Even though there are no new IPO launches next week, the Street will see the listing of Bharti Hexacom's public offer, which received a healthy subscription of nearly 30 times.

The coming months will also see hundreds of millions of voters attend campaign rallies and head to the polls in a parliamentary election that lasts for weeks starting mid-April. Such increased activity will likely amplify the impact of extreme weather and boost demand for products to tackle heat.

The S&P 500 is up more than 9% year-to-date, following its strongest first-quarter performance since 2019. But the bar may be rising for stocks to keep advancing at that pace, increasing pressure on companies to deliver strong results.

Gold prices hit record highs and the Mexican peso, which tends to benefit from strong U.S. consumer demand, appreciated the most since late 2015.

JSW Energy said the proceeds from the QIP will further bolster its capital structure, enhance financial flexibility and enable the company to accelerate its ambitious growth plans.

U.S. Labor Department data showed employers hired far more workers in March than expected and kept steadily lifting wages, suggesting the economy ended the first quarter on solid ground.

India is probably a positive outlier in the world hobbled with economic challenges, offering Mint Road the opportunity to further consolidate its war on inflation that has been restrained over the past few quarters from leaping. However, risks to price stability have not entirely receded into the background, said RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, after the first policy review meeting in the new fiscal year.

Speaking to the media after announcing the policy, the governor also said that financial stability is a joint responsibility of the regulator and the regulated entity. "We supervise all major entities. Wherever we see a problem, we first engage with the entity to see that corrective actions are taken. Where we see that the problems are huge or persistent only then we act," the Governor said.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on IDFC First Bank and Rs 49.70 lakh on LIC Housing Finance for violating certain norms. IDFC First Bank's penalty is for non-compliance with directions on 'Loans and Advances - Statutory and Other Restrictions', while LIC Housing Finance's penalty is for non-compliance with provisions of the 'Non-Banking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021'. Additionally, the RBI has cancelled the registration certificates of four NBFCs and five NBFCs have surrendered their certificates.

Overnight indexed swap (OIS) rates in India have shown that derivatives markets have generally relinquished expectations of rate cuts in 2024 as the central bank continues to focus on bringing inflation down to its target of 4%. The OIS market has moved towards pricing out all rate cuts in aggregate, with the hope of nominal rate cuts towards the end of the calendar year.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced a new system allowing users to make payments from prepaid payment instruments through third-party applications and deposit cash at ATMs using UPI. This move will enhance customer convenience and make the currency handling process at banks more efficient.

The company's only public shareholder, Telecommunications Consultants India divested 15% stake in the company.

Pursuant to the allotment of Equity Shares in the Issue, the paid-up equity share capital of the Company stands increased from Rs 16,44,67,56,680, comprising of 164,46,75,668 Equity Shares to Rs 17,47,76,84,510 comprising of 1,74,77,68,451 Equity Shares. The shareholding pattern of the Company, before and after the Issue, will be submitted along with the listing application in the format specified in Regulation 31 of the SEBI Listing Regulations.

The gains follow a late-day slump on Thursday for major indexes after a Federal Reserve official unsettled investors by questioning whether the central bank needs to cut rates at all amid a strong economy. A series of reports recently have shown that the U.S. economy remains resilient despite elevated inflation levels and high interest rates.

US employers hired far more workers in March than expected and continued to lift wages at a steady pace, suggesting the economy ended the first quarter on solid ground. The annual increase in wages slowed in March from the previous month. The three main indexes recovered from a broader market selloff in the previous session after hawkish comments from Fed officials. The S&P 500 was up 1% and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.20%.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is seeking re-election from Kerala's Wayanad, revealed in his election affidavit that he has Rs 55,000 in cash, stock market investments worth Rs 4.3 crore, mutual fund deposits totaling Rs 3.81 crore, and Rs 26.25 lakh in a bank account. Watch!

MSCI will announce the changes in constituents of the MSCI global standard indices on May 14, while the changes will take place on May 31.

