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Burger King, and Pizza Hut, prompting these companies to go aggressive on value offerings in the market. Whether it's the emergence of modern food brands attracting venture capital (VC) investment for expansion or the rise of Zomato and Swiggy, which provide consumers with easy access to a wide range of food options via their smartphones, global QSR giants have been facing challenges in drawing customers to their locations. Westlife Foodworld, which operates McDonald’s chain of outlets in West and South India, said at the company’s Q1 earnings call: “….there’s obviously been pressure in terms of customers entering our restaurants”.

Railway sector companies reported an average decline of nearly 16% in their net profits on quarter-on-quarter basis over the three-month period ended June 30, 2024, while the revenue witnessed a 24% average sequential plunge in the said quarter. An ETMarkets analysis further revealed that the stocks have derailed somewhat in the last one month, falling by up to 32% from their 52-week peak after running on a fast track for more than a year. We analysed results of 13 companies in the railway sector which include BEML, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), Container Corporation of India, Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), Ircon International, Jupiter Wagons, Oriental Rail Infrastructure, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), RailTel Corporation of India, Ramkrishna Forgings, RITES, Texmaco Rail & Engineering and Titagarh Rail Systems.

Tata Nifty200 Alpha 30 Index Fund are currently open for subscription, with another eight NFOs set to open later this week. These 10 funds span eight different categories: two index funds, sectoral funds, dividend yield, large & mid-cap, multi-asset allocation, multicap, ultra-short duration, and an ETF. Tata Nifty200 Alpha 30 Index Fund The Tata Nifty200 Alpha 30 Index Fund is an open-ended scheme that tracks the Nifty200 Alpha 30 Index (TRI). The NFO for this scheme is open for subscription and will close on September 2.

Nifty opened higher on Monday, driven by gains in banking and energy stocks. This positive momentum followed an upswing in Asian markets, which rose after U.S. data eased fears of a recession in the world's largest economy. The BSE Sensex was trading 191 points, or 0.24%, higher at 80,627, while the Nifty50 was up 65 points, or 0.27%, at 24,605 around 9:20 am.

investors — Ashish Kacholia, Rekha Jhunjhunwala, Dolly Khanna, Vijay Kedia and Mukul Agrawal — have hit the jackpot in 2024 with at least 14 of their stocks giving multibagger returns this calendar year. Out of the five top guns of Dalal Street, at least 5 stocks of Kacholia have more than doubled wealth so far in 2024. Advait Infratech, in which the investor owned 2.67% stake at the end of the June quarter, is the biggest gainer in the pack with a massive return of 215% in 2024.

Zomato on Monday jumped 6% to hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 280 on BSE after the global brokerage firm UBS raised the target price on the new-age stock from Rs 260 to Rs 320. «We increase our GMV estimates for food delivery (+2-3%) and quick commerce (+20-30%) for FY26-28e following the strong Q1 and solid guidance. Our adj EBITDA estimates for the next 1-2 years are up only slightly as investments in building supply for quick commerce will likely result in a more modest margin trajectory,» UBS said in a note while maintaining a buy call.

Dr Lal PathLabs, Sun TV, and 19 other companies are expected to be in focus today, as they have set August 20 as the record date for determining shareholders eligible for dividend payments. This means today is the last day to purchase shares of these companies to qualify for the announced dividends.

Mint looks at the reasons for this fall, its impact on the economy and what the domestic industry should do. The benchmark per tonne price of hot rolled coil steel—used in automotive, railways, agriculture and mining industries—in Mumbai has fallen to ₹50,900 this month, the lowest since September 2020 when prices were at ₹49,200 per tonne. The current price is nearly 33% less than the peak of ₹76,000 per tonne of April 2022.

The Nifty50 closed 397 points higher at 24,541 on Friday, while the Indian VIX fell over 6% to close at 14.40.

carmakers pressure profit margins. India’s NSE Nifty Auto Index is down 4.1% in August, more than double the decline in the Nifty 50 Index. Bellwether Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. has slid 6% so far in the month, on track for its worst monthly performance since December 2022.

Motorola G45 5G is confirmed to feature a 6.5-inch display with up to 120Hz refresh rate and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It will also be paired with Dolby Atmos certification to enhance the audio listening experience.

Buy or sell stocks for today: Following strong global market sentiments, the Indian stock market ended higher on Friday as ease in the US recession fear renewed the US Fed rate cut buzz. The Nifty 50 index finished 396 points north at the 24,540 mark, the BSE Sensex shot up 1,330 points and closed at 80,436, while the Bank Nifty index gained 788 points and ended at 50,515.

