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Stocks that were in focus include names like HAL, which rose 1.3% and BEL, which declined 0.06% and KPIT Tech, whose shares gained 3.2% on Monday.

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The latest federal data found that the pay gap between employees who remain in their positions and those who switch jobs has fallen to its lowest point in a decade, the Wall Street Journal reported. During the first two months of 2025, workers who remained with their previous employers received a 4.6% bump in pay, while job switchers received about a 4.8% hike, as per the report. While the fall in hike started from 2025, yet the difference was slightly more, job switchers gained an average of 7.7% in salary compared to the job stayers' 5.5% bump, according to Wall Street Journal.

green card holders are increasingly facing secondary inspections and overnight detentions by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at American airports. According to TOI's Lubna Kably, immigration attorneys have reported a growing trend of CBP officials questioning elderly Indians who spend winter months in India and pressuring them to voluntarily surrender their green cards by signing Form I-407. Under the US Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), a lawful permanent resident (LPR), or green card holder, returning to the US after an absence of more than 180 days is treated as seeking «re-admission» and becomes subject to grounds of inadmissibility. Although green card abandonment is typically considered when someone stays outside the US for more than a year, attorneys are now seeing increased scrutiny even for shorter absences. Ashwin Sharma, an immigration attorney based in Florida, said, “I have personally handled cases recently where the CBP has targeted elderly Indian green card holders, particularly grandparents who happen to have spent a bit longer outside the US, and pressured them to sign Form I-407 to ‘voluntarily’ surrender their lawful permanent resident status (green card). And the moment they have tried to push back, they have been met with threats of detention or ‘removal’ by the CBP officers who have been emboldened by Trump to see themselves as judge, jury, and executioner.”

capital markets reeled under negative investor sentiment, new demat account additions fell to their lowest level since May 2023, according to a report by domestic brokerage firm Motilal Oswal. The report states that only 2.3 million new demat accounts were opened in February 2025, down from 2.8 million in January 2025. Historically, demat additions have slowed during phases of weak market performance, reflecting a downturn in retail investor participation, the brokerage firm said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Allied Blenders and Distillers Ltd (ABD) is betting on high-quality spirits to beat the stagnancy in the Indian liquor market and drive future growth. The liquor maker, known for brands like Officer’s Choice, plans to add two to three new brands over the next fiscal year, with an aim to increase the share of its "prestige-and-above" segments from 42% to 50%, its managing director Alok Gupta told Mint.

Nikkei share average surged nearly 1% on Monday, fuelled by widespread gains, as investor sentiment was lifted by a sharp rise in U.S. stocks at the end of last week. The Nikkei rose 0.9% to end at 37,396.52, its highest closing point in more than a week, while the broader Topix finished 1.2% higher at 2,748.12.

The IT sector witnessed a sharp decline, shedding over 2,000 points in just one week, as fears of a U.S. recession rattled investor confidence and stocks may remain volatile until macroeconomic conditions stabilize, Om Ghawalkar, Market Analyst at Share.Marketsaid, recommending risk-averse investors to consider reducing exposure. This analyst spells-out strategy in previous week’s major movers viz. IndusInd Bank, SPARC, Data Patterns and 3 more stocks. Excerpts: Nifty closed with weekly declines of 0.7%, trading in a close range last week but this week has started on a positive note. What is the chart suggesting about the course of its move and levels that will be important to watch out for? Despite U.S. tariff hikes and a downturn in global markets, Nifty demonstrated remarkable stability, declining only 0.7% this week. The index traded within a tight range of 22,316 to 22,676, maintaining levels close to its pre-election positioning.

Gen Z has been in the workforce just long enough to want out. Well, at least temporarily. The concept of a micro-retirement has started to trend (again) on social media, which makes it seem as if an entire generation of twenty-somethings wants to take an adult gap year. Is this a rebranding of the more well-known sabbatical? Yes, with a couple of noteworthy caveats: Micro-retirement isn’t employer-granted — say goodbye to pay while you’re away or a guaranteed job upon return — and it’s meant to be more of a routine lifestyle choice to combat burnout and pursue personal passions. But it’s not Gen Z that should be fixating on micro-retirement; it’s companies.

