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Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd. traded 0.9 per cent up in Friday's trade at 12:07PM (IST). Around 3,943 shares changed hands on the counter. The stock opened at Rs 2794.05 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 2840.15 and Rs 2791.45, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 2840.15 and a 52-week low of Rs 1535.85.

Marico Ltd. gained 1.35 per cent to Rs 517.0 at 12:12PM (IST) in Friday's trade. The counter hit a high of Rs 518.65 and low of Rs 511.05 so far during the session. The stock had closed at Rs 510.1 in the previous session. The counter had a total traded volume of 12:12PM shares so far with a turnover of Rs 1.15 crore on BSE. The stock traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 45.04 and a price-to-book ratio of 16.29.

Tata Elxsi Ltd. traded 0.6 per cent up at Rs 7137.0 on Friday at around 11:31AM (IST), while the benchmark BSE Sensex declined 142.79 points to 74196.65. As many as 3,523 shares changed hands on the counter with a total value of Rs 2.51 crore.

Bharat Forge Ltd. traded 0.14 per cent up in Friday's trade at 11:36AM (IST). Around 30,255 shares changed hands on the counter. The stock opened at Rs 1319.35 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 1326.35 and Rs 1309.0, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of Bharat Forge Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 1330.0 and a 52-week low of Rs 748.2.

Elon Musk's social media platform X defended publishing posts showing a bishop in Australia being stabbed during a sermon as «part of public discussion», rejecting a regulator's order to take down the content on grounds it is offensive and violent. In a post overnight, X's «global government affairs» account said the video taken by an «innocent bystander» should not have been banned under Australian law, which «permits content that can be reasonably considered as part of public discussion or debate».

mutual funds are now beginning to show early signs of a possible reversal in March when an outflow of Rs 94.17 crore was seen for the first time in 31 months. Largecap funds, on the other hand, are back in vogue as investors poured in Rs 2,127 crore last month after pulling out Rs 2,741 crore in the last 11 months. The total assets under management (AUM) of largecap funds has now surged to Rs 3.14 lakh crore, the second highest in equity category after flexicap funds. Does the on-going volatility in the mid and small cap funds and the outflows from small cap funds in March indicate that large cap funds will gain more popularity from the investors?

Bharat Electronics Ltd. traded 0.96 per cent up at Rs 240.0 on Friday at around 11:06AM (IST), while the benchmark BSE Sensex declined 198.9 points to 74140.54. As many as 959,821 shares changed hands on the counter with a total value of Rs 23.02 crore.

BJP candidate from Bengaluru South constituency, Tejasvi Surya, cast his vote in Bengaluru on Friday and stated that the Congress party may not win more than 30 seats in the Lok Sabha polls. While speaking to after casting his vote, he stated that surveys consistently show that the Congress party may not win more than 30 seats. «Congress party has become absolutely frustrated. Survey after survey shows that it may not win more than 30 seats… The more personal attacks and baseless allegations they make against the PM, history has shown that the Prime Minister has only gotten stronger and the BJP has only gotten more popular,» he said.

By 2028, a Honda manufacturing plant in Alliston, Ont., should be ready to pump out 240,000 electric vehicles (EVs) every single year.

Bank of Japan left interest rates on hold on Friday, keeping traders on edge as to when and to what degree authorities in Tokyo may intervene. The yen fell by about 0.2% and weakened to 156.1 per dollar in the minutes after the announcement. The yen also nudged down to its weakest almost 16 years at 167.38 per euro and its weakest in nearly a decade on the Australian dollar.

International and domestic gold and silver prices gained on Thursday after the Dollar eased after US first-quarter GDP rose less than expected in the first quarter. The rise comes on hopes the Fed could move to lower interest rates after weak GDP numbers.

Cantor Fitzgerald Chief Executive Officer Howard Lutnick expects the Federal Reserve to cut rates a single time this year, just ahead of the US presidential election.

