 per cent.
Overnight, the Wall Street closed on a flatter note.
R H Patil was on Thursday appointed chairman of UTI Asset Management Company, the country's largest mutual fund.\n\n
The stock market historically exhibits volatility on Budget day.
Leading car manufacturer Maruti Udyog Ltd has bought Suzuki Motor Corporation's 30 per cent stake in the joint venture Maruti Suzuki Automobile India Ltd for Rs 12 crore (Rs 120 million), taking its total stake in MSAIL to 100 per cent.
The report of the committee could be taken up at the next meeting of Securities and Exchange Board of India.
The BSE barometer, which had lost over 415 in the previous trading session, today moved up by 461.14 points at 14,944.97. Similarly, wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty rose by 130 points at 4,482.30. It touched the day's high of 4,558.00 and a low of 4,358.30 points.
Ramalingam Kalirajan explains the pros and cons of both investment types.
Monthly systematic investment plan (SIP) flows into India have held steady above Rs 13,000 crore in 2022-23 (FY23) in the face of markets delivering muted returns in 18 months. However, it is not a rose-tinted view when it comes to viewing new SIP registrations and the cessation of existing ones. The ratio of SIPs stopped as a percentage of fresh SIPs registered (called SIP stoppage or closure ratio in industry parlance) stood at 56 per cent in the first 11 months of FY23, compared with 41 per cent during the same period of 2021-22 (FY22).
While the four largest listed paint companies have seen marginal negative returns, the S&P BSE Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and the National Stock Exchange Nifty FMCG indices have delivered a solid 16 per cent return during the same period. Initially, volume growth and reduced costs bolstered the sector's sentiment, but brokerages have grown cautious due to increased competitive pressures.
The equity cult has grown at a rapid pace in India in the last few years, with retail investors latching on to the stock markets like never before. At 126.6 million, the number of dematerialised (demat) accounts, where investors hold their securities in electronic form for trading purposes, are at record high levels. The growth rate, on an annualised basis, stood at 27 per cent in 2022-2023, up from barely 6 per cent a decade ago.
India's Independence Day has been marked annually at Nasdaq for several years.
'Hackers from China and UK were involved in the October 12 power outage,' Maharashtra power minister tells Rediff.com.
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