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Cryptocurrencies are no longer on the fringe of finance, and some parents are exploring them as an investment to build their children’s future nest egg.

finance ministry is not in favour of any major regulatory intervention in the stock market, and believes that over-regulation could lead to nervousness among participants, ETNow news channel reported, quoting sources. The news comes in the backdrop of the recent measures taken by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SebI) to check on the building froth in the small and midcap stocks.

Holi. The holiday-shortened next week will have only three trading sessions as exchanges will again be shut on Friday, March 29 on account of Good Friday. On Monday, the country's largest non-agri commodity market, the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) will also be shut for trading in the morning session between 9 am and 5 pm but open for trading in the evening session between 5 pm and 9 pm. As for the agri-commodity index, no trading will take place on this day.

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) climbed 5% to hit an upper circuit at Rs 138.6 on BSE after the firm declared plans to raise Rs 24,200 crore in FY 2024-25 through borrowing. «Board meeting of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2024, inter-alia, to consider the matter w.r.t. Borrowing programme up to Rs 24,200 Crore for FY 2024-25 (borrowing includes fundraising through issuance of bonds, term loans, Commercial Paper etc. from domestic & international markets),» the company said in an exchange filing on Thursday after market hours.

Tata Elxsi Ltd. traded 0.54 per cent down at Rs 7652.0 at 12:48PM (IST) on Friday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex gained 187.23 points to 72828.42. The stock had closed at Rs 7693.9 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 9191.1 and 52-week low of Rs 5883.05, respectively. As per BSE data, total traded volume on the counter till 12:48PM (IST) stood at 1924 shares with a turnover of Rs 1.47 crore.

Notting Hill? In one of the film’s iconic sequences, Grant asks what exactly fruitarians are. He’s told: “We believe that fruits and vegetables have feelings, so we think cooking is cruel. We only eat things that have already fallen off a tree or bush—that are, in fact, dead already." Grant, who plays William, a bookstore owner, asks about carrots on the table.

Stock market today: Following strong global market sentiments after the US Fed meeting, the Indian stock market shifted into a decent follow-through upside move on Thursday and ended higher on second day in a row. The Nifty 50 index gained 172 points and closed at the 22,011 level, the BSE Sensex shot up 539 points and ended at the 72,641 mark while the Bank Nifty index finished 374 points higher at the 46,684 level.

Dividend stocks: Shares of Power Finance Corporation Ltd, Bharat Electronics Ltd, Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd, Refex Industries Limited, and TIL Ltd will be in focus when the stock market opens on March 22 (Friday). The Board of Directors of the 5 companies have declared interim dividend, stock split, and rights issue for their eligible shareholders. The record date by the 5 companies to ascertain the eligibility of shareholders for their respective issues has been fixed on March 22.

Canada’s competition watchdog is urging Ottawa to drop requirements for some borrowers to pass the mortgage stress test at renewal, arguing it limits Canadians’ abilities to shop around for a better rate.

Reddit soared in its Wall Street debut as investors pushed the valued of the company close to US$9 billion seconds after it began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Dawn Chmielewski

A legal adviser to the European Union’s top court has recommended that it annul Europe's fishing agreement with Morocco, which would have allowed European boats to fish for valuable catch off the coast of the disputed Western Sahara

What could be in the federal budget that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is delivering on April 16? It’s really anyone’s guess, but some insights can be gleaned from the government’s recent pre-budget report, as well as from various pre-budget industry newsletters, each offering up their own predictions and recommendations of what might be in store.

Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre over the procedure adopted for the appointment of election commissioners and asked how six names were shortlisted from 200 within a few hours. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said the selection committee should have been given more time to apply its mind on the appointment of the election commissioners. «For one vacancy, there were five names. For two, you send six names. Why not 10? This is the language of the statute — for one vacancy, five names have to be recommended. This appears from the record,» the bench told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre. «They (the search committee) can consider 200 names, but what is the time given, maybe two hours? Two hundred names to be considered in two hours? You could have been transparent,» it said.

Stock Market News: Domestic equity benchmark indices, the Sensex and Nifty 50, finished Thursday's trading session in green due to encouraging global cues and dovish US Federal Reserve. The 30-share BSE Sensex ended higher by 539.50 points or 0.75% at 72,641.19 level while the Nifty 50 closed at 22,011.95 level, up 172.85 points or 0.79%.

Stock market today: Shares of Rama Steel Tubes Ltd have been in an uptrend since early morning deals on Thursday. The small-cap stock with a market cap of ₹2,088 crore today opened upside at ₹13.95 apiece and went on to touch an intraday high of ₹14.65 apiece, logging a nearly 10 percent rise during the intraday session. The small-cap stock witnessed a spurt in volume as well.

Stock market today: Following the bull trend in the Indian stock market post-US Fed meeting, the Nifty PSE index surged to the tune of 3 percent during the intraday session. The 51-stock index found strong buying support from PFC, REC, BHEL, SAIL, and BEL shares. Four PSU stocks — IREDA, IFCI, MMTC, and NBCC touched the upper circuit in this stock market rally.

Shriram Finance Ltd. fell 0.42 per cent to Rs 2305.0 in Thursday's trade as of 01:14PM (IST) even as the benchmark Nifty ruled at 22005.55, up 166.46 points. The scrip had closed at Rs 2314.85 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week low of Rs 1202.8 and a high of Rs 2535.0. The company quoted a market-cap of Rs 86411.27 crore on the BSE.

Does this mean that all bank branches will be open on Sunday, March 31?

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