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Most of the stores, restaurants and retailers in the country, which shut their doors for Thanksgiving day, will be open on November 24, with some even opening for extended hours. While in-person shopping has been hit by the arrival of e-commerce, brick-and-mortar stores still see plenty of footfall on Black Friday. Here's a guide on which stores are open on Black Friday, and what their hours are. 1. Walmart: Walmart will operate on regular hours on Black Friday with stores opening from 6am to 11 pm local time. 2. Target: Target stores will also open at 6 am on Friday and will close at their regular time. 3. Best Buy: Best Buy stores will remain open between 6 am and 10 pm today. 4. Apple Store.

forces withdrew from Gaza's largest hospital Al-Shifa on Friday, the Hamas-run health ministry said, on the first day of a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian militants. The Israeli military raided Al-Shifa last week, targeting what it said was a Hamas command centre in a tunnel complex beneath the medical facility.

As scores of shoppers pack local malls to hunt for Black Friday deals, Dianne Debarros will be on the lookout for discounted toys and laptops her kids will soon need for school.

Climate negotiators at COP28 may bolster carbon trading when they decide on rules for a new United Nations-overseen emissions market that can lower the cost of fighting global warming.

The delayed OPEC+ meeting next week will be held online instead of in-person as the cartel wrangles over production levels amid a slump in oil prices.

artificial intelligence stocks saw investors pouring money after six straight weeks of outflows, on the backdrop of strong quarterly results by chipmaker Nvidia and rising optimism that US interest rates have peaked. The Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF received $35.5 million in net inflows in the week ending on Wednesday, its strongest since June earlier this year, according to Lipper data.

Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Ltd Share Price: Shares of Star Health and Allied Insurance have been on uptrend in the last few sessions after reporting decent July-September quarter results for fiscal 2023-24 (Q2FY24). Domestic brokerage firm Geojit Financial Services has upgraded its rating on the large cap to a ‘buy’ call and sees 17 per cent returns over the next 12 months. At a current market price (CMP) of ₹560, Geojit has given a target price of ₹653 and sees potential returns from Star Health increasing to over 17 per cent in one year.

Bank of India (RBI). Earlier, there was a decrease of $462 million in forex reserves, bringing the total to $590.32 billion for the week ending November 10. The reserves suffered a decline as the central bank utilized its funds to safeguard the rupee against pressures primarily stemming from global developments over the past year.

Sanjay Banka, CFO, Senco Gold, says “the next two quarters will not be better than the first half. If we look at the past trends, the major sales happen up to Dhanteras. We have already seen around 26-27% year-on-year growth till today. The next quarters are likely to take the blended growth up to 25%. Secondly, as far as the growth across all the zones is concerned, we are very happy that we are growing across all the zones in India, particularly in the Eastern zone where the growth is around 22%.” Have you witnessed a strong festive demand? Also, what is the expectation for the upcoming wedding season? We are very much delighted with the festive demand. While the World Gold Council has said that around 9% growth has happened in the first nine months of the current calendar year, we have grown by almost 26% year-on-year versus last year. And we have seen a similar trend during the Dhanteras festival, a 25% increase. So we are very much delighted. It clearly shows the faith and trust of the consumers. We are looking for a similar trend for the rest of the year in the wedding season because in the wedding season, we are talking about around 30 lakh weddings and Rs 4.5 lakh crore expenditure, a major part of that is likely to come to the jewellery industry.

HAL share price: After ushering in 2023, shares of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) have remained in uptrend throughout this year. In YTD time, HAL share price has delivered over 70 per cent return to its shareholders. However, it seems that the defence PSU stock still has some steam left.

PI Industries' share price gained more than 1% on Friday adding to its gains of around 15% that the stock has seen since October lows. While concerns around most chemical manufacturers stay elevated pertaining to inventory destocking, demand slowdown in developed countries, rise in China Exports, PI Industries with patented molecules and niche product range remains better placed compared to peers feel analysts. The Q2 performance held testimony as the financial performance of PI Industries remained strong amidst favorable demand momentum while many peers saw pressure on the performance.

₹1,092.26 crore IPO of Fedbank Financial Services, a retail-focused non-banking finance company promoted by Federal Bank, has achieved full subscription on the last day of bidding (November 24). At 12:30 PM, the issue had garnered bids for 7,33,03,453 shares against the available 5,59,23,660 shares, resulting in a subscription rate of 1.31 times. The retail segment displayed notable interest, with a subscription rate reaching 1.51 times.

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Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has trimmed its stake in Engineers India, a leading global engineering consultancy and EPC company, by about 2% through open market. The insurance behemoth disclosed in a regulatory filing on November 23 that it sold 1.14 crore shares of Engineers India during the period from February 02, 2021, to November 22, 2023, at an average price of ₹118.08 apiece. As a result of this transaction, LIC's overall stake in Engineers India has come down to 3.122% from the previous 5.155%.

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₹880.00 apiece on the BSE. According to media reports, a large block deal took place in the shares of One 97 Communications, the parent company of fintech major Paytm. Around 1.6 crore Paytm shares, or 2.56% of the equity, changed hands in the trade, reports said.

a 20 percent jump in the previous session, shares of Mamaearth-parent Honasa Consumer hit a new record high in intra-day deals on Friday on the back of strong September quarter (Q2FY24) results and global brokerage Jefferies raising target price. The stock surged as much as 14.5 percent in intra-day deals today to hit its new high of ₹484. Meanwhile, in just 2 sessions, it has soared 37 percent.

Taking cues from the international prices, MCX December gold futures opened in the green and were trading at Rs 61105 per 10 gram, up by Rs 33 or 0.05% from the Thursday closing price. Meanwhile, the December Silver futures were trading at Rs 72,934 per kg, higher by Rs 36 or 0.05%. On Comex, Gold futures were trading at $1,993.60 per troy ounce on Friday, up by $0.80 or 0.04% while Silver futures were trading at $23.720, higher by 0.032 or 0.14%. The dollar index was trading at 103.83 against a basket of top six currencies, down by $0.09 or 0.09% though the bias was negative. The December Gold futures ended at Rs 61,018 on Wednesday, down 207 or 0.34% while the December Silver futures settled at Rs 72,781, lower by Rs 523 or 0.71%. Gold futures on the MCX have gained by 0.28% or Rs 170 per 10 gram on the month-to-date basis, Analyst Anuj Gupta, Head Commodity & Currency, HDFC Securities informed.

LONDON (Reuters) — Workers and activists across Europe plan demonstrations against U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) on Friday, aiming to disrupt its warehouses and prevent merchandise from reaching Amazon parcel lockers on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

BANGKOK (Reuters) — Thailand expects 3.4-3.5 million visitors from China this year, below its target, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said on Friday, despite rolling out a visa-free programme to attract Chinese tourists.