Intel forecast second-quarter revenue and profit below market estimates on Thursday, sending its shares tumbling roughly 8% as it faces weak demand for its traditional data center and PC chips and trails in the surging market for AI components. Businesses have prioritized spending on advanced and speedy artificial intelligence server chips, hurting demand for Intel's central processing units (CPUs), which have been the mainstay chip powering data centers for decades.

interest rate differential between domestic and US sovereign bonds has shrunk to its lowest levels in at least 17 years, an occurrence that textbook theory says should drive foreign capital out of India. Overseas investors, however, are in no mood to shun the world's fastest-growing major economy. If anything, an improvement in India's domestic and external fundamentals, along with events like the inclusion of domestic debt in global bond indices, has prompted foreign investors to pour funds here, a compressed rate differential notwithstanding.

Google is still striving to claw back its lead in AI. This is the current quarter in which the company has continued its focus on technical infrastructure by capital expensing $12 billion worth of investments. On a related note, CEO Sundar Pichai expressed confidence in managing costs and transitioning monetization strategies related to AI effectively, saying, "I am very, very confident we can manage the cost of how to serve these queries" and “comfortable and confident that we will be able to manage the monetization transition here well," as quoted by Bloomberg.

The Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard is designed to be an easily-digestible, freely-available window into publicly-available aggregated blockchain data, beginning with stablecoins. From information on active users, to volumes by coin and blockchain, to transaction sizes and an evolving set of metrics, the dashboard looks to provide clear insights into stablecoin activity. Explaining the value of the resource, Visa head of crypto, Cuy Sheffield cites a chart that has been making the rounds on social media showing the volume that some of the world’s major settlement networks process annually, in billions of dollars, and comparing those to annual stablecoin volumes. The chart shows stablecoin volumes overtaking Bitcoin, PayPal and "remittances" - and fast approaching Visa.

Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. has released a quarterly report showing it’s still reaping double-digit revenue gains from its digital advertising empire while sowing potentially lucrative new ground in artificial intelligence

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged ECI on Thursday to come out with a list with details of central forces deployment in all other states in the country and questioned why a record number of central forces have been sent to Bengal. Meanwhile, she alleged Rastriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS), known for its sacrifice, is giving money to the people and seeking vote in Medinipur Constituency. Talking about central force deployment in Bengal, Banerjee said, “I would urge ECI to come out with a list-how many central forces have been deployed in which states and why record number of central forces have been sent to Bengal and why? You want to capture Bengal? You don't have faith in people?” Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, in a bid to ensure free, fair and violence-free Lok Sabha polls in the state, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has already sanctioned the deployment of 920 companies of central forces in West Bengal, highest among all states in the country.

Jennifer Aniston, known for her work in the popular TV Series Friends has decided to produce a remake of the classic comedy movie 9 to 5 which is a long time under development. With this latest development related to Aniston, this project will finally begin seeing the light of the day and hopefully, a release will be on the cards soon. Aniston's presence in Friends has been regarded as one of the best screen appearances in the TV Series. Friends has been one of the most watched series of all time and a reunion of the Friends cast was also documented and streamed. The emotion around this series is phenomenal and it is expected that Aniston's immense talent and skills will be a great addition to the remake of 20th Century Studios' 9 to 5.

Adani Green Energy, which is looking to develop a 25 gigawatt portfolio by 2025, is in advanced talks with Rabobank, MUFG, SMBC and DBS for a $400 million loan, according to people familiar with the development. The loan is likely to be priced at a secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) plus 250 basis points with a five-year tenor, they said. A basis point is a hundredth of a percentage point. The renewable energy arm of Adani Group will use the funds for capital expenditure, said one of the persons, who did not wish to be identified.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India to explain why there was a «record number» of central paramilitary force deployed only in West Bengal. She urged the ECI to give details of force deployment in other states. She also alleged that RSS cadre was «distributing cash» to people while seeking votes in Medinipur constituency.