Royalty payments have been a contentious issue in India Inc's debating circles ever since another FMCG giant HUL decided to increase its fee to parent Unilever.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 68.0 points, or 0.18%, at the open to 38664.98.

Do you know how much money Shashi Tharoor has? What's his source of income, and where is he investing? In his Lok Sabha Affidavit for the 2024 general elections, he disclosed everything from his crypto investments to mutual funds to his properties. Let's decode Mr. Tharoor's finances. According to the affidavit, for the financial year 2022-23, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor showed Rs 4.3Cr as his income in the ITR. Watch!

Long unwinding refers to the selling of positions or stocks owned for a longer period either to book profit or to exit it in anticipation of impending bearishness. In Friday's trading session, five stocks witnessed top long unwinding. Here's the list:

Paytm parent company One97 Communications on Friday announced approval of grant of 91,250 stock options under ESOP 2019. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the company's board has also approved allotment of fully paid-up 2,91,388 equity shares having face value of Rs 1 each to eligible employees under ESOP 2008 and 2019, as per a stock exchange filing.

A recent report by Equirus highlights the global market performance vs Nifty50 along with the PE ratio. Take a look:

The index remained sideways throughout the session, reflecting a pause in the market trend, following the formation of a hanging man pattern. The sentiment may continue to remain sideways due to the lack of a directional breakout or pattern formation.

Short covering refers to the buying of shares to close an existing short position or a position that has been sold. Short covering signals a shift in view on a security from extreme bearishness to bullishness. In Friday's trading session, five stocks saw top short covering. Here's the list:

Banks and real estate stocks benefitted from the central bank's rate freeze, while IT stocks fell on US rate cut uncertainty. BSE Sensex rose 20 points, NSE Nifty gained 11 points.

Even when the market was correcting in the month of March one set of stocks which outperformed the market was stocks whose fortunes are linked to how much you sweat due to higher summer temperatures. The reason, first forecast by the IMD about summers was that it would see higher than normal temperatures. Now because sales of air conditioners, air coolers and directly linked to what is the average length of the summer season and secondly what average temperature during those months, the street has figured out that demand for air conditioners and air coolers will see a spike in coming months. Hence the street rushed to buy these stocks. See the returns they have given in the last one month and one week, probably the best. The question is whether these stocks of the companies whose fortunes are dependent on such an unpredictable element of “weather” should be considered as long term investing or just tactical trade, like the one which played out last month or there is more to it ?

The QIP received an overwhelming response from both domestic and foreign institutional investors, the brokerage firm said. Angel One allotted 58,70,818 equity shares to qualified institutional buyers at Rs 2555.01 a share.

All of a sudden yesterday, one stock which led the turnaround of the market was HDFC bank. There were two announcements, first regarding business and second regarding the shareholding changes in the last one quarter in which the stake of FII had come down. In normal cases a decline in FII holding is seen as negative but the reaction of the street was positive in this case. The reason was technical in nature because of buying which could emerge due to MSCI adjustment. But the fact is that every single stock in the financial services space has an element of high FII exposure and because they have been sellers for quite some time, these stocks have not performed as well when compared to other sectors. But as soon as they are back, which probably might be in the second half of the year, these stocks may be back in the limelight. But because each of the subsegments of the financial service space has its own operating matrix, analysts have a very different potential return estimate for each of them.

​Asian stocks saw robust demand from overseas investors in March, marking their best quarter for foreign inflows in over three years, amid prospects of accommodative monetary policies from major central banks and positive Chinese economic indicators.

Rahul Gandhi, who is contesting from Wayanad in the southern Indian state of Kerala, didn’t hold any stocks directly in 2019, according to an affidavit filed at that time. His stock exposure comes as Indian equities surge on investor optimism in world’s fastest-growing major economy.

