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One 97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm, surged another 8.60% in early morning trade, crossing the ₹400 mark for the first time in 8 weeks to reach ₹414.This rally has propelled the stock to gain 33.54% from its all-time low of ₹310, touched in the second week of May. During Friday's trading session, the company's shares hit the 10% upper circuit limit, following a 2% gain in the previous session.Stock exchanges recently raised Paytm's upper circuit limit to 10%, after initially reducing it to 5% due to significant volatility stemming from the RBI's restrictions on Paytm Payments Bank.Paytm has recently said it is seeing early signs of recovery and strong stabilization in its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) business.

The outcome of India’s election was quite singular, compared with 2014 and 2019. All major parties celebrated it. The NDA was happy because it returned to power, the Congress and INDIA were happy that they did better than in the past, while regional parties were pleased they came out stronger in their states.

₹62.71 up 20 per cent as soon as the market opened on June 10, at 9:15 am on BSE.Wardwizard Innovations is an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing company with a market capitalisation of ₹1800 crore, according to the company's website. The EV maker is listed on BSE.

global demand remained comparatively muted in 2023 on account of lower consumer consumption and rising inflation in the main markets of Europe and the US. As a result, India’s merchandise exports also took a hit. However, experts now see a gradual revival in global demand because of the 11.86% year-on-year export growth (to $41.4 billion) in February 2024.

mutual funds have turned a monthly SIP investment of Rs 40,000 into Rs 1 crore in the last 10 years, data crunching by ETMutualFunds showed. Around 23 large cap funds have completed 10 years of existence in the market.

Indian Army launched a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi on Monday morning following the attack on a bus coming from Shiv Khori, in which ten pilgrims were killed on Sunday evening.

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd, suggests that the market will remain volatile but with an upward trend, fueled by revived hopes of a US Federal Reserve rate cut in September and the allocation of key cabinet portfolios in the new Indian government. (Read the full story here.)Sensex Today Live : Indian markets were likely to be weighed down by the muted sentiment flowing from global peers as hopes of a sooner rate cut by the US Federal Reserve faded on the back of better-than-expected labour market data in the US.Notwithstanding the boost in sentiment from the formation of a new Union government in India, Gift Nifty futures was trading at 23,310, marginally ahead of Friday's Nifty 50 close of 23,290, indicating a muted to positive opening for India on Monday.Asian stocks sank on Monday as traders heavily pared back on bets for Federal Reserve rate cuts this year given a still-tight U.S.

There are many ways in which designing a monetary policy differs from drafting a Union budget. The budget is an account of money received and spent, overlaid with plans for how to structure expenditure over the next 12 months—depending on a combination of pressing political exigencies and economic imperatives—and proposals for raising money to meet this spending.

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories: The pharmaceutical company has reported that the US FDA issued a Form 483 with four observations at its API manufacturing facility (CTO-6) in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh on June 7. The company has stated that it will address these issues within the stipulated timeline.Mphasis: BCP Topco IX Pte, a Singapore-based private limited company linked to Blackstone, is set to sell a 10.6% stake in Mphasis at a base price of ₹2,350 per share.

A few days ago in my colony, I overheard a quarrel between a man who lived in a villa, like me, and a gardener. The master wanted some additional work to be done, and the gardener said that would cost him a few hundred rupees more. The master exploded in rage at the “greed" and poor work ethics of migrants.

U.S. Treasury yields after strong economic data weighed on bets of rate cuts in world's largest economy. India's benchmark 10-year yield is likely to move in a 7.01%-7.06% range on Monday, following its previous close of 7.0168%, a trader with a state-run bank said. The yield posted a weekly rise last week, after easing for six.

There's a lot of buzz around the US Fed meeting this week. What are your thoughts? We're still of the view that there won't be a cut till September. There will likely be two to three cuts this year and three to four cuts next year. But all of this is predicated on making progress on inflation, and inflation has been a little choppy for the first quarter. At this point, we're subscribing to a soft-landing outcome.

FPIs have been paring their holdings of defensive stocks instead of those with more growth potential. This shows they remain bullish on the sustained earnings potential of growth stocks in industries like discretionary spending and manufacturing. Data from NSDL shows the weight of defensive stocks such as FMCG, IT, and healthcare fell to a multi-year low of 19.72% as of May-end.

