With billionaire Gautam Adani charged in the United States with alleged bribery and fraud, the Congress on Thursday said it 'vindicates' its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation into the various 'scams' involving his conglomerate.
After a volatile session, Sensex closed the day 563 points lower
The National Stock Exchange index Nifty gained 3.75 points at 4,572.30. It touched the day's high of 4,596.75 and a low of 4,528.50 points. Among the 30 Sensex stocks, 14 closed with losses while 16 gained. Overseas funds bought stocks of a net $146.6 million on July 23, taking total investments in equities this year to $6.57 billion.
The move is part of a surveillance review to safeguard interest of investors in the capital market.
Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd managing director and chief executive officer Rajiv B Lall has sold 4.50 lakh (450,000) shares of the company for over Rs 6.3 crore (Rs 63 million) in an open market transaction.
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvuri Subbarao has said the central bank could lose control over money supply and inflation management if cryptocurrency is allowed in the country. Speaking at a webinar organised by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business, Rao also said India's case for issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) may not be strong as there are capital controls. "Crypto is backed by algorithms and there is fear that the central bank might lose control over money supply and inflation management.
Piramyd Retail shares opened at the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday at Rs 146 against an issue price of Rs 120.
AT&T Inc, the largest telecom services provider in the US, has acquired an 8.07 per cent stake in Pune-headquartered Tech Mahindra for $34.5 million (around Rs 160 crore) by exercising a 2005 option agreement to buy a stake in the company. Its stake at Tuesday's prices on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), however, is worth around Rs 900 crore.
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex crossed the 21,000 level in early morning trade for the first time on Tuesday on heavy buying by funds.
Last Friday's tumble on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones index falling nearly 400 points, is sure to have its repercussions on the already shaky Indian market. With both the benchmark indices, the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex and the National Stock Exchange Nifty having lost 5 per cent apiece last week, investors are already skittish.
In a bid to provide the retail investors quick access to corporate information, Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange
The country's largest real estate player, DLF, on Friday said it has approached the government for surrendering four of its IT-ITeS notified special economic zones (SEZ).
US prosecutors' case against Gautam Adani and others may stumble on the extraterritorial application of American law.
The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange have extended the trading timings in equity and equity derivative segments by nearly an hour to 9 a.m., effective from Friday.
In the context of market integrity, the IRAI and RBI should go over the minutes of the LIC and SBI board meetings when the decisions to invest in Adani equity or debt were taken, notes Jaimini Bhagwati, former World Bank treasury professional.
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has reserved its order on the merger of Zee Entertainment Enterprises and with Culver Max Entertainment (earlier known as Sony Pictures Networks India). The Mumbai bench of NCLT, comprising H V Subba Rao and Madhu Sinha, reserved the order on Monday, after hearing arguments from creditors who objected to the scheme including Axis Finance, JC Flower Asset Reconstruction Co, IDBI Bank, Imax Corp and IDBI Trusteeship. In December 2021, Zee Entertainment and Sony Pictures had agreed to merge their businesses.
New York scores top marks for its economy as well as research and development, while London is judged to be the world's cultural capital. Paris is number one for livability and accessibility. Geneva, Zurich and Vienna are praised for their ecology and natural environment.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has cancelled registration of four National Stock Exchange brokers with immediate effect.
On the NSE, Oil India opened with a premium of 4.38 per cent at Rs 1,096. The stock then climbed to Rs 1,127 a piece before skidding to Rs 1,090.
The National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange will hold a two hour trading session on Saturday to enable the NSE to test a back-up trading system, exchange officials said on Wednesday.\n\n\n\n
Such brokers connect buyers to sellers, taking a commission on the deal.
A section of senior stocks brokers on Thursday demanded that the Sebi probe the reasons behind the steep decline in share prices on May 17 by analysing the trade data at the BSE and NSE and punish the guilty severely.
UTI Mutual Fund recently launched Gold Exchange Traded Funds and many more companies plan to follow suit. Get the lowdown.
Fortis Healthcare plans to raise about Rs 504 crore (Rs 5.04 billion) from the capital market in addition to the Rs 154 crore (Rs 1.54 billion) raised through private placements before the IPO, a top company official said in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The 50-share National Stock Exchange index Nifty shot up by 44.80 at 4,568.55, after moving between 4,578.75 and 4,504.85 points during the day. The upsurge was maintained by Maruti Suzuki, which raced to an all-time high a day after the leading carmaker reported a 25 per cent jump in quarterly profit on higher sales and lower raw material costs.
The 50-share National Stock Exchange index Nifty also shuttled between 4,524.00 and 4,436.60, before winding up at 4,469.10, showing a net loss of 33.15 points. The information technology sector, which led the upsurge in Tuesday's trading, suffered the most, losing 1.74 per cent to 3,694.03, as segment major Infosys and Tata Consultancy dropped on profit booking.
The National Stock Exchange (NSE), which is once again in the eye of a storm due to the co-location scandal, has said it has taken several transformational steps in the past few years on the regulatory, technological, and surveillance fronts to help improve stakeholder experience and to protect investors. Senior officials of the exchange briefed the media over the steps the exchange has taken on various fronts following changes at the helm with former managing director and chief executive officer Chitra Ramkrishna's ouster in December 2016. "Over the last few years, we have been looking to modernise and transform the entire value chain of technology.
The equity firm has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 2.11 per cent stake for a consideration of about Rs 252 crore (Rs 2.52 billion) in the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd, Norwest Venture Partners said. This would be the first FII investment under new policy subject to the regulatory approval, it said.
The benchmark indices are set to end their five-month gaining streak, but the market breadth continues to hold strong So far this month, stocks gaining have outnumbered those declining, a sign that the bulls still have the upper hand, even as the pullback in the S&P BSE Sensex and the National Stock Exchange Nifty indicates otherwise. On the BSE, 2,126 stocks have advanced and 1,955 have declined in August, translating into an advance/decline ratio (ADR) of 1.1.
The market will open at 18:15 hours and will close at 19:15 hours.
Two individuals filed the petition in the high court of Andhra Pradesh
IL&FS Financial Services has acquired 14.5 per cent stake in Maytas Infra, promoted by former Satyam chairman B Ramalinga Raju's kin, through invocation of pledge and off-market transactions.
The agency was probing the rotation of funds and the role of front companies used in rotation of funds, sources said. They added that the conduct of the regulators was also being probed and, if need be, some officials may also be probed. Experts, including CAs from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India are assisting the CBI in probing the role of regulators in this case.
Mumbai-based Genxt Power India has launched its new model 'Evera', which is claimed to be a noiseless, pollution-free, electric bike with low maintenance cost that does not require petrol or diesel.
A day before the Reserve Bank's quarterly review tomorrow, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today closed higher by a marginal 74 points even as brokers and fund operators maintained a low profile.
