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Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd.(up 3.58%), Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd.(up 3.37%), Magadh Sugar & Energy Ltd.(up 1.97%), Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd.(up 1.23%), Kothari Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.05%), Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd.(up 1.00%), Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd.(up 0.99%), Mawana Sugars Ltd.(up 0.90%), Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd.(up 0.75%) and KCP Sugar & Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 0.73%) stood among the top gainers.

Top Gainers: Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers & Chemicals (up 9.86%), Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals (up 9.49%), Mahindra Holidays & Resorts (up 9.15%), Polyplex Corporation (up 7.99%), and Prestige Estates Projects (up 7.95%).Top Losers: PNB Housing Finance (down 5.92%), Alok Industries (down 3.56%), Power Finance Corp (down 3.54%), Hitachi Energy India (down 3.52%), and Tube Investments Of India (down 3.45%).Top Gainers: Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers & Chemicals (up 9.84%), Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals (up 9.52%), TVS Supply Chain Solutions (up 7.92%), Prestige Estates Projects (up 7.84%), and Sonata Software (up 6.93%).Top Losers: PNB Housing Finance (down 5.74%), Sanofi India (down 3.74%), Alok Industries (down 3.66%), Power Finance Corp (down 3.59%), and Hitachi Energy India (down 3.54%).Source: [BSE Top Gainers](https://www.livemint.com/market/bse-top-gainers), [BSE Top Losers](https://www.livemint.com/market/bse-top-losers), [NSE Top Gainers](https://www.livemint.com/market/nse-top-gainers), [NSE Top Losers](https://www.livemint.com/market/nse-top-losers).Milestone Alert! Livemint tops charts as the fastest growing news website in the world

Stock market today: The domestic benchmark equity indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, ended Thursday's session in green after struggling through some volatility during the trade. Metal, real estate, and bank stocks led the indexes, despite a lack of strong global indications.The 30-share BSE Sensex ended higher by 141.34 points or 0.18% at 77,478.93 level while the Nifty 50 closed at 23,567.00 level, up 51.00 points or 0.22%.On the broader market front, the Nifty Midcap 100 closed 0.95% higher, while the Nifty SmallCap 100 ended up 0.61%, both outperforming the benchmark indices. The fear gauge index, the India VIX closed 2.68% lower on Thursday.

The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 141 points or 0.18% to settle at 77,479. The broader NSE Nifty gained 51 points or 0.22% to end at 23,567.

Benchmark NSE Nifty closed 51.0 points up at 23567.0 amid buying in frontline bluechip counters.

The NSE Nifty index ended the session 51.0 points up at 23567.0, while BSE Sensex rose 141.34 points to 77478.93.

Alkyl Amines Chemicals Ltd share price gained more than 7% during the intraday trades on Thursday. Alkyl Amines Chemicals share price opened at ₹2025 levels on Thursday on the BSE with gains of around 1% over the previous close.

Domestic benchmark index NSE Nifty gained 11.3 points to 23527.3, while the BSE Sensex traded 16.62 points up at 77354.21.

longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere has arrived. It will hit at 4.50 PM on June 20. This is not a rare event, but it is certainly one of the most interesting annual astrological events. It is summer solstice. At this point, the sun will reach its highest point in the sky as it will be directly above the Tropic of Cancer. It will make the longest day with the shortest night in the northern hemisphere. It will also herald the onset of Cancer season. The summer solstice holds astrological significance and the people have been observing certain rituals from the pre-historic period. Reason behind solstices

ozone layer may be depleted by internet satellite networks like Elon Musk's Starlink. According to researchers from the University of Southern California, the ozone layer may be harmed by the large amount of aluminum oxide gas that SpaceX's Starlink satellites emit into the atmosphere. Because it shields humans from the Sun's harmful UV radiation, which can cause skin cancer and hurt crops and food supply, the ozone layer is essential. As per the reports of NDTV, there are more than 8,000 internet satellites in low-Earth orbit. New concerns about satellite impact

British scientists have discovered a new planet near Earth that could potentially support human life, reports 'Sky News'. It is interesting to note that its temperature is around 42C which means it could be liveable. It is one of the few known planets where humans could theoretically survive. Talking to the news outlet, Larissa Palethorpe from the University of Edinburgh said that liquid water could exist on the surface of the planet, which in this case it could. Palethorpe led a team of scientists from around the world and used NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, known as TESS. With the help of this, they spotted the planet orbiting around its star. They calculated its size, temperature and how it moves in a year.