Narendra Modi and his 71 ministers took oath of office and secrecy on Sunday.On Friday, the Indian stock market indices ended at their fresh closing highs, extending gains into the third consecutive session, after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the repo rate and policy stance unchanged while raising the GDP estimates for FY25 and retaining the inflation target.The Sensex jumped 1,618.85 points, or 2.16%, to close at 76,693.36, while the Nifty 50 settled 468.75 points, or 2.05%, higher at 23,290.15.Also Read: Buy or sell: Vaishali Parekh recommends three stocks to buy today — June 10“Now hopes have revived that the US Federal Reserve might cut interest rates in the September meet based on recent macro data points. This week, focus will be on allocation of key cabinet portfolios such as Finance, Defense, Roads, Energy, Commerce, and Railways.

F&O ban list: The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has banned trading in three stocks on Monday, June 10, 2024, in the futures and options (F&O) segment due to their exceeding 95% of the market-wide position limit (MWPL).However, these stocks will be available for trading in the cash market.The NSE updates the list of securities in the F&O ban for trade every day.ALSO READ: Stocks to buy: Granules and Tata Motors looking attractive, here's whyBalrampur Chini Mills, SAIL, and ZEEL are the three stocks on the NSE's F&O ban list for June 10.The National Stock Exchange (NSE) said the derivative contracts in the mentioned securities have crossed 95% of the market-wide position limit and have been currently placed in the ban period by the stock exchange.“It is hereby informed that all clients/members shall trade in the derivative contracts of said security only to decrease their positions through offsetting positions. Any increase in open positions shall attract appropriate penal and disciplinary action," the NSE statement said.No new positions are allowed when the stock exchanges place F&O contracts in a particular stock during the F&O ban period.

Sensex surged 1,618.85 points, or 2.16%, to close at 76,693.36, while the Nifty 50 settled 468.75 points, or 2.05%, higher at 23,290.15.Nifty 50 formed a long bull candle on the daily chart on Friday, that has reached the important upper trajectory of the upper part of Tuesday’s long bear candle at 23,200 levels. Also Read: Indian stock market: 7 key things that changed for market over weekend - Gift Nifty, Modi 3.0 to US nonfarm payrolls“Hence, the sharp fall of Tuesday (election result day) has been regained in just three sessions.

Kronox Lab Sciences IPO: The initial public offering (IPO) listing date for Kronox Lab Sciences Limited has been fixed on June 10 2024, i.e. today.

Dividend stocks: Shares of Dr. Lal PathLabs Ltd and Nelco Ltd will be in focus when the stock market opens on June 10 (Monday).The Board of Directors of the two companies had declared final dividends for their eligible shareholders.These companies had fixed June 10 as the record date to ascertain the eligibility of shareholders for their respective issues.ALSO READ: Stocks to buy: Granules and Tata Motors looking attractive, here's whyShares of Dr.

MUMBAI:Small-cap stocks had a spectacular rally the previous fiscal year, much of it driven by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) betting on smaller Indian companies even as the surge sparked fears of a bubble caused in part by some murky transactions.In the financial year 2023-24 (FY24), about 35% of the total ₹2.08 trillion of FPI equity investments in India were channeled into the top 100 companies of the BSE Smallcap index, totalling ₹71,631 crore and making up 70% of the overall investment into smallcaps, according to BSE shareholding data analysed by Mint.This influx of investments contributed to both the Nifty Smallcap 250 and the BSE SmallCap index, which comprises 946 companies, outpacing returns from the benchmark Nifty and Sensex indices last year.And while the shareholding data for the first quarter of the current fiscal won't be available before 30 June, the BSE SmallCap has already outperformed the Sensex by over 6% since 1 April 2024, with a return of 9.6%, compared to Sensex returns of 3.6%.However, the rapid rise has not gone unnoticed by regulators. In March, Madhabi Puri Buch, chair of the Securities and Exchange Board of India, warned of “pockets of froth" in the overheated small-cap and mid-cap markets.Mint previously reported (here, here, and here) about the potential involvement of Dubai-based hawala operator Hari Shankar Tibrewala in funnelling illegal proceeds from the Mahadev online betting scandal into Indian small-cap stocks.Nevertheless, the surge of foreign investors into India’s small-cap market has provided a semblance of stability.“FPIs could continue to invest in fundamentally sound small caps which are reasonably valued," said SK Joshi, executive director at Khambatta Securities.

₹21,000 crore) in a public listing likely in nine months, two people familiar with its plans said, in a remarkable turnaround for the luxury chain that changed hands under crushing debt and defaults five years ago. Promoter Brookfield has tapped JM Financial and Bank of America to be investment bankers, the people said on condition of anonymity, adding the Canadian investor plans to sell 15% to the public initially, and another 10% over the next three years. The IPO may be worth around ₹3,150 crore, making it the biggest in India's hospitality space.