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DLF Ltd. traded 2.26 per cent lower in Monday's session at 01:40PM (IST). The stock opened at Rs 830.4 and has touched an intraday high and low of Rs 837.45 and Rs 811.5, respectively, during the session so far. The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 840.8 and a 52-week low of 336.55. About 65,925 shares changed hands on the counter so far.

Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. traded at Rs 589.7 on BSE at 01:35PM (IST) on Monday, down 2.3 per cent from previous close. The scrip quoted a 52-week low price of Rs 548.15 and a high of Rs 813.0.

Shriram Finance Ltd. traded 2.27 per cent down at Rs 2280.95 at 01:30PM (IST) on Monday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex dropped 528.62 points to 71066.87. The stock had settled at Rs 2334.15 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 2495.6 and 52-week low of Rs 1190.0, respectively. As per BSE data, total traded volume on the counter till 01:30PM (IST) stood at 12118 shares with a turnover of Rs 2.78 crore.

Congress leader Ashok Chavan has resigned from the Congress party, the senior Congress leader is likely to soon join the Bharatiya Janata party. Chavan wrote a two line letter to state Congress Chief Nana Patole saying, “I have resigned from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress party on 12-2-2024.” Significantly in Chavan’s two line resignation also indicated that he has resigned as a Congress MLA too, as in his letter to Patole he has identified himself as a ‘former’ MLA from Bhokar. There is talk that Chavan could either be the Rajya Sabha candidate from the BJP or stand in the Lok Sabha polls on a BJP ticket.

Delhi High Court on Monday granted bail to four convicts serving life imprisonment in the murder case of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. A bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain suspended the sentence of Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Singh Malik and Ajay Kumar till the pendency of their appeals challenging their conviction and sentence. The bench noted that the convicts have been in custody for 14 years. The high court had on January 23 asked the Delhi Police to respond to the appeals filed by the four convicts.

Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) connecting Delhi and Meerut will commence operations by the end of this year, according to a report of the Times of India. The RRTS will cover the stretch from Jangpura in Delhi to Meerut South, with stops at Sari Kale Khan, New Ashok Nagar, Anand Vihar, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Guldhar, Duhai, Murad Nagar, Modi Nagar South, and Modi Nagar North. The 17km section from Sahibabad to Duhai Depot has been operational since October last year, and the remaining stretch from Duhai Depot to Meerut South is expected to open in the coming months. According to the report, the Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station will also be connected to the section between Sahibabad and Meerut South by the end of this year. Currently, out of the total 82km Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor, a 17km priority section with five stations has been opened to the public since October 20. The next phase will see the opening of a 25km stretch from Duhai to Meerut South. In Delhi, the RRTS spans 14km, with 9km being elevated and 5km underground. The operation of Namo Bharat trains in stage-III will begin from Sahibabad towards Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi.

Kokborok script issue by students' bodies began on Monday. The Tripura Central University has also suspended all undergraduate and postgraduate examinations scheduled for Monday and onwards, officials said. «Movement on rail tracks, national highways and state highways in tribal regions remained suspended since morning, due to the blockades put up at several locations,» a senior police officer said. «Blockades were erected at many places in West Tripura district. However, normal life was largely unaffected in Agartala Municipal Corporation areas (AMC),» District Magistrate (West Tripura), Visha Kumar, told PTI.

Page Industries Ltd. traded 1.37 per cent down in Monday's trade at 12:43PM (IST). Around 828 shares changed hands on the counter. The stock opened at Rs 36500.0 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 36500.0 and Rs 35809.0, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of Page Industries Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 43599.0 and a 52-week low of Rs 34968.6.

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) share price climbed by more than 6% on Monday's session, touching an intraday high of ₹1,150 on BSE. The rise in LIC share price today was in response to brokerages upgrading the stock and raising target prices in the midst of impressive Q3 results.

Avenue Supermarts Ltd. traded 0.85 per cent lower in Monday's session at 12:07PM (IST). The stock opened at Rs 3719.0 and has touched an intraday high and low of Rs 3720.0 and Rs 3674.4, respectively, during the session so far. The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 4203.0 and a 52-week low of 3292.65. About 2,241 shares changed hands on the counter so far.

