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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday charged Newell Brands and former Chief Executive Newell Brands Inc and former CEO Michael Polk with misleading investors about sales.

The United Auto Workers union is poised to call more walkouts on Friday, as the strike against Detroit’s three automakers enters its third week. UAW President Shawn Fain is expected to disclose new site targets during a livestream to members at 10 a.m. ET.

Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are up in pre-market trading Friday despite estimates being cut by analysts from three different firms today.

US consumer spending increased in August, but underlying inflation moderated, with the year-on-year rise in prices excluding food and energy slowing to below 4.0%. Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, gained 0.4% last month, the Commerce Department reported on Friday. Data for July was revised higher to show spending increasing 0.9% instead of the previously reported 0.8%.

They are two of the world’s biggest trades and both are overcrowded on the long side, with charts suggesting the need for meaningful corrections.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed on Friday. Previously, forex reserves decreased by $867 million to $593.04 billion for the week ended on September 15. According to the Weekly Statistical Supplement released by the RBI, Foreign currency assets (FCAs) dropped by $2.55 billion to $523.40 billion. Expressed in dollar terms, the FCAs include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in the foreign exchange reserves. Gold reserves increased by $307 million to $44.31 billion, while SDRs were down by $79 million to $18.01 billion. Reserve position in the IMF decreased by $11 million to $5.02 billion. It can be noted that in October 2021, the country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of USD 645 billion.

Inflation has sharply dropped in Europe

fiscal deficit for the first five months of this fiscal year through August stood at 6.43 lakh crore rupees, or 36% of annual estimates, government data showed today. The fiscal deficit widened from 32.6% reported in the comparable year-earlier period. Total receipts stood at 10.29 lakh crore rupees, while overall expenditure in April to August was at 16.72 lakh crore rupees. They were 37.9% and 37.1% of this fiscal year's budget target. Revenue receipts stood at 10.14 lakh crore rupees, of which tax revenue was 8.04 lakh crore rupees and non-tax revenue was 2.10 lakh crore rupees.

The top royal for one of the world’s smallest nations heads a multibillion-dollar dynasty dating back almost 1,000 years that’s endured through wars, floods and scandals.

Investing.com — The Dow jumped Thursday, as investors bought the recent weakness in tech stocks just as the rally in Treasury yields paused ahead of key inflation data slated for Friday.  

FRANKFURT (Reuters) — Inflation in the euro zone fell to its lowest level in two years in September, suggesting the European Central Bank's steady diet of interest rate hikes was succeeding in curbing runaway prices albeit at a growing cost for economic growth.

A perfect storm may be brewing for the bond market as a combination of factors drives yields higher.

₹251.50 on BSE after the 800-MW power facility for NTPC started operation, and brokerage ICICI Direct Research maintained a 'buy' rating for the NTPC stock with a target price of ₹300 and saw potential upside of 24% from Wednesday's closing price of ₹240. NTPC shares today opened at intraday low of ₹239.20 apiece.

Rahman, a prominent cleric associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba, was gunned down while on his routine evening walk. As per a TOI report, the unidentified assailants, riding motorcycles, unleashed a barrage of bullets upon their target, leaving the Pakistan's ISI puzzled.

Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem with a target price of Rs 2000. The current market price of Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem is Rs 1579.15. Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem Ltd., incorporated in the year 1996, is a Small Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 3684.25 Crore) operating in Chemicals sector.

Som Distilleries & Breweries Ltd. with a target price of Rs 385.

Prakash Industries Ltd, part of the iron & steel industry, has almost doubled in the last 3 months to hit a fresh 52-week high in September 2023 and the chart patterns suggest that the rally may not be over yet. Medium-to-long-term investors can look to buy the stock for a possible target of Rs 268-338 in the next 2-4 quarters, suggest experts. Prakash Industries, which is also part of the S&P BSE Smallcap index, rose from Rs 70.20 as of 26 June 2023 to Rs 139.30 recorded on 26 September 2023 which translates into an upside of 98% in just 3 months. The momentum pushed the stock to a fresh 52-week high of Rs 142.75 as of 21 September 2023. Most of the technical indicators suggest further upside in the stock. The smallcap stock picked up momentum after it broke out from a multi-year resistance placed at Rs 105 on 24 August 2023.

Target on Thursday announced it is going to shut down nine stores across several major cities in the United States from October 21. The move comes as a response to escalating incidents of violence, theft, and organised retail crime that have put the safety of both employees and customers at risk. Target's decision to close one store in New York City's Harlem neighborhood, two in Seattle, three in the San Francisco-Oakland area, and three more in Portland, Oregon, underscores the severity of the situation.

UltraTech Cement and Ambuja. Jefferies maintained a buy rating on L&T and CLSA recommended a Sell on Maruti Suzuki. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources: Macquarie on Cement: UltraTech Cement and Ambuja Cements Macquarie maintained an outperform rating on UltraTech Cement but raised the target price to Rs 9250 from Rs 9087. The global brokerage firm recommends outperform rating on Ambuja Cements but slashed the target price to Rs 480 from Rs 506 earlier. Macquarie maintained a neutral rating on Shree Cement but slashed the target price to Rs 25,149 from Rs 25,236 earlier. The global investment bank remained neutral on ACC but raised the target to Rs 2128 from Rs 1998 earlier.

Nvidia's local offices this week on suspicion the chipmaker engaged in anticompetitive practices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The French competition authority, which disclosed the dawn raid on Wednesday, did not say what practices it was investigating or which company it had targeted, beyond saying it was in the «graphics cards sector.»

India VIX was up by 10.73% from 11.58 to 12.82 levels on Thursday. Volatility spiked and touched 13 zones after four months and paved the way for the bears in the market. Since it is the beginning of the new series, options data is scattered at various far strikes in the monthly series.