₹125 crore from anchor investors ahead of the launch of its initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, June 19.According to the exchange filing, the engineering company allocated 61,62,777 equity shares to anchor investors at the allocation price of ₹203 per share.Also read: Dee Development Engineers IPO: Price band set at ₹193-203 per share; check issue details, key dates, more"The Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in consultation with the Book Running Lead Managers to the Offer, has finalized allocation of 61,62,777 Equity Shares, to Anchor Investors at Anchor Investor allocation price of Rs. 203 per Equity Share," the company said.HDFC Mutual Fund, Kotak Mahindra Trustee, Aditya Birla Sun Life Trustee, LIC MF Large, SBI General Insurance, Morgan Stanely Asia were among the marquee companies who participated the anchor book round.Out of the allocation of 61,62,777 equity shares to the Anchor Investors, 26,61,210 Equity Shares (i.e.

Balrampur Chini Mills, GMR Airports Infrastructure, Hindustan Copper, India Cements, SAIL, and Sun TV Network. Balrampur Chini Mills managed to come out of the ban on Friday; however, it has reentered the ban list for Tuesday.

India Inc was less generous with dividends in FY24 than in previous 9 years amid an increase in capital expenditure with average capacity utilisation exceeding the long-term average. The dividend payout ratio was 34% in FY24, down from 43% in FY23 and 37% in FY22. Including buybacks, the payout was 38% in FY24 compared with 44% in FY23 or 41% in FY22. The dividend payout ratio is the proportion of a company's earnings paid to shareholders as dividends. This payout tends to be lower in times when companies spend more on expansion. Companies with a high cash flow in mature industries tend to have higher dividend payout ratios. About 1,300 companies paid ₹4.15 lakh crore in dividends in FY24, compared with their standalone net profit of ₹12.24 lakh crore. Additionally, 41 companies spent around ₹50,750 crore on share buybacks in FY24. The dividends paid in FY23 amounted to ₹4.44 lakh crore, while money spent on share buybacks was ₹21,500 crore.

Saudi Arabia, authorities from their countries said on Sunday, as temperatures soar in the kingdom. «Fourteen Jordanian pilgrims died and 17 others were missing» during the performance of hajj rituals, Jordan's foreign ministry said in a statement.

The Scotish Sun, Ron Halliday has pointed that iconic sites such as the Skara Brae settlement, Maeshowe cairn, Brochs in Orkney as pivotal in this theory. "There are Scottish objects and sites that could be related to ancient aliens.

lunar standstill, and there may be a Stonehenge connection. It lasts for several months, as reported by the U.S. Sun.

Raymond James is continuing to build on its recruitment tear in June, this time with a breakaway advisor joining in a Southwestern US portion of the Sun Belt.

Also Read- Suven Pharmaceuticals share price rises 5% on CDMO Sapala Organics acquisitionDuring May'2024, among the top-20 pharma companies, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals with growth of 18.9% yar-on-year) and JB Pharma with a growth of 13.1% YoY grew at a significantly faster pace (in the listed space) compared to the IPM, suggested Motilal Oswal Financial Services data.Ajanta Pharma with 12.3% year-on-year growth, Zydus Lifesciences with 11.8% growth and Mankind Pharma with 10.8% growth and Cipla with 10.1% growth were among other outperformers in the listed space.Among MNCs Sanofi India with 12.2% growth also stood out and was among significant outperformers. However among key underperformers during the month stood Pfizer, Indoco Remedies, GSK (Glaxosmithkline Pharma), IPCA Laboratories and Alembic, which posted 1-7% yoy growth , suggested analysts data.Among the top-25 companies, Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Abbott, Lupin, JB Pharma and Zydus have gained maximum share over the past six months in the listed space, said analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities.

Kevin Spacey is trying to make a comeback in the entertainment world, but not before he shed a few tears on Piers Morgan‘s talk show.

dark matter have been detected in the Earth's ionosphere, which is the upper part of the Earth's atmosphere where the Sun's rays ionizes atoms to form plasma. According to Yahoo News, radio waves were detected there, at a place, which can be due to the particles undergoing a contact with dark matter.