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Umang Dairies Ltd.(up 3.86%), Vadilal Industries Ltd.(up 2.34%), Sheetal Cool Products Ltd.(up 2.34%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(up 2.22%), Bikaji Foods International Ltd.(up 2.17%), ADF Foods Ltd.(up 2.02%), Dangee Dums Ltd.(up 1.80%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(up 1.65%), Dodla Dairy Ltd.(up 1.38%) and Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.20%) were among the top gainers.

Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 11.89%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 3.79%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.47%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.42%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.30%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.83%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 2.71%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 2.53%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 2.53%) and Coromandel International Ltd.(up 2.47%) were among the top gainers.

Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 6.66 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(up 4.77 per cent), Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(up 2.8 per cent), Abbott India Ltd.(up 2.56 per cent) and J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 2.2 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(up 4.68%), Pokarna Ltd.(up 2.70%), MOIL Ltd.(up 2.49%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(up 1.99%), Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(up 1.78%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(up 1.75%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(up 1.65%), KIOCL Ltd.(up 1.41%), Coal India Ltd.(up 1.30%) and NMDC Ltd.(up 0.81%) were among the top gainers.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Union budget, which lays out a roadmap for India’s fiscal and financial reforms, is a widely anticipated event every year. Over the years, various governments have tried to strike a balance between economic growth and social equality through allocation of the resources in their budgets.

White House has mandated that federal employees return to in-person work by 6 February 2025. Employees who do not comply must resign under a «deferred resignation programme,» which allows them to leave with full pay and benefits until 30 September 2025. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confirmed that workers opting for resignation would be placed on administrative leave and would no longer be required to perform their duties.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Talk about throwing good money after bad. Washington spent $190 billion to make up for the damage from the Covid school shutdowns.

₹875.5 crore from anchor investors.The ₹3,027.26-crore Dr Agarwal IPO, with a price band of ₹382 to ₹402 per share, will conclude on January 31.Dr Agarwal Healthcare IPO consists of a new issue of up to ₹300 crore along with an Offer For Sale (OFS) of up to 6.78 crore equity shares valued at ₹2,727.26 crore if priced at the highest point of the price range. Shareholders participating in the OFS include Arvon Investments Pte Ltd, Claymore Investments (Mauritius) Pte Ltd, and Hyperion Investments Pte Ltd.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. U.S. tech companies are used to some competition from China, but DeepSeek seems to be operating on another level.

Kenneth Andrade, Founder & CIO, Old Bridge Capital Management, there are three sectors showing strong single-digit growth and mid-teen profit margins that he finds appealing. One major industry is pharmaceuticals, where he believes the companies have a strong chance of success. We are the world's lowest-cost producer because we manage our own supply chain. Andrade is also very interested in the aviation sector and the broader transportation industry. The third sector is a well-established area in IT and IT services. Andrade further says that when the market recovers, it's important to review the ideas you invested in and stay patient. Build a portfolio that you want to keep for the next five years. With every chance you get, reinvest in the same stocks you already own. What is your experience telling you? Have markets peaked out for a long time? Are we in for a long winter? Kenneth Andrade: It depends upon how you categorise it. But I definitely think we have had a great five years, especially after the pandemic. And all of us need a little bit of a breather, including the marketplace. So, hopefully what set in at the beginning of this calendar year continues to consolidate and some of the froth needs to get out of the system. Too many excesses have been built up over the last two years. I hope that this consolidates well around this place.

Siddhartha Khemka, Head-Retail Research, MOFSL, says cement demand is showing signs of recovery in various sectors, including housing and infrastructure, both in rural and urban areas. A good monsoon is expected to boost demand, particularly from rural regions. Additionally, with the upcoming Budget, there are hopes that government spending, which has been low this year, will increase significantly next year, aiming for a 10% to 15% growth in capital expenditure. This should positively impact the overall cement industry. In cement, Khemka says, UltraTech is their preferred pick, followed by JK Cement among the midcaps. Within the fertiliser space, the pick is Coromandel International. What do you make of the market setup right now? Do you think the bulk of the poison is out of the system or do you think there is going to be another couple of weeks of volatility and perhaps at the end of next week, after the Delhi election outcome, etc, is out, that the market will finally stabilise and pick up a direction. Siddhartha Khemka: The major worry for us from the market perspective is the earnings and that has been something which has been a bit subdued and I would say only until the end of the result season, we could see some stability. Based on whatever numbers that have come so far and the outlook for Q4, even Q4 does not look to be a very strong quarter.

Reliance Consumer Products Ltd (RCPL) has teamed up with former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan to co-create, manufacture and sell sports drinks in India called Spinner to be priced at Rs 10 for 150 ml bottles, about half the price of sports drinks brands like Gatorade and Powerade sold by PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, executives aware of the plans said.

Delhi Metro’s air-conditioned efficiency makes you feel like you’re in a completely different city.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On Wednesday, India’s cabinet approved a national critical mineral mission. With an outlay of ₹34,300 crore, its aim is to strengthen India’s supply chain for key minerals and achieve self-reliance.

The Alberta government is seeding a new investment vehicle with $2 billion as part of a plan to boost the province’s resource investment fund tenfold to at least $250 billion by 2050.

After several months in which inflation data has largely moved sideways, the U.S. central bank dropped from its latest policy statement language saying that inflation «has made progress» towards the Fed's 2% inflation goal, noting only that the pace of price increases «remains elevated.»

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is setting up a 37-acre campus at Kinfra electronics manufacturing cluster in Kochi that is likely to add around 10,000 jobs, official sources told ET.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The budget often deals with short-term problems and there are several of those relating to energy that we need to attend to urgently. The biggest is our concern for energy security to make India as much as possible aatmanirbhar to reduce our dependence on imported fossil fuels, much of which we import--85% of oil, 50% of gas and almost 20% of coal.