Indian shares were flat on Friday, paring earlier losses as real estate stocks got a boost from the country's central bank standing pat on rates, while IT stocks dropped amid uncertainty around US interest rate cuts. Meanwhile, in today's trading session, six stocks from the Nifty200 index reached new 52-week highs. Here's the list:

During the quarter, the company said FMCG demand sentiment stayed consistent vis-à-vis the preceding quarters with trends in urban and rural consumption largely converging.

All of a sudden yesterday, one stock which led the turnaround of the market was HDFC bank. There were two announcements, first regarding business and second regarding the shareholding changes in the last one quarter in which the stake of FII had come down. In normal cases a decline in FII holding is seen as negative but the reaction of the street was positive in this case. The reason was technical in nature because of buying which could emerge due to MSCI adjustment. But the fact is that every single stock in the financial services space has an element of high FII exposure and because they have been sellers for quite some time, these stocks have not performed as well when compared to other sectors. But as soon as they are back, which probably might be in the second half of the year, these stocks may be back in the limelight. But because each of the subsegments of the financial service space has its own operating matrix, analysts have a very different potential return estimate for each of them.

Europe's main stock markets tumbled in opening deals on Friday as a global selloff gathered pace. Asian stocks mostly fell Friday and oil extended the previous day's surge on worries that Israel's war with Hamas could widen to a regional conflict with Iran as both sides ratcheted up tensions.

As we continue to approach the markets on a defensive note, this pharma stock has attempted a strong breakout. The stock is set to move meaningfully higher from its current levels.

Cash equivalent money market funds saw $81.8 billion of inflows in the week to Wednesday, the largest in 13 weeks, BofA said in its weekly roundup of flows in and out of world markets, which cites data from EPFR.

The policy was a non-event for other rate-sensitive sectors like banks and auto. Nifty Bank was up by 0.40% at 48,242,on account of gains in HDFC Bank.

A short buildup is when there is a rise in open interest and volumes along with a decrease in the price of the underlying stock in the Futures and Options segment. Short buildup means more people are expecting the prices to go down and creating short positions. In Friday’s trading session, five stocks witnessed a build of fresh short positions. Here's the list:

Aditya Birla Capital soared to a 52-week high post-Macquarie report, with bullish momentum and positive outlook. Experts recommend holding for investors and buying on dips towards Rs 170-175 for a short-term target of Rs 250.

The Nikkei dropped 1.96%, or 781 points, to 38,992.08, bringing its loss for the week to 3.41%.

As per Trendlyne data, the average target price of the stock is Rs 1,244, which shows a downside of 4% from the current market prices. The consensus recommendation from 16 analysts for the stock is a 'Buy'.

A "long buildup" occurs when there is an increase in open interest and trading volumes alongside a rise in the price of the underlying stock in the Futures and Options segment, indicating a bullish trend in the market. During Friday's trading session, five stocks experienced a buildup of fresh long positions. Here's the list:

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Varroc Engineering stock's breakout from inverse Head & Shoulder pattern led to a significant wealth increase for investors. Short-term traders eye Rs 600 target as experts anticipate a bullish trend towards Rs 595-613 in the coming weeks.

Domestic brokerage firm Prabhudas Lilladher in its recent report has listed thematic technical picks from the defence sector. Take a look:

RBI maintains 6.50% repo rate after 3-day meeting, focusing on withdrawing accommodation. Supported by 5 of 6 MPC members. Minimal market impact on Sensex, Nifty 50.

Aavas Financiers shares surged 8% on NSE to Rs 1,551.95, driven by 20% disbursement growth. AUM was at Rs 17,300 crore with 22% uptick. 21 new branches have opened, totaling 367.

Radiowalla Network, supported by Ashish Kacholia, saw a 57.9% premium on NSE SME. The oversubscribed IPO's proceeds will enhance B2B services, AI playlists, and DOOH ads, with FY23 revenue at Rs 14 crore.

Dalal Street bulls anticipate FY25 Q1 amidst general elections, seeking clarity on market trajectory. Experts foresee volatility and a potential pre-election rally due to increased liquidity and bullish sentiment.