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10.12 / 01:21

markets Action Sustainability trends Trade band recommendations Stock recommendations for 10 December from MarketSmith India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: India's equity benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, extended losses for the second consecutive session on Tuesday, 9 December, amid weak global cues ahead of the US Fed policy outcome. The Sensex closed 436 points, or 0.51%, lower at 84,666.28, while the Nifty 50 ended the day with a loss of 121 points, or 0.47%, at 25,839.65.

10.12 / 00:15

markets Aware Racing Food trends Trade International Why India’s shrimp exporters are suddenly racing toward value-added products

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Indian shrimp exporters are increasingly shifting focus toward value-addition as global demand trends evolve and competition intensifies. With traditional frozen raw shrimp markets facing price pressure and stricter quality norms, exporters are broadening their product portfolios to include ready-to-cook (RTC) and ready-to-eat (RTE) shrimp offerings.

10.12 / 00:15

COST UPS Citi Fighting trends show reports Inside India's wealth-management paradox: More clients, less profit, how managers are dealing with it

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Strained net income margins has pushed Indian wealth management firms to accelerate expansion even as rising operating costs, dropping fees, hard-as-nails competition, and frequent regulatory changes erode profitability across the sector. Competition has intensified in the wealth management space with the surge of affluent people in the country—India has 870,000 dollarmillionaire households, up 90% from 460,000 lakh in 2021, according to the Mercedes-Benz Hurun India Wealth Report 2025.

10.12 / 00:15

UPS Digital Booking Platform trends country audience Nagraj vs Naruto: Indian comics level up as Gen Z turns to anime

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI , MUMBAI : Indian comic heroes like Chacha Chaudhary, Nagraj, Super Commando Dhruv, Doga, Suppandi and Shikari Shambu are levelling up to face anime legends such as Naruto, Tanjiro, Goku, Saitama, Light Yagami, and Luffy. Millennials’ childhood favourite characters from Diamond Comics, Raj Comics, Amar Chitra Katha, and Tinkle, among others, may soon be seen taking selfies, using artificial intelligence (AI), and discussing mental health to connect with Gen Z and Gen Alpha, who have gravitated towards Japanese anime and manga.

09.12 / 03:37

markets UPS IPO economy trends Trade rights With such heavy supply, you can’t expect a runway market, says Axis Mutual Fund’s Ashish Gupta

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India is in a better position, and 2026 appears to be an improvement over last year, according to Ashish Gupta, chief information officer (CIO), Axis Mutual Fund. “But with such heavy supply, you can’t expect a runaway market," he said.

09.12 / 01:07

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: The Indian stock market ended with deep cuts on Monday, 8 December, as investors sold stocks across segments amid mixed global cues. The Sensex closed 610 points, or 0.71%, lower at 85,102.69, while the Nifty 50 settled at 25,960.55, down 226 points, or 0.86%.

09.12 / 01:07

markets Provident Target Analysis trends Trade recommendations Stocks to buy: Raja Venkatraman's top picks for 9 December

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The market caught a fever as the bearish trends dominated the proceedings, thus causing some turbulence. As trends attempt to move forward, the damage control required by market participants is quite demanding.

09.12 / 01:07

UPS Strategy Food wellness Healthcare trends beautiful Dabur makes ₹500-crore venture push in hunt for next-gen brands

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As India’s consumer preferences shift toward wellness and naturals, Dabur India Ltd is deploying fresh capital to stay ahead of the curve. The 140-year-old fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) major has set up a ₹500-crore venture investment platform to back fast-growing, digital-first brands in natural health, beauty and home care.

08.12 / 11:55

markets UPS economy Research trends cover Japan is out spending. Bond markets seem nervous about picking up the tab.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TOKYO—Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says her $135 billion stimulus package will prop up the world’s fourth-largest economy. Some see a danger in swelling a debt pile that is already one of the largest globally.

08.12 / 01:23

markets UPS Action Sustainability trends Stocks to buy: Raja Venkatraman's top picks for 8 December

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: A 25-basis-point rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the central bank's proposal for a ₹1.45 lakh crore liquidity infusion through bond purchases and dollar-rupee swaps boosted domestic market sentiment, helping the benchmarks end with decent gains on Friday, 5 December. Extending gains to the second consecutive session, the Sensex ended the day with a healthy gain of 447 points, or 0.52%, at 85,712.37, while the Nifty 50 settled at 26,186.45, up 153 points, or 0.59%.

