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NTPC share price declined over 2% on Monday after the company reported its Q2 results. NTPC shares fell as much as 2.45% to ₹230.75 apiece on the BSE. The state-run power generator NTPC reported a rise of 16.6% in its consolidated net profit for Q2FY24 at ₹3,885 crore as compared to ₹3,331 crore in the corresponding period last year.

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, (MMFS), part of the Mahindra Group, slumped 14.40% to reach 237.35 apiece in early trade on Monday, a level not seen since April 2023, as the investors reacted negatively to the company's Q2FY24 performance, which was released post-market hours on Friday. At 10:45 AM, the stock was trading with a drop of 9.45% at ₹251.30.

Stock market today: Shares of Suzlon Energy Limited has been in uptrend after ushering in new financial year 2023-24. Suzlon shares bottomed out at ₹7.05 apiece levels on NSE at the end of March 2023 and since then its has been rising continuously. Suzlon share price today opened with an upside gap and hit intraday high of ₹32.80 apiece lveles, logging over 350 per cent rise in current financial year.

IDFC First Bank fell over 5% to the day's low of Rs 81.45 on the NSE in the opening trade on Monday amid selling pressure in banks and financial stocks. Though the stock managed to recover from its intraday lows around 10:30 pm, it was still down by 3%. Brokerage Motilal Oswal downgraded the stock to neutral with a revised target price of Rs 95 following its September quarter earnings on Saturday.

Brokerage firm Macquarie upgraded RIL to neutral post Q2 results while Jefferies downgraded Cipla to hold. Also, Nomura maintained a neutral rating on Maruti Suzuki and Jefferies had a buy rating on Indian Hotels. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources: Macquarie on RIL: Neutral| Target Rs 2200 Macquarie upgraded RIL to Neutral from Underperform earlier and hiked the target price to Rs 2200 from Rs 2100. The September quarter results were in line with estimates.

Most analysts advised investors to subscribe to the IPO over the company's strong brand identity and diverse product portfolio across different categories. Cello World has developed a strong brand identity through effective brand advertisements and marketing campaigns, including «Cello – Companion for Life», «Cello – Rishta Zindagi Bhar Ka, among others. »We believe the company would be a prominent player in its respective business verticals with a large addressable market growth of an average 16%. The strong financials and debt-free nature of the company offer a growth play in the long term.

Emily Blunt and Chris Evans, "Pain Hustlers" delves into the meteoric rise, tumultuous fall, and the enduring devastation wrought by the corruption within the pharmaceutical industry. The film unearths the lives of Zanna Pharmaceutical's representatives and the unscrupulous lengths they went to in their relentless pursuit of drug sales.

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Niti Aayog's, the government's think-tank, is finalising the draft Vison 2047, projecting India to be $30 trillion economy and will lay out a roadmap to help India escape the middle-income trap as India becomes a developed nation by 2047. The document, which will be released by PM Narendra Modi, and made public over the next three months will focus on radical restructuring of the government, NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subramanian said in a select media briefing on Sunday. The Aayog, which has harmonised and combined the recommendations of the 10 secretary-level sectoral groups, will hold final presentation to these group in the first week of November followed by meeting with thought leaders including industrialists and academia in the third week of November as it plans to finalise the draft document by December 2023. According to Subramanian, the government has projected India's population to be 150 crore by 2047 and the per capita income of $18,000-$20,000 by 2047 based on which the broad vision has been firmed up. «For India to be a developed nation, we need to recast the whole government in a way that decisions are taken at the lower level while upper level is responsible to strategise for a better future with targetted intervention,» he said. Niti Aayog has done macro modelling, fixing tangible goals for the country by 2030 and structural changes needed by 2047 to make India a Viksit Bharat as envisioned by PM Modi, Subramanian said. The Vision 2047 document, the work on which kick-started in December 2021, will see greater role of states in implementing the policies as Centre and states work together as Team India.

₹5,000 crore. This assumes that only 17% of all such deliveries are medically necessary, with the rest adding up to extra costs. It takes into account the costs of C-sections indicated in the National Sample Survey 75th round for 2017-18 (i.e., ₹16,475 higher than a natural childbirths in rural areas and ₹19,548 higher in urban settings).

