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Bajaj Finance is expected to report a net interest income in the range between Rs 8,810 crore and Rs 9,187 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 according to estimates by five brokerages. This is likely to be an uptick of 24-28% over the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. The profit after tax (PAT) in the July-September quarter could be around Rs 4,030 crore to Rs 6,083 crore.

Asian shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks rose to records to close out their latest winning week

Tech Mahindra today surged 4% in an intraday session to their new 52-week high of Rs 1,761.30 after the company on Saturday reported a 153.1% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 1,250 crore for the second quarter, while its revenue rose by 3.5% YoY to Rs 13,313 crore in the said quarter. On a sequential basis, profit and revenue saw growth of 46.81% and 2.36%, respectively.

IndiaMart InterMesh-operated IndiaMart today fell by 18% to Rs 2,466.80 on the BSE even as the company reported nearly a 95% YoY jump in its Q2 PAT at Rs 135.1 crore. Additionally, the company also reported an 18% jump in its revenue on a year-on-year basis (YoY) at Rs 348 crore for the second quarter ended September 2024, which stood at Rs 295 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has shown the rising reach and power of the Popular Front of India (PFI), the organisation at the centre of several ongoing probe being done by various agencies, ToI reported on October 21. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested KA Rauf Sherif, general secretary of the Campus Front of India (CFI), in December 2020, marking the beginning of a multi-agency investigation into the Popular Front of India (PFI). A dossier prepared by ED after a four-year probe detailed that PFI has numerous members and offices in states including Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, and Manipur. PFI, banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in 2022 after an attempted attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July of that year, reportedly has 13,000 members in Singapore and five Gulf countries. According to the dossier, funds are collected in cash from «unknown donors» and sent to India through hawala channels. These funds are then deposited in 29 bank accounts of trusts and affiliated entities.

Google techie rejected from job for being ’too good’, recruiter says ‘qualifications are…’When the feature was leaked behind an experimental flag in June this year, it had very limited use cases with the audio turning off as soon as the user closed Chrome or turned off their phone display, akin to how YouTube Music works. However, according to a latest report by 9to5Google, the Listen to this page feature is getting a major upgrade and can now continue playing the music even when exiting the Chrom app and open other applications.

Motilal Oswal Financial Services has a neutral call on Axis Bank with a target price of Rs 1,225. The current market price of Axis Bank Ltd. is Rs 1195.25. Axis Bank, incorporated in 1993, is a bank with a market cap of Rs 370216.15 crore. Axis Bank's key products/revenue segments include interest & discount on advances & bills, income From investment, interest and interest on balances with RBI and other Inter-Bank Funds for the year ending 31-Mar-2024.

Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general, Naim Qassem, has reportedly fled crisis-stricken Lebanon and is now residing in Tehran, according to local media sources. The move, reportedly ordered by Iranian leaders, is seen as a precautionary measure amidst rising concerns for Qassem’s safety, as he is believed to be a potential target of an Israeli assassination.

HDFC Bank on Monday jumped 3% to Rs 1,734 on BSE after India's largest private sector lender reported steady performance in Q2 with PAT growth of 5.3% year-on-year (YoY) beating Street estimates. HDFC Bank's board approval to launch the IPO of its NBFC subsidiary – HDB Financial Services — to the tune of Rs 12,500 crore (including OFS of Rs 10,000 crore) to meet regulatory guidelines will also unlock value for shareholders.

Donald Trump has largely avoided interviews where he will be fact-checked in real time. But on Sunday, he sat for an interview on Fox News, where he was challenged directly on some of his most glaring falsehoods of the campaign. The exchanges that resulted provided a case study in the tactics the former president uses when confronted with facts that contradict his statements. Trump repeatedly denied knowledge of information that has long been publicly available, questioned the sources and then pivoted away to an unrelated topic.

Two weeks ahead of a potentially era-defining US election, and with the world’s recent inflation crisis barely behind it, ministers and central bankers gathering in the nation’s capital face intensifying calls to get their fiscal houses in order while they still can.

