Mumbai: India’s benchmark indices ended nearly 1% higher on Thursday, in a late surge, driven by short covering ahead of the expiry of Nifty‘s weekly futures and options contracts. NSE’s Nifty rose 203.3 points or 0.92% to close at 22,403.85. BSE’s Sensex rose 676.69 points or 0.93% to end at 73,663.72. Both indices fell as … Read more
Mumbai: Vodafone Idea‘s ₹18,000 crore follow-on public offer (FPO), India’s biggest, closed successfully on Monday, having been subscribed 7 times, with strong demand from global institutional investors. The allotment for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) was subscribed 19.3 times, of which 82% bids came from foreign institutional investors (FIIs). The non-institutional investor (NII) portion got bids … Read more
Four of the top 10 valued firms added Rs 1,71,309.28 crore to their market valuation last week with HDFC Bank and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) emerging as the biggest gainers in line with an overall positive trend in equities. On the other hand, six companies from the top 10 pack took a Rs … Read more
MUMBAI – The National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India will launch four new indices in the cash and futures and options segments with effect from April 8. The exchange has proposed online dissemination of indices namely, Nifty Tata Group 25% Cap, Nifty500 Multicap India Manufacturing 50:30:20, Nifty500 Multicap Infrastructure 50:30:20, and Nifty MidSmall Healthcare, according … Read more
Shares of Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) jumped 4% on Wednesday to hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 12,722.70 on the NSE. The company also entered the coveted club of stocks with a market capitalisation of Rs 4 lakh crore. Currently, there are 13 other stocks with a market capitalisation of Rs 4 lakh crore … Read more
The initial public offering (IPO) of Bharti Hexacom will open for subscription on April 3 and close on April 5. The company has fixed a price band of Rs 542-570 per share. The anchor book of the first public issue of the new financial year FY2024-25 will be open for a day on April 2. … Read more
The combined market valuation of five of the 10 most valued firms eroded by Rs 1,97,958.56 crore last week, with IT majors Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys taking the biggest hit amid volatile trends in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark climbed 188.51 points or 0.25 per cent. The market valuation of TCS tanked … Read more
US brokerage Jefferies has maintained a buy view on Bharti Airtel and MGL while Cummins India received a ratings upgrade from HSBC. Among other notable brokerage actions, BofA reiterated a buy view on NBFC play Bajaj Finance while CLSA initiated a coverage on Avenue Supermarts. Kotak Securities also upgraded IRB Infrastructure to ‘Add’ from an … Read more
Benchmark indices rebounded on Wednesday amid a largely firm trend in global equities. The 30-share Sensex rose 89.64 points to settle at 72,101 and the Nifty climbed 21.65 points to finish at 21,839. Stocks that were in focus included names like LIC, which fell 1.21%, Zomato, which jumped 5%, and Bharti Airtel, whose shares rose … Read more
Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com, says all the large group stocks have already done quite well. Look at the Tatas, the Mahindra Group, Adanis or Reliance. It is tough to pick out a group at this stage. The main thing is that if the economy can sustain 7-8% growth over the next few years, my guess is … Read more