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global stocks was set for its biggest weekly drop in two months and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hit its highest level in 5-1/2 months on Friday as economic data and comments from Federal Reserve officials suggested a slower pace of interest-rate cuts ahead. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Thursday the central bank did not need to rush to lower interest rates due to ongoing economic growth, a solid job market and inflation that remains above its 2% target.

Beauty and personal care company Honasa Consumer, which runs brands like Mamaearth, fell to a net loss in the September quarter while operating revenue declined. The company was hit by a restructuring exercise in its distribution and supply chain wherein it is shifting from a super-stockist model to appointing direct distributors. The quarterly performance lagged the Gurugram-based company's internal projections, cofounder and CEO Varun Alagh told ET's Pranav Mukul. Edited excerpts:

Wall Street's main indexes closed lower on Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notching their biggest one-day losses in two weeks, on concerns about slower interest-rate cuts and as investors reacted to cabinet picks by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday cited ongoing economic growth, a solid job market, and inflation above the U.S. central bank's 2% target as reasons it can afford to be careful with the pace and scope of future rate cuts.

interest rate cuts and with the view that President-elect Donald Trump's policies could be inflationary. The dollar has benefited from market expectation that Trump administration policies, including tariffs and tax cuts, could stoke inflation, leaving the Federal Reserve less room to cut interest rates.

A nearly 800% run in shares of Nvidia over the past two years, driven by its gold standard AI business, has propelled the semiconductor company to the world's top spot by market value.

fossil fuel lobbyists with 1,773 registered participants are only outnumbered by delegations of three countries — host Azerbaijan (2,229), COP30 host Brazil (1,914), and Turkiye (1,862). The list of lobbyists include 24 from India as well. Among Indians, mostly (17) came as a delegation from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), three from CII and remaining four representing different NGOs. The list of Indians also shows the name of a senior functionary, Pravin Dongre (executive director) from public sector oil company, Indian Oil Corporation. The list, accessed by TOI, mentioned him as nominated by an NGO, Griha Council, as its guest. Dongre told TOI that he is here to promote global biofuel alliance. He, however, didn't have a clear answer as to why he was in the list of NGO's guest.

crypto space being no exception. Following Donald Trump's victory, the market has experienced a surge in crypto prices, marking what many consider the beginning of a new bull run. Anush Jafer, Content Lead at Mudrex Research, discussed the implications of Trump's win on the crypto market and retail investor sentiment during a recent ETMarkets live stream.

While BSE and NSE have declared a trading holiday on the election day, commodity trading on MCX will open only for the evening session.

Wall Street's main indexes closed lower on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dampened investors' hopes for another interest rate cut this year by saying the U.S. central bank need not rush to ease monetary policy. Powell said at a Dallas Fed event that with the economy still growing, the job market solid and inflation still above the 2% target, the Fed can deliberate carefully on rate cuts.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. What do a state-run power behemoth, a humble penny stock, and a Maharatna enterprise have in common? These stocks are among a handful that have not only attracted retail investors in hordes in 2024 so far, but have also outdone themselves on this metric in each successive quarter. Leading this unlikely trio was NTPC Ltd, which added about 1.7 million new individual investors in the September quarter, thanks to its strong growth and green energy ambitions.

Shareholder resolutions with more than 20% dissent from institutional shareholders dropped to 16% in the recently concluded proxy season, down from 17% in the previous two fiscals, as per data from primeinfobase.com. In actual numbers, 1,581 out of 10,092 resolutions saw more than 20% of institutional shareholders express their dissent in FY25 so far. However, 98% of them still passed, mostly owing to high promoter holding in the companies.

CLSA said Reliance Industries’ shares offer an “attractive entry point” at the current levels. Retaining its ‘Outperform’ rating with a price target of ₹1,650, implying a 30% upside. The firm said the start of new energy projects is a potential catalyst for the stock. RIL shares were up 1.2% at ₹1,266.9 on Thursday. “Reliance Industries stock has cooled off from its all-time highs as a delay in the possible IPOs of Jio and/or Retail led to reduced excitement towards the stock. Slowing growth in the retail business has been another negative,” said CLSA’s analysts in a client note.

Listed companies paid royalty to related parties in excess of 20% of their net profits on one out of four occasions, flagging the need for change in norms, a study published by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Thursday showed. “The data suggests that though the royalty payments made by companies are reasonably within the stipulated threshold, such payments are unjustifiably high in terms of their profitability,” Sebi said.

Hero MotoCorp Thursday beat street estimates to report 14% increase in net profit at Rs 1,203.54 crore for the second quarter ended Sep 30, 2024. The company had registered net profit of Rs 1,053.81 crore in the corresponding period of the last financial year. Analysts had expected the company to post net profit of Rs 1,156 crore last quarter.

Grasim Industries, the flagship company of Aditya Birla Group, on Thursday reported a 66% fall in its consolidated net profit at Rs 390 crore in the second quarter, compared with Rs 1,164 crore in the last year quarter. Revenue from operations, meanwhile, rose 11% YoY to Rs 33,563 crore in the reporting period.

Glenmark Pharma reported Rs 340 crore net profit in Q2FY25 led by robust sales growth in India and Europe. The drugmaker reported a net loss of Rs 180 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Revenue rose 7% YoY to Rs 3,434 crore in Q2FY25.

Allcargo Logistics has clocked a net sales of Rs 689.80 crore in Q2 of FY25 up 79.43% from Rs 384.43 crore in Q2 of FY24. The quarterly net profit of the company stood at Rs 36.99 crore in Q2 of FY25 up 161.04% from Rs. 14.17 crore in Q2 of FY24. EBITDA of the company stood at Rs 30.66 crore in September 2024 up 28.02% from Rs 23.95 crore in September 2023.

Hero MotoCorp on Thursday reported 14% growth in its standalone net profit at Rs 1,204 crore in the second quarter. It was Rs 1054 crore in the year-ago quarter. Revenue from operations in the reporting period rose 11% YoY to Rs 10,463 crore.

Delhivery posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 10 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 against a loss of Rs 103 crore in the year ago period. However, the profit was down by 81% from Rs 54 crore reported in the June 2024-ended quarter. The consolidated revenue from operations stood at Rs 2,190 crore which was up by 13% over Rs 1,942 crore posted by the logistics and supply chain company in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. On the sequential basis, the revenue was up by 0.80% versus Rs 2,172 crore reported in Q1FY25.

Zydus Wellness Ltd.(up 4.95%), Gopal Snacks Ltd.(up 4.43%), Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd.(up 4.30%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.(up 3.08%), Adani Wilmar Ltd.(up 2.35%), Honasa Consumer Ltd.(up 2.01%), ADF Foods Ltd.(up 2.01%), Parag Milk Foods Ltd.(up 1.47%), Varun Beverages Ltd.(up 1.33%) and Hatsun Agro Products Ltd.(up 1.32%) stood among the top gainers.

These high-performing stocks that rallied more than 10% during the session included, Netlink Sol(12.86%), Bemco Hydraulic(12.56%), Mahalaxmi Rub(11.91%), Niyogin Fintech (11.53%), AXISCADES Engg Tech(11.06%), Informed Tech(11.01%), Bang Overseas(10.85%), Natura Hue Chem(10.85%), Sterling Tools(10.55%) and The Anup Engg(10.54%).