Zydus Lifesciences shares surged nearly 2% to Rs 899.40 on the BSE on Monday after the company received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture Eluxadoline Tablets (75 mg and 100 mg). Eluxadoline, a mu-opioid receptor agonist, is used to treat irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D) in adults. The tablets will be manufactured at Zydus Lifesciences' SEZ facility in Ahmedabad, the company said in an exchange filing.

foreign institutional investors (FIIs), who have been unloading Indian equities at an alarming pace. Since the market peaked in September 2024, FIIs have pulled out a staggering Rs 2.13 lakh crore, testing the resilience of India's stock market. Yet, domestic mutual fund investors have fought back, pouring in nearly Rs 1.88 lakh crore between October and February—emerging as the last line of defence against the selloff. In February 2025, even as volatility rattled the markets, mutual fund inflows remained positive for the 48th consecutive month, coming in at Rs 29,303 crore. While this marked a 26% decline from January, it highlighted the unwavering commitment of domestic investors, who have kept faith in Indian equities despite global headwinds. Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) contributions remained strong at Rs 25,999 crore—surpassing the September figure of Rs 24,509 crore and underscoring the growing financial discipline of retail investors.

Tata Motors' shares are expected to be in focus on Monday, March 17, after the company announced that its Board Committee will meet on March 19 to consider and approve the issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) aggregating up to Rs 2,000 crore. “Pursuant to Regulations 29(1)(d) and 50(1)(d) of the Listing Regulations and in accordance with the approval granted by the Board of Directors of Tata Motors Limited (‘the Company’) at its meetings held on March 4, 2024, and May 10, 2024, we hereby wish to inform you that a meeting of the duly constituted Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, inter alia, to consider and approve the issuance of Rated, Listed, Unsecured, Redeemable, Non-Convertible Debentures on a private placement basis aggregating up to Rs 2,000 crore,” the company said in a regulatory filing.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the turbulent waters of the Indian stock market not all ships are built to sail smoothly. The next six months call for a vigilant approach as certain stocks could spell trouble for investors.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Dear reader, Last week, I wrote about the near-term trends being dependent on institutional investors. Another factor that would curtail the participation of retail investors was the end of the financial year.

In Noida’s Sector 18 market, the answer is playing out in real time. Outside a nondescript ‘Cash for Gold’ outlet, Rekha Verma (name changed on request), a middle-aged homemaker from Ghaziabad, clutches a tiny velvet pouch. Inside: a pair of 16-gram, 22-karat earrings. She planned to exchange them for a trendier necklace but, after crunching the numbers, opted to sell instead. “I thought I could swap them, but after all the deductions, cash made more sense,” she laughs. “I’ll buy some jewellery but invest the rest elsewhere.” Rekha isn’t alone. The man behind the counter, quick with his calculator, sees six to seven such customers daily. “People are rethinking gold,” he says. His outlet charges a 3-10% commission, far less than the 4-5% market price cut and 20-25% making charge loss at brand stores.

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Jagrut Kotecha said. Pepsico will expand its snacks business in India, as consumption is very low vis-a-vis other countries and with growing urbanisation and more money coming in the pockets with a growing economy, Kotecha expects consumption of packed foods to increase. PepsiCo, the makers of Kurkure and Lays, has internally divided India into nine clusters to match the regional taste buds of «multiple Indias», he said, adding «if you say it's just one India, I think we are not doing enough justice to it.» «You need to design your portfolio, keeping those consumers of India like multiple Indias. So that's on being consumer-centric and starting to work and drilling down on that. And then understanding what the trends are in terms of taste, profile, health and wellness,» Kotecha told PTI.

interest rate decision, global trends, tariff-related developments and trading activity of foreign investors will drive the equity market movement this week, analysts said. Among macroeconomic data announcement, WPI inflation for February is scheduled to be announced on Monday. «Persistent uncertainties surrounding global trade and the fear of a US recession may continue to influence the domestic market's momentum,» Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services, said.

Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services taking the biggest hit, in line with a weak trend in domestic equities. Last week, the BSE Sensex benchmark declined 503.67 points or 0.68 per cent, and the NSE Nifty fell 155.3 points or 0.69 per cent. The stock markets were closed on Friday on the occasion of Holi festival.

Small-cap equities delivered outsized returns in 2023 and 2024, with the Nifty Smallcap 100 Index up 56% and 24% respectively, outperforming both the Nifty Midcap 100 Index (2023: 47% and 2024: 24%) and the Nifty 50 Index (2023: 24% and 2024: 9%). However, since hitting all-time highs in late Sep’24, the trend has reversed with small-cap equities slipping into a bear market, commonly defined as a 20% drop from peak to trough, with the Nifty Smallcap 100 index down 25%. The Nifty Midcap 100 Index and the Nifty 50 Index have seen a 21% and 16% drop respectively from their Sep '24 all-time highs.

Indian equities by the Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) continued in the first fortnight of March where they sold shares worth Rs 30,015 crore. The total FII selling in this year so far has been at Rs 1,42,616 crore. In January, FPIs sold shares worth Rs 78,027 crore and followed it up with a sell-off amounting to Rs 34,574 crore in February.