Why Kolkata is a big pull for the beauty market Listed player Honasa Consumer, which owns skincare brands Mamaearth and Aqualogica, launched Staze, an affordable, youth-focused colour cosmetics range earlier this year. Last year, A91 Partners-backed SUGAR launched SUGAR Play, targeting teens and pre-teens. Kaushik Mukherjee, co-founder and chief operating officer at SUGAR, told Mint, “With increased exposure to global fashion and beauty trends through social media and the internet, teenagers in India are becoming more conscious of their appearance and grooming.

The scorching summer that India just trudged past was yet another reminder of a rapidly warming Earth, with temperatures soaring to almost 50° Celsius in one of our longest heatwave spells. The country logged more than 40,000 suspected cases of heatstroke, with a death toll of over 100 people. But 2024 stands out for another reason: a shift in the Pacific Ocean’s see-saw of warm and cool water along the equator, a phenomenon that distorts weather around the globe.

Breakout stocks to buy today: Following strong global market sentiments, the Indian stock market ended higher on Friday as ease in the US recession fear renewed the US Fed rate cut buzz. The Nifty 50 index finished 396 points north at the 24,540 mark, the BSE Sensex shot up 1,330 points and closed at 80,436, while the Bank Nifty index gained 788 points and ended at 50,515. In the broad market, the BSE Small-cap index skyrocketed 1.70 per cent, whereas the Mid-cap index shot up 1.80 per cent during Friday deals.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday barred P2P platforms from offering minimum returns, instant liquidity options and promoting P2P as an investment product. These platforms, which are supposed to bring together lenders and borrowers, are often found acting like deposit-takers and lenders, RBI said, in revised guidelines that take effect immediately. Individuals who lent on these platforms assuming they can get back their money anytime they want may be disappointed on Monday as the P2P firms and their fintech partners rush to comply with the circular, two senior P2P executives said on the condition of anonymity.

H100 graphic processing units (GPUs) procured by Hiranandani Group’s Mumbai-headquartered Yotta Data Services from American chip maker Nvidia are used by companies abroad and only the rest are used by Indian companies, said Yotta Data Services chief executive Sunil Gupta. He told ET that this was because of a more advanced artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem in the West that leads to heightened demand for GPUs. By November the company plans to deploy an additional 8,000 GPUs, he said. “Last November we placed an order for 16,384 H100 GPUs. From a medium to long-term scale, 16,384 may not be enough for India. We deployed the first phase of 4,096 chips. By March-April, we had got all the chips. Around seven to eight weeks back, we commissioned all of them,” Gupta told ET in an interview on August 13.

Edited excerpts from the interview: Life has taught me that investing goes through phases. There are times when making money seems easy, and you must stay grounded. And then there will be times when returns are elusive, where you shouldn't lose hope.

Mint earlier reported about Macquarie Group, JSW Neo Energy, and Actis Llp signing NDAs to buy O2 Power. Barclays is running the sale process for the deal having an equity and enterprise value of around $1 billion and $2.3 billion respectively. The next stage involves shortlisting the NBOs to give selected bidders full data room access, after which the binding bids will be submitted.

Steel Authority of India (SAIL), a steel behemoth, and Infosys, the iconic IT services company? They are as different as chalk and cheese, but, interestingly, both are getting more flexible about their workplace policies and, in the process, paving the way to explore new work models for organisations. In May, SAIL announced the Work from Other than Workplace (WoW) policy. Under this policy, employees could choose to work from a place other than their normal office/base location.

Murugappa Group equally among three family groups that’s been over two years in the making has got stuck, said people with knowledge of the matter. The Murugappa Chettiar family had been negotiating an amicable split of the diversified business empire with over $9 billion in revenue in FY23 after five generations of working together over more than a century, they said. The much-celebrated turnaround of CG Power within four years of its takeover by group company Tube Investments of India (TII) has become a key bone of contention among different family groups that make up the promoter group. Shares of four Murugappa group companies, including Wendt India and Shanti Gears, yielded over a 50% return in CY23. But it’s the meteoric 15-fold jump in the share price of CG Power after the TII buyout that has grabbed the spotlight. Another standout has been the performance of Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co. Ltd, the group’s principal financial services arm, a listed company with over Rs 1 lakh crore market value.