By Ajit Mishra The markets remained under pressure for the third consecutive week, losing nearly half a per cent as the corrective phase continued. While the benchmark indices initially showed signs of recovery, persistent selling by FIIs and a lacklustre start to the earnings season weighed on sentiment, turning the bias negative. A recovery in
By Anand James FIIs increased their Future Index Long positions by 0.65% on Friday, while reducing their Future Index Short positions by 2.02%. Despite being feeble, the rise in index future longs is noteworthy, as it is the first such increase, since 27th September. Meanwhile, there is no reason to go overboard on the prospects
Tata Consumer Products shares tumbled almost 10% to an intra-day low of Rs 986.35. The stock fell a day after it reported weak Q2 FY25 earnings numbers. The company reported a net profit of Rs 359.3 crore in the second quarter of FY25 Vs Rs 338 crore posted in the same quarter last fiscal. The company’s revenue
Deepak Builders and Engineers IPO was fully booked within two hours of the launch, which was primarily driven by the retail investors, subscribing the issue 1.7 times. The non-institutional investors booked the issue 0.69 times while the qualitative institutional booked the issue zero times. The company received bids worth Rs 181.92 crore from investors. The
Go to Live UpdatesWaaree Energies ipo Live: The initial public offering (IPO) of Waaree Energies has officially opened for subscription today, featuring a fresh equity sale of Rs 3,600 crore alongside an offer for sale (OFS) of 48 lakh shares. The subscription period will run until October 23. Prior to the opening, the company successfully
Multi Commodity Exchange rose 1.8% to hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 6,680 a day after the commodity major swung into black. The company reported a net profit of Rs 153.6 crore in the second quarter of the current financial year compared to a loss of Rs 19.1 crore in the same quarter a
By Ajit Mishra The markets remained under pressure for the third consecutive week, losing nearly half a percent as the corrective phase continued. While the benchmark indices initially showed signs of recovery, persistent selling by FIIs and a lackluster start to the earnings season weighed on sentiment, turning the bias negative. A recovery in banking
By Ravi Singh Nifty October futures are currently trading at a 75-point premium. We have seen a decent bounce of around 500 points after making a low of around 24,750 zone. We have seen a further downfall in the FII long ratio which is now at 35%. Furthermore, we have seen a sharp sell-off by
The reprieve for India’s drug companies from the Trump administration’s reciprocal levies could be short-lived, with the US president Dnald Trump saying, “pharma tariffs are going to come in at levels you haven’t really seen before.” “We are looking at pharmaceuticals as a separate category. We will be announcing that sometime in the near-future and
By Neeraj Agarwala I plan to sell some family gold as prices are high now. It was purchased by my grandfather and there are no bills. Do I have to pay any tax on the sale amount? —D R Rao The sale of gold jewellery is subject to tax under the head ‘capital gains’. Since
Avenue Supermarts, best known for its DMart chain of stores, is accelerating store additions as competition intensifies within grocery retail. The value retailer added as many as 28 stores in the March quarter (Q4) of FY25, its latest business update said, the highest in four years. The latest addition will also see the value retailer
AWL Agri Business, formerly Adani Wilmar, recorded a 7% year-on-year volume growth in the fourth quarter (Q4) of fiscal 2025, it said in a business update on Friday. The company saw a 36% year-on-year revenue growth, with stronger performance in rural towns compared to urban markets. This growth, particularly in the foods category, was driven
It started as a hole-in-the-wall outlet selling namkeen and mithai in Bikaner, Rajasthan, way back in 1937. Today, Haldiram’s is the undisputed bhujia king that marquee global investors are rushing to grab a bite of. It is tough to put a single face behind its grand success story, though. “Every member of the family is