Also Read: Week Ahead: Q2 Results, PMI data, auto sales, US Fed Policy, global cues among key market triggers this week The GNFC stock has displayed a strong resurgence, characterized by a long-legged doji candle testing its previous breakout resistance. Notably, the subsequent candle is significantly bullish, indicating a strong comeback by the bulls. Currently, the stock is trading above its 20-day EMA, with an RSI of 62, signifying strong momentum.

Sectorally, buying was seen in public sector, utilities, power, and realty stocks while some selling was seen in consumer durables, metal, and FMCG stocks. Stocks that were in focus include names like Shriram Finance which was up more than 7% to hit a fresh record high, Canara Bank gained nearly 6% and RIL closed with gains of nearly 2% on Friday ahead of Q2 results. We have collated a list of three stocks that either hit a fresh 52-week high, or all-time high or saw a volume or a price breakout. We spoke to an analyst on how one should look at these stocks the next trading day entirely from an educational point of view: Analyst: Sunil Gurjar, Founder Chartmojo, Author, CFTe Shriram Finance (All-Time) Shriram Finance is outperforming the Nifty50 index with a recent attempt at a breakout. The all-time high level (ATH) was breached by a gap (breakaway), indicating strong support between 1700 and 1740. In recent days, the counter formed a declining broadening wedge, and the target was achieved.

weight loss regimes that have risen in popularity in recent years.The idea is to restrict your daily eating period to a window — usually eight hours — without counting your calorie consumption, and then fast the rest of the day.Another variation is the alternate-day-fasting approach in which you restrict yourself to 500 calories every other day and then eat as much as you want the next day.“So basically, all it’s doing is lowering our food intake and that leads to weight loss,” said Krista Varady, a professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois Chicago. She has published several studies on intermittent fasting.If people with obesity strictly adhere to intermittent fasting, it can generally result in losing up to 50 pounds, Varady told Global News in an interview, with most of that weight loss coming from fat mass and belly fat.

PTI. The report stated that flight problems accounted for 41.9 percent of complaints, followed by baggage at 19.9 percent and refunds at 15.4 percent. The report further mentioned that 242 complaints out of 246 complaints have been addressed.

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Israel-Hamas war on the world economy may take time to become apparent but it would worsen if it spread to the Middle East, notably Iran, a major oil producer and Hamas sponsor. The global economy would be affected by rising oil prices near $90. Further escalation of the conflict towards other Middle Eastern oil producers is concerning and requires careful monitoring, especially given the global economy's 'higher for longer' interest rate scenario.

Read more The shareholders of Reliance Industries (RIL) have approved the appointment of Isha Ambani, Akash Ambani and Anant Ambani to the board as non-executive directors. The resolutions were passed through postal ballot. Read more Honasa Consumer, which operates Mamaearth, will launch its three-day initial public offering (IPO) on 31 October, according to its draft prospectus.

Nifty50 ended with weekly declines of 2.5% amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, higher bond yields and the ongoing earnings season. Amid a host of important domestic and global events lined up during this week, know what lies ahead for the stock markets. After relentless selling in recent days, Nifty has temporarily paused its decline due to an oversold chart setup, Rupak De, Senior Technical analyst at LKP Securities said, adding that the index closed significantly below the critical breakdown level of 19,250.

Gaurav Bissa, Vice-President, Incred Equities, says “there was a major breakdown in Nifty around 19,000-19250. We had three attempts in this particular zone and all the three attempts we had a very strong pullback. We have finally given a breakdown. It might be a case of breakdown retest. Nifty might go towards 19,200-250 and again start falling down. So I am expecting one more leg of fall and that can also be a swift fall going forward.” After six days of underperformance versus the benchmark, the broader market outperformed on Friday. Where according to the charts, is the broader market going? The broader markets have entered into a downtrend. If you look at the daily charts and at hourly or two-hourly charts as well, there is a clear formation of lower tops, lower bottoms which is a characteristic of downtrend. Also, there has been a fresh swing low breakout that we have seen. This is a technical pullback as for six days we have seen significant downside. The momentum indicators were in a deeply oversold zone. So it is more of a technical bounce back and we may see one or two days more of positive trading but then the downtrend can resume and we may see lower levels coming in the broader markets again.