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. traded 1.54 per cent lower in Monday's session at 12:13PM (IST). The stock opened at Rs 1225.0 and has touched an intraday high and low of Rs 1225.0 and Rs 1197.95, respectively, during the session so far. The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 1299.9 and a 52-week low of 895.0. About 6,037 shares changed hands on the counter so far.

Narendra Modi on Monday said his government has given 1.5 times more jobs in its 10 years than the previous dispensation did in the same duration. Handing over recruitment letters to government jobs to more than one lakh youngsters via video conference during a Rozgar Mela programme, Modi castigated the previous government for taking an inordinately long time to complete recruitment exercises and said it bred bribery. The prime minister said his government has brought transparency and is working to ensure that recruitment is done in a time-bound manner. Youngsters now believe that they all have equal opportunity and can find a place for themselves in the government system through hard work and talent, he said.

SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd. traded 0.81 per cent down in Monday's trade at 12:18PM (IST). Around 120,779 shares changed hands on the counter. The stock opened at Rs 719.05 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 719.75 and Rs 710.15, respectively, in the session so far. The stock of SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 932.35 and a 52-week low of Rs 699.15.

BJP national secretary Pankaja Munde has said her name is discussed whenever any election is announced and people think she is waiting for a position, but there is «no constituency» left for her after the formation of a tripartite government in the state. Former Maharashtra minister Munde, who has been sidelined in state politics, was relying to a question in her home district Beed on Sunday about the her name being discussed against the backdrop of the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls. «My name is discussed in every election that has been announced in the last five years. People think that I have been waiting for a position for many years, so it is natural that they take my name,» she said in response to the question during the 'Gaon Chalo Abhiyan'. «As the three-party government has been formed in Maharashtra, there is no constituency left for me. So such talks happen,» said Pankaja Munde, who is the daughter of late BJP leader Gopinath Munde.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday morning, arrived in Sandeshkali, after cutting short his visit in Kerala and reached Kolkata earlier today. Trinamool Congress supporters held placards and black flags in protest against Bose as his convoy arrived in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district. «I was in Kerala organising a week-long Bengal festival there, to showcase the best that is there in this cultural heritage of this great land. When I heard the shocking and shattering tale of the incidents that took place in Sandeshkhali, I cancelled my program there. I am going to Sandeshkhali to see for myself what is the real Sandesh...» Bose told on his arrival at Kolkata airport.

Havells India Ltd. traded 0.63 per cent down at Rs 1337.95 at 11:42AM (IST) on Monday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex dropped 203.57 points to 71391.92. The stock had closed at Rs 1346.55 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 1471.75 and 52-week low of Rs 1128.1, respectively. As per BSE data, total traded volume on the counter till 11:42AM (IST) stood at 2386 shares with a turnover of Rs 0.32 crore.

Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd. fell 1.53 per cent to Rs 1105.1 at 11:47AM hours (IST) on Monday. Earlier in the day, the stock saw a gap up start to the session. As per data available on BSE, total traded quantity on the counter stood at 16,304 shares with a turnover of Rs 1.82 crore till 11:47AM (IST). The stock traded at a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 28.96, while the price-to-book value ratio stood at 4.37.

Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Monday, the latest assault believed to have been carried out by Yemen's Houthi rebels. No one was wounded in the attack and the ship was continuing on its journey, the British military's United Kingdom Trade Operations centre said in a statement. It wasn't clear how much damage was done to the ship.

Gold prices were flat on Monday in holiday-thinned trading, after falling last week on rising bond yields, while investors awaited remarks from U.S. Federal Reserve officials in a data-packed week. FUNDAMENTALS

kiwi dollars were subdued in holiday thinned trade on Monday, while traders looked ahead to a central bank speech in New Zealand that could make or break market bets for another hike given the huge shift in market pricing last week. Most of Asia including China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam and Malaysia are closed for holidays.

BSP leader and Lok Sabha MP Danish Ali on Sunday claimed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may switch sides again if it was politically convenient. Nitish took the oath of office for a record ninth time after his stunning 'Ghar Wapsi' to the BJP-led NDA. «The people of Bihar are embarrassed over the state of affairs. They are very saddened by the way Nitish Kumar made fun of them and their mandate. The pressure on his MLAs is clearly visible. It wouldn't surprise me if Nitish Kumar makes another of his political switchovers in the foreseeable future and return to the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance),» the BSP MP told on Sunday.