Some leading Indian companies are likely to see their earnings declining if the Indian currency depreciates further, analysts and finance heads say.
The laggards in the Sensex kitty were Vedanta, Tata Steel, M&M, HCL Tech, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, L&T, Asian Paint and HDFC
Nandigram, 126 km south of Kolkata, is Suvendu Adhikari's bastion, where he has vowed to defeat Mamata Banerjee by 50,000 votes or quit politics.
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Profit taking in index heavweights RIL and HDFC weighed on sentiment while ICICI Bank surged 7%.
Axis Bank emerged as the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 6.62 per cent, followed by SBI at 5.88 per cent.
Strengthening of rules governing insider trading is among the key proposals in the agenda set by Sebi for 2018-19, along with making improvement to the Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations (PIT) and Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices regulations.
Cricket still leads when it comes to sponsorship, but other sports are bridging the gap at a fast clip, says Urvi Malvania.
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The BSE Sensex was down 326 points at 23,277 and the Nifty was down 107 points at 7,056.
RIL, HDFC twins, M&M, Infosys among the top losers for the day.
Increasing the duties on auto parts and putting an additional cess on petrol and diesel could drive up costs of vehicles, specially where volumes are low and localisation is not viable.
Yuan depreciation will make imports in China more expensive, depressing demand, especially for commodities.
Oil tanked to a 7-year low as OPEC decided to maintain production.
Financials were the top losers after sharp gains in the previous session along with ITC
Since existing laws do not cover Covid-19, any compensation in this regard has to be left to the discretion of companies.
Sun Pharma stock has appreciated at 35% a year for 20 years
Construction major L&T was the biggest gainer among the Sensex components, spurting 2.30 per cent, after the company said its board has approved a Rs 9,000-crore share buyback plan.
Dr Ravi Prakash's 250 vintage car collection includes J R D Tata's 1940 Buick Limousine and a Sunbeam-Talbot used by Lord Mountbatten.
Ahead of PM Modi's maiden visit to the UK, the British media today said "troubles at home" after the BJP's drubbing in the Bihar elections will overshadow his visit.
India's equity markets are on a roller-coaster ride, after delivering spectacular returns for two consecutive years - in 2020 and 2021. The benchmark National Stock Exchange's (NSE's) Nifty50 is down 1.5 per cent in the first nine months of the current calendar year 2022 (CY22) as foreign portfolio investors sold Indian stocks due to rising bond yields in the US and across global markets, including India. The sell-off in the Indian equity markets has, however, not been broad-based and largely limited to sectors facing earnings headwinds from rising interest rates, lower commodity and energy prices, and likely economic recession in advanced economies.
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Sensex ended at 26,272 up 125 points and Nifty ended at 7,831 up by 35 points.
Top gainers among the S&P BSE Sensex include GAIL, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Bharti Airtel, all edging up by 1% in late morning deals
Seeking to strengthen Indo-UK economic ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Britain on his first visit to the country during which he will have a hectic schedule that will start with talks with his British counterpart David Cameron.
Two in every five Celerios being sold by Maruti are now equipped with the AMT technology.
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Developed markets have performed better than emerging market firms in the top 10 TSR-based rankings, says a BCG report.
A team of more than 60 people under Neeraj Mittal, an IAS officer, was instrumental in getting up the New Industrial Policy 2021 targeting investments of around Rs 10 trillion by 2025.
The S&P BSE Sensex closed at 26,190, up by 43 points and Nifty50 settled above 7,950 to end at 7,963, up by 17 points
The benchmark Nifty rallied 1,000 points or 17% from 7,000 in 78 trading sessions since May 12, till date to surpass the 8,000 mark.
Consumer businesses come to the rescue of large conglomerates in the midst of a meltdown in commodities.
PSU bank shares were the top gainers on hopes of a rate by the RBI on easing consumer inflation
A fall presents an opportunity to buy rate-sensitive stocks.
Markets ended their lowest close in 2015 on fears of FII outflows as the US Fed may hike rates.
Markets end higher ahead of Fed outcome, China stimulus
Experts say the stock market correction in recent times increases the risk-reward in favour of large-cap stocks.
Reliance Industries was the top Sensex gainer up 5.6% after the company reported better-than-expected net profit growth at 12% in the second-quarter aided hby higher gross refining margins.
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Arvind Kumar Sharma, a 1988-batch IAS officer and one of the many joint secretaries in PMO, definitely wields some power.
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