06.12 / 09:27

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The secret to a truly successful winter wardrobe lies in adopting statement pieces that inject texture, drama and attitude—with surprisingly little effort required. Think beyond the basic black puffer and look toward unexpected lengths, high-pile materials, and distinctive finishes.

05.12 / 01:15

markets UPS Booking Aviat Action trends Stocks to buy: Raja Venkatraman's top midcap picks for 5 December

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market: Volatility prevailed and trends suppressed any kind of recovery that was witnessed in Indian stock markets on Thursday, 4 December. The Sensex expiry witnessed strong trended action in certain select stocks that continued to keep the bullish hopes alive.

05.12 / 01:15

UPS Aviat Software BlackRock Research trends voice Startups shake up IIT placements with high-skill AI roles and sky-high salaries, but in small numbers

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In this season’s race for top brains at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), artificial intelligence (AI) startups—both domestic and Silicon Valley-based—are pulling away from traditional recruiters, offering far higher compensation packages, plus bonuses and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).

05.12 / 01:15

markets UPS security Research wellness trends reports Corporates usually wait for RBI rate decision before bond offers. Not this time

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Bond issuers have flooded the market with long-term paper ahead of the 5 December Monetary Policy Committee meeting, breaking from past trends amid uncertainty about a rate cut, a weakening rupee, and a high supply of central and state government debt. Over the past two weeks, financial institutions such as Axis Bank Ltd, Power Finance Corp., Canara Bank, ICICI Bank Ltd, Indian Railway Finance Corp, and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co.

04.12 / 05:49

markets UPS IPO Sustainability trends innovations Retail investors seize spotlight in record-breaking IPO rally

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As total fundraising through initial public offers barrels towards a record high in 2025, the definitive trend is of the impressive rise of the retail investors this year — climbing to nearly a quarter of allotments in such share sales. Marquee IPOs from Aequs, Meesho, Vidya Wires, and Wakefit Innovations hit the Street in December and are set to take total fundraising for the year past ₹1.61 trillion across 97 issues this week surpassing last year’s ₹1.59 trillion raised from 91 issues.

04.12 / 01:51

UPS Google trends track recommendations Traffic Want to shop with AI? Here’s how to start

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If you’ve been getting into the holiday shopping spirit, you might have already met Amazon’s Rufus or Walmart’s Sparky. Artificial-intelligence chatbots are appearing all over retail websites and apps.

03.12 / 10:53

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking off in India. The country is now the second-largest market for OpenAI, whose ChatGPT service has 700m active users worldwide.

03.12 / 10:53

COST UPS Booking trends performer reports Muthoot’s near-100% returns impress, but rich valuation steals the bling

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A steep 70% rally in domestic gold prices over the past year has acted like a Midas touch for gold financiers. Shares of key listed gold-loan companies Muthoot Finance Ltd and Manappuram Finance Ltd have surged nearly 94% and 68%, respectively, in the last 12 months.

03.12 / 09:33

markets UPS Provident FIVE Enterprise trends Trade As AI roils shares of India's largest IT firms, their share in Sensex falls to lowest in 18 years

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The share of information technology (IT) services stocks in the BSE 30 Sensex in 2025 has fallen to a 18-year low of 11.3%, just better than the 8.8% in 2007, as rise of artificial intelligence tools and prospects of uncertain growth make investors jittery. This coincides with OpenAI’s launch in November 2022, which marked an inflection point in the country’s $283 billion sector as it upended the way businesses were run.

03.12 / 08:13

security Analysis Interface wellness trends show Features Groceries to gold: How UPI's micro-payments reshaped India's spending habits

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It’s been nearly 10 years since the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) arrived in the Indian market and revolutionized how Indians make everyday payments. More than 636 million UPI payments worth nearly ₹82,000 crore were made on an average day in November.

03.12 / 07:03

markets COST UPS Sustainability trends Trade War Cement companies push for premium products, analysts predict price war in the segment

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Cement makers such as Nuvoco Vistas Corp., Birla Corporation and JK Lakshmi Cement are increasing their focus on premium products to lift margins as an alternative to price hikes in a push that analysts said would work for now but not in the long term as competition creeps into the premium segment. After the goods and services tax, or GST, rate on cement was rationalized in September, cement companies have refrained from raising prices to pass on the benefit of lower taxes to consumers, analysts said.

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