New Delhi: The government Monday sought parliamentary approval for an additional net expenditure of ₹51,463 crore in the second and final batch of supplementary demands for grants for the current fiscal, on top of the ₹44,143 crore approved in the first batch in December last year. Despite the extra expenditure, the government expects to contain … Read more
The board of Gensol Engineering on Friday announced that they will be considering and approving a stock split of the company’s shares from a face value of Rs 10 in its upcoming board meeting scheduled on March 13. “Pursuant to regulation 29 of the SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015, notice is hereby given that a meeting … Read more
Aditi Nayar, Chief Economist, ICRA, says the WPI inflation may harden a little bit in the current month, somewhere in the range of 2.5% to maybe 2.8% or 3%. It will track a slightly different trend from the CPI in terms of how sequentially things are moving but they will end up converging closer together … Read more
Srikumar Krishnamurthy, Vice President & Co-Group Head, Corporate Ratings, ICRA, says the recovery or the bounce back post-COVID was pretty significant in the PV segment in particular and even compared to the global markets, we were outgrowing. There is some amount of elevated base that has crept in. So, factors like the pent-up demand and … Read more
Mumbai: Margin funding, where retail investors purchase stocks by paying 25% and brokers fund the rest for up to a year, hit an all-time high this week, when the broader market also climbed to a new peak. This increase in risk appetite reflects a prevailing sense of euphoria among retail investors, although market participants warn … Read more
Brokerage firm Emkay maintained a buy rating on ONGC and Oil India, Morgan Stanley remained overweight on Can Fin Homes, and CLSA has a buy rating on J Kumar Infra. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources: Emkay on Oil & Gas: Oil India and ONGCEmkay … Read more
The Indian economy kept its momentum, growing nearly a percentage point higher than expected at 7.6% in the second quarter, buoyed by the manufacturing and construction sector, with experts suggesting an upside to the full-year number. “Given the higher than forecast outcome for Q2, we are revising our FY2024 growth forecast to 6.2% from 6.0%,” … Read more
After hitting a near three-year high last week, the average cost on states’ borrowings has eased a tad this week’s auction by 4 bps to 7.67 per cent amid lower-than-indicated issuance. According to Icra Ratings, the weighted average cut-off or pricing of bonds eased by 4 bps to 7.67 per cent even as the supply … Read more
New Delhi: India’s merchandise exports rose 6.21% year-on-year to $33.57 billion in October, while the trade deficit swelled to a record as imports surged, buoyed by strong consumer spending ahead of the festival season. Gold imports almost doubled. The gap between exports and imports widened to $31.46 billion on the back of a jump in … Read more
New Delhi: The Indian economy likely expected 6.7% in the July-September quarter, according to a median forecast of 10 economists polled by ET, boosted by a strong performance by the services sector. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has forecast 6.5% growth in the quarter. Robust manufacturing and construction activity also likely contributed to growth … Read more