Investors may have to wait a little longer for Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based block mechanism in the secondary market even as the market regulator has set the effective launch date as January 1, 2024. Several brokerage firms said they may take a few months more to implement it. Investors will be able to register for this facility only if the stock broker has opted for the UPI block facility.
Move over equity markets, mutual funds and bonds. Investors across India are these days picking up and trading in the latest investment avenue in town: the Gold Exchange Traded Funds.
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Forex, Money, bullion, metals, oils and oilseeds, cotton, grains and solvent markets will remain closed on April 30 and May 1 for Lok Sabha elections and 'Maharashtra Day', respectively.
Stocks of public sector companies, especially the oil refining and marketing companies (OMCs) - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) - logged gains on Tuesday in a weak market. While the Nifty lost nearly 1 per cent in trade on Tuesday, the Nifty CPSE index - a gauge of performance of central public sector enterprises on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) - gained over 3 per cent in intra-day trade. The rally in PSU stocks comes on the back of the BPCL chairman, Arun Kumar Singh suggesting in the company's annual general meeting (AGM) on Monday that the government intends to complete the divestment process in the OMC by March 2022.
As many as 61 companies hit the primary market in the 2010-11 fiscal.
Equity mutual fund (MF) schemes have raked in Rs 46,200 crore in net lump-sum inflows in the past six months (ended February 2024), almost thrice the inflow in the previous six-month period.
The Delhi high court on Friday sought response from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the bail plea by former managing director and chief executive officer of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Chitra Ramkrishna in connection with the co-location case. Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain issued notice on the bail application and listed the case for further hearing on May 31. The trial court had dismissed the bail plea of the former NSE boss on May 12 and said that no ground for bail was made out at this stage.
'The favourable rupee-dollar exchange rate, there are opportunities we can tap.'
The cash pile within smallcap mutual fund (MF) schemes has grown over the past few months amid a relentless rally in stocks in this space. While fund managers usually don't make cash calls, incessant inflows and valuation discomfort have forced their hand. At the end of January, the top 10 schemes had over Rs 12,160 crore in cash, compared to Rs 8,700 crore in August 2023.
The New York Stock Exchange on Friday announced selling its five per cent stake in India's top bourse NSE to Singapore government's investment arm Temasek.
With Housing Development Finance Corporation's (HDFC's) merger with HDFC Bank becoming effective on July 1, the merged entity is set to become the top weight in the benchmarks S&P BSE Sensex and the National Stock Exchange Nifty indices, dislodging the country's most valuable company, Reliance Industries (RIL), from its perch. HDFC will stop trading after July 13. At present, RIL has a weighting of close to 12 per cent in the Sensex and 10.3 per cent in the broad-based Nifty. Meanwhile, HDFC Bank and HDFC have weights of 9.9 per cent and 6.8 per cent in the Sensex and 8.8 per cent and 6 per cent in the Nifty, respectively.
Such tip-offs can be provided through phone using the toll-free number or via email and they will be kept confidential, while anonymous complaints can also be submitted for further probe by the relevant departments of the exchange.
Binani Cement on Wednesday said its promoters will acquire all the shares held by public and delist the company from the stock exchanges.
The latest directive by the two stock exchanges also comes ahead of a new Corporate Governance Code to be implemented by the capital markets watchdog for all listed companies with effect from October 1.
All major markets, including the Bombay Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange, foreign exchange, government securities, overnight call money, bullion and commodity are closed on Monday for the second phase of Lok Sabha
Besides, National Stock Exchange has lowered the daily permissible trading price limits for 24 stocks.
All the principal markets, including the Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange, the foreign exchange, money, and commodities marts will remain closed on Thursday, on account of Maharashtra Day holiday.
The forex and money markets will remain closed on Friday on account of 'Buddha Purnima'.
Japan's main market for emerging technology companies is in talks with the Bombay Stock Exchange for an alliance that could lead to Indian companies listing on its board in Tokyo.
According to the scheme, the deposit of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 1 million) for trading and up to Rs 20 lakh (Rs 2 million) for clearing members would be waived for already-registered members of the MCX, BSE, Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association of India, National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange and NSE, who choose to enroll before September 6.
A new cyber fraud known as 'pig butchering scam' or 'investment scam' has emerged, targeting unemployed youths, housewives, students, and needy people who are made to lose large sums of money daily, according to the latest annual report of the Union home ministry.
The NSE held 25 to 100 per cent stakes in these entities through its subsidiary NSE Investments as of September.
Unlike mutual funds, an ETF trades like a common stock.
The proposal to merge the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) units of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE has reached an advanced stage, and both bourses could file an application before the National Company Law Tribunal as early as this month, according to a top regulatory official. Sources indicate that the merger proposal has received approval from their respective boards. Both the NSE and BSE are arch rivals when it comes to onshore trading.
National Stock Exchange, India's biggest exchange by volume, launched its operations with nearly 200 members in 1994. BSE started operations in 1875 with 318 members.
Pressman Advertising was founded by H C Suchanti and is best known in the industry for its pioneering role in corporate and financial communication.
Most of the major markets, including Bombay Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange are closed
Select markets such as the Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange, the foreign exchange and the money market will remain closed on Friday
Benchmark BSE Sensex rose by 160 points on Thursday in choppy trade following gains in select banking and auto counters amid mixed global cues. The 30-share index gained 160 points to settle at 62,570.68 as 13 of its components advanced while 17 declined. The barometer opened lower but later gained momentum to touch a high of 62,633.56 in the day's trade.
The dealers operating in the space have jumped nearly three times over the past two years.
Leading stock exchange NSE, which is facing allegations of governance lapses, has started the hunt for a new managing director and chief executive officer as the five-year tenure of incumbent chief Vikram Limaye is ending in July. The exchange has invited applications from candidates having IPO (initial public offering) experience for the role of the top post before March 25, according to a public notice issued on Friday. Limaye is eligible for another term. However, as per Sebi's rule, the incumbent needs to compete with other candidates to win the next term.
Global financial services firm Goldman Sachs has said it is not planning to sell its five per cent stake in the National Stock Exchange.
Few financial products could match its derivative contracts that always sold at a premium. But the exchange forgot one crucial link: to back its contracts with solid assets.
The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange will be open for the special Diwali 'Muhurat' trading on Tuesday evening from 1805 hrs to 1920 hrs, to mark the beginning of the Hindu new calendar year 'Vikram Samvat 2062'.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Investors' Greivance Forum chief Kirit Somaiya has meanwhile filed a criminal complaint against Satyam and demanded that all transactions that have been conducted (after Raju admitted the fraud committed by him) must be reversed today (Friday, Jan 9) before 3 p.m. on the stock exchanges.
Foreign brokerage firm CLSA initiated coverage on the stock with a Sell rating and target price of Rs 1,095, citing hefty premium valuation.
Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi for the second day on Tuesday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the alleged illegal phone tapping of NSE employees, officials said. This is the second consecutive day that the retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer is being questioned by the federal probe agency in this case. Like Monday, the officer will continue to reply to questions on the business and operations of a firm floated by him for security audit of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and his statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, they said.
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