Equity benchmarks declined in initial trade on Wednesday amid unabated foreign fund outflows and a weak trend in index heavyweight Reliance Industries. Continuing its previous day decline, the 30-share BSE Sensex fell 309.7 points to 59,805.78 in initial trade. The broader NSE Nifty dipped 89.8 points to 17,824.35. From the Sensex pack, Bharti Airtel, Mahindra [...]
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has asked capital markets regulator Sebi to provide certain documents pertaining to loans sanctioned by ICICI Bank to entities including Videocon Group to the private lender's former chief Chanda Kochhar. Directing Sebi to provide such documents, the tribunal said that denial of the documents sought for by the respondent (Sebi) [...]
Global investment firm Carlyle on Tuesday said it has acquired a majority stake in homegrown skincare and beauty firm VLCC for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 1989 by Vandana and Mukesh Luthra, VLCC operates in the skincare, beauty and wellness market with an integrated offering of branded skincare products and specialised beauty and wellness services. [...]
State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) on Tuesday hiked Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) by up to 35 basis points, making loans linked to the benchmark rates expensive. The new rates will be effective from January 12, BoB said in a regulatory filing. The overnight MCLR has been increased to 7.85 per cent [...]
Shares of Tata Motors jumped 6 per cent on Tuesday after the company-owned Jaguar Land Rover reported a 15 per cent increase in wholesales to 79,591 units for the third quarter ended December 2022. The stock rallied 6.07 per cent to settle at Rs 413.05 apiece on the BSE. During the day, it climbed 7.26 [...]
Steel prices increased by 5 per cent to hit a three-month high of Rs 56,900 per tonne in January, according to SteelMint. In its latest report, the research firm attributed the rise to "export duty removal and rise in raw material prices". According to SteelMint data, the price of per tonne hot rolled coil (HRC) [...]
Shares of TCS ended over 1 per cent lower on Tuesday after the company's December quarter results failed to cheer investors. The stock dipped 1.01 per cent to settle at Rs 3,286.20 apiece on the BSE. During the day, it fell 2.67 per cent to Rs 3,231. On the NSE, it went lower by 1.11 [...]
India has extended anti-dumping duty on imports of certain jute products from Nepal and Bangladesh for five years, a move aimed at protecting domestic players from cheap inbound shipments. These duties were imposed following recommendations of the commerce ministry's investigation arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR). The DGTR, in its probe in September last [...]
No-frills airline Go First on Tuesday apologised to passengers who were left behind in a coach at Bangalore airport on Monday and said an inadvertent oversight in the reconciliation of the flight to Delhi led to the incident. The carrier has ordered an inquiry as well as derostered all the staff who were involved in [...]
Axis Bank on Tuesday said it has entered into a revised agreement with Max Financial Services to acquire an additional 7 per cent stake in Max Life Insurance at fair market value using discounted cash flow method. The revision in agreement follows the guidance issued by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) in October [...]
State-owned CIL on Tuesday said that its arm MCL supplied 143.4 million tonnes of coal till December in the current fiscal, the highest among all the subsidiaries of the coal behemoth. Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd's (MCL) supplies accounted for 28.2 per cent of the total off-take of 507.8 million tonnes from Coal India Ltd (CIL). "MCL's [...]
The forthcoming budget is likely to meet the targeted 6.4 per cent fiscal deficit and pencil in for a 50 bps reduction in the same for the next fiscal, according to a foreign brokerage report. The Modi government will present its last full budget on February 1 as the budget 2024 will be a vote [...]
Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended 1 per cent lower on Tuesday, dragged down by Reliance Industries and banking stocks along with a weak trend in European markets. Unabated foreign fund outflows also negatively impacted the domestic equity market. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 631.83 points or 1.04 per cent to settle at 60,115.48. During [...]
State-owned Coal India's subsidiary NCL will soon start production of M-Sand, a material used for construction works. Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) will start production of M-Sand or Manufactured Sand for its Amlohri project in Madhya Pradesh, according to a coal ministry statement on Tuesday. M-Sand is artificial sand produced from crushing hard stones into small [...]
Data adoption and tariff hike-led revenue growth as well as 5G rollouts are key monitorables for 2023 which will also be a decisive year for Vodafone Idea as a viable third player, according to a report. The telecom sector's Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) when adjusted for inflation is still 17 per cent below pre-Reliance [...]
State-owned NTPC on Tuesday said its coal production increased 51 per cent year-on-year from its captive mines to 14.55 million tonne (MT) in April-December 2022. The power giant had produced 9.65 MT of coal from its captive coal mines in the year-ago period, NTPC said in a statement. "Coal mining division of NTPC is maintaining [...]
Public sector Indian Overseas Bank has revised interest rates on rupee retail term deposits up to 45 basis points with immediate effect, the city-headquartered bank said on Tuesday. Accordingly, depositors of domestic, NRO (non-resident ordinary) and NRE (non-resident external) would receive interest rate up to 7.75 per cent by opening term deposits for a period [...]
Auto component maker SEG Automotive India is looking to penetrate electric passenger and commercial vehicle segments with its high voltage motors after consolidating its position in two and three-wheeler verticals, a top company official said on Tuesday. The Bengaluru-based firm, a leading supplier of various auto components like starter motors and mild hybrid systems, has [...]
D-Street’s ‘Big-Whale’ Ashish Kacholia hardly appears in the media and is known for letting his portfolio speak for himself. He has invested in more than forty stocks across a variety of sectors and has a net worth of over ₹ 1,871 crores. According to the latest shareholding patterns released by companies, the seasoned investor has [...]
Underlining the contribution of non-resident Indians, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said remittances sent to the country by overseas Indians were about USD 100 billion for the year 2022, an increase of 12 per cent in one year. Speaking at a session during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention in Madhya Pradesh's Indore [...]
