Indian equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 opened higher on the first trading day of the week amid positive cues from global markets. Gains in financial and IT shares led the headline indices higher. The BSE Sensex started the week at 60876.01 points, while the NSE Nifty 50 was at 8118.45 points. The [...]
State-owned power giant NTPC on Saturday reported a nearly 5 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit to Rs 4,854.36 crore for the December quarter, mainly due to higher revenue. The company's consolidated net profit was Rs 4,626.11 crore in the quarter ended December 31, 2021, as per a BSE filing. The total income [...]
Penny stocks are an investment that is done with the purpose of achieving the highest return. These are high-risk investments as the trading volume is low and hence they are illiquid in nature. Here are 4 penny stocks that are held by the State Bank of India: Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd The shares of Consolidated [...]
Seven listed companies of the Adani Group suffered a bloodbath this week after American short-seller Hindenburg Research said that it held short positions in the Indian group through US-traded bonds and non-Indian-traded derivative instruments. Its research report accused the conglomerate of participating in brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud schemes over decades. Following the news, [...]
In 1937, a hydrogen-powered German airship flying into New Jersey caught fire and crashed, killing 35 passengers on board. It was sort of a man-made disaster as some 100 people were loaded on to a balloon filled with the most flammable material in the universe. The airship was named Hindenburg. Eight decades later, in 2017, [...]
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways will invite expressions of interest (EOI) from interested players for a Rs 41,000 crore international transhipment port project at Great Nicobar Island in the Bay of Bengal. The ministry in a release on Friday said that the project is expected to be completed with an investment of Rs [...]
Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta on Friday said the latest dataprints on growth, inflation and currency volatilities indicate that the worst for the financial markets and the world economy is behind us and that high interest rates for a longer period looks a distinct possibility going forward. Though the global economy is projected to [...]
Investors' wealth eroded by more than Rs 10.73 lakh crore in just two trading sessions as the market slumped and benchmark BSE Sensex slid 1,647.85 points. For the second straight session on Friday, the 30-share Sensex tumbled 874.16 points or 1.45 per cent to settle at 59,330.90 points. During the day, the key index plunged [...]
Investments by private equity and venture capital funds declined by nearly a third to USD 54.2 billion in 2022, which was characterised by a 'funding winter' after consecutive years of surge. Even after the decline, the year was the second best for India in terms of bets taken by such long term investors on growing [...]
Asset management companies (AMCs) will move to a shorter redemption payment cycle of T+2 for equity schemes from February 1. At present, funds are transferred to the investor's bank account within 3 days after the completion of the redemption process. The move is in line with the T+1 settlement cycle of equity markets to benefit [...]
