Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) shares increased 1.1% to Rs 2,738.70 during intraday trading on Thursday after it was announced that October 28, 2024, would be the record date for identifying shareholders who qualify to get 1:1 bonus shares. Late on Wednesday, the company announced that its bonus issue had been approved by shareholders,…
Comparing the CNX 500 index to the 30 IPOs, just twelve of them, in terms of issue size, were able to provide investors with returns. From a different perspective, 60% of IPOs have not been able to outperform the CNX500 since their introduction. Thirty-one IPOs have had eight negative returns. Reliance Power destroyed the most…
According to research by CRISIL Ratings, cement consumption is predicted to increase at a slower rate of 7-8% on-year to over 475 million tonnes (MT) this fiscal, following a compound annual growth rate of almost 11% between fiscal 2022 and 2024. Nonetheless, it stated that cement companies’ operating profitability is probably going to remain above…
According to preliminary statistics provided by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry on Monday, India’s wholesale price index (WPI)- based inflation for September increased to 1.84 percent on an annual basis from a four-month low of 1.31 percent in August. WPI inflation increased to 3.36 percent in June and 2.04 percent in July. In September…
On October 11, worries over the recent spike in oil prices and the withdrawal of foreign capital from the country’s equities markets caused the Indian rupee to fall to a record low vs the US dollar. At the latest quote, the rupee was trading at 84.05. It had fallen as low as 84.0525 against the…
A negative base impact is probably why India’s retail inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, increased to 5.1% in September from 3.65% in August. CPI inflation was 5.02 percent in September 2023. With the expected 5.1% print, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) prediction for retail inflation in the September quarter will align…
The 400 MW deal, which was signed by Suzlon Group on Thursday, comes from JSP Green Wind 1 Pvt Ltd, a division of Jindal Renewables Power Private Limited. The milestone order, according to the company, is the biggest Commercial & Industrial (C&I) gain in the sector. Suzlon’s cumulative order book currently stands at around 5.4…
For the seventh straight trading session on Tuesday, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) kept selling Indian stocks, taking out an extra Rs 5,729 crore. With the largest single-day selloff on October 4, when FPIs offloaded Rs 15,506 crore, data shows that the cumulative outflow by FPIs over the previous seven days has reached Rs 55,742 crore….
With the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy meeting in progress and Governor Shaktikanta Das scheduled to declare the benchmark interest rate decision on October 9, analysts predict that the MPC will maintain the repo rate at 6.50 percent. The MPC is anticipated to consider some significant variables, such as the persistence of inflationary…
Strong gold demand across markets propelled Kerala-based jewelry retailer Kalyan Jewellers’ double-digit revenue and same-store sales growth in the September quarter (Q2FY25). The news comes after competitor Titan revealed a 25% year-over-year increase in domestic operations for the second quarter, following a comparatively weak June quarter. Kalyan Jewellers announced on Monday that its September quarter…