WiseTech Global said on Monday it was reviewing a «full range of matters» concerning its billionaire CEO after media reports made allegations about his personal life including payments to a past sexual partner. The Australian Financial Review and other media outlets reported that a woman who had a sexual relationship with the billionaire chief made a raft of claims against Richard White in late 2020, including allegations that he had engaged in inappropriate behaviour. White, WiseTech's billionaire founder and major shareholder, could not immediately be reached for a comment while WiseTech did not immediately respond.

buy call on Larsen & Toubro with a target price of Rs 4,250. The current market price of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. is Rs 3576.25. Larsen & Toubro Ltd., incorporated in 1946, is a largecap company with a market cap of Rs 491945.68 crore, operating in the construction sector. Larsen & Toubro, is a key products/revenue segments include income from construction work, income from manufacturing and trading activities, other services, other operating revenue, property development, commission, service (engineering) and lease rentals for the year ending 31-Mar-2024.

Perplexity AI has begun fundraising talks in which it is looking to more than double its valuation to $8 billion or more, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Perplexity has told investors it is looking to raise around $500 million in the new funding round, the Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter. The Nvidia-backed artificial intelligence (AI) company's estimated annualized revenue based on recent sales is currently about $50 million, the report added.

Kotak Bank shares will be in focus in today's trade as the private sector lender reported Q2 profit recorded a growth of 5% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 3,344 crore The bank's net interest income (NII) for Q2FY25 increased 11% YoY to Rs 7,020 crore, from Rs 6,297 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.

IT services company Tech Mahindra are likely to remain in focus today after the company reported a 153.1% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 1,250 crore for the second quarter, while its revenue rose by 3.5% YoY to Rs 13,313 crore in the said quarter. On a sequential basis, profit and revenue saw growth of 46.81% and 2.36%, respectively.

Tokyo: Naomi Osaka's season appears to be over after she said she will not play at next month's Billie Jean King Cup finals because of injury. The four-time Grand Slam singles champion said in Tokyo on Sunday that she had ruptured abdominal muscles. «I thought I strained my back, but I did an MRI in Beijing and they said that I bulged a disc in my back and I also ruptured abdominal muscles,» Japan's Kyodo News agency reported the 27-year-old as saying.

Nischal Maheshwari, Market Expert, says BFSI accounts for more than 50% of revenues for most of the IT companies. If BFSI starts turning around, it is really good for the IT sector. Also, interest rates cuts have started happening in the US and that is where the discretionary spend should also start going up. So, hold on to your IT stocks. At every dip, IT is a buy. On the other hand, RBI has given a clear hint to NBFCs to go slow on the growth part. It is best to avoid all the NBFCs for the moment. What are you making of this extremely volatile market and complete disconnect from what the Western markets are doing – both Europe as well as the US? Nischal Maheshwari: Some amount of profit-taking is happening in India. Yes, it is a bit of a disconnect. If you compare this, it has been a very solid market as far as the US is concerned and even in Southeast Asia. But here we are seeing some amount of profit-taking, some amount of disappointment as far as earnings are concerned in the current quarter.

Bajaj Housing Finance will be in focus today as the company will earnings for the second quarter ended September 2024. In the run up to the results, the shares of Housing have been muted, falling nearly 4%. While there are no estimates of the recently debuted company, it reported that the assets under management (AUM) surpassed Rs 1 lakh crore during the quarter, reaching Rs 1,02,550 crore—a 26% increase compared to Rs 81,215 crore in the same quarter last year.

Kotak Mahindra Bank are likely to remain in focus today after the company on Saturday reported a 5% year-on-year (YoY) rise in its standalone profit after tax (PAT) for the quarter ended September 2024 to Rs 3,344 crore. The bank's net interest income (NII) for Q2FY25 increased 11% YoY to Rs 7,020 crore, from Rs 6,297 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.

Jio Financial Services are expected to remain in Focus on Monday following company's Q2 earnings where the company reported a 3% uptick in its net profit to Rs 689 crore for the quarter ended September 2024, versus Rs 668 crore logged in the year-ago period. Revenue from operations in the reported quarter stood at Rs 693.50 crore, up 14% over Rs 608.04 crore posted by the company in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.