The founders of NDTV, Radhika Roy and Prannoy Roy, will transfer 27.26% of their stake in the company to Adani Group-owned RRPR Holding. Consequently, Adani Group will hold 64.71% stake in the news broadcaster.

​​The firm said it has been ‘gloom and doom’ for the domestic industry in the past few months because of high cotton prices and low demand for textiles and apparel in Western countries.

The resolution professional, Saurabh Kumar Tikmani backed by KPMG, invited lenders last week to vote on the resolution plans given by the PFC-REC team, Adani Power and Reliance Industries. The voting will end on December 30.

Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last week in connection with alleged cheating and irregularities in loans sanctioned by ICICI Bank to Videocon Group companies. A special court in Mumbai on Saturday remanded both of them to CBI custody until December 26.

Central bank communications in India, too, have come a long way - from the semi-annual monetary policy statements in April and October to a bi-monthly monetary policy when India instituted a flexible inflation targeting regime.

The Santa Claus rally is a tendency of stocks to rise in the last five trading sessions of a calendar year and the first two of the New Year. Since 2011-12, the Nifty has gained on nine out of 11 occasions during this seven-day period, according to data compiled by ET.

"Going forward, we expect card expenditure to moderate further over the next couple of months due to the end of festive season and inflationary impact on consumer spending," said Bunty Chawla, analyst, IDBI Capital.

Why is that so? For a start, defensive stocks should protect downside risks in a global environment that even the surest of soothsayers wouldn't describe as predictable. Then, valuations in India aren't cheap by any stretch of imagination, which puts territorial limits on how far the investing equivalent of explorers would go.

The stock gave a breakout from a Symmetrical Triangle pattern on the daily charts earlier in December 2022 around Rs 440 levels which opens room for the stock to head toward Rs 500 levels and make a new record high. Short-term traders can look to buy the stock now or on dips for a possible target above Rs 500 in the next 6-7 weeks, suggest experts.

​Technically, having closed at an 8-week low, Nifty formed a bearish candlestick pattern on weekly time frame with crucial support at 17,650-17,680. A breakdown below this zone could attract further selling pressure towards the 200-DMA at 17,200-17,250, while resistance on the upside is seen at 18,050-18,100.

By Abhishek Mukherjee New Delhi, Dec 25 (PTI) After a two-year liquidity-fuelled bull run, the BSE Sensex faced its moment of reckoning in 2022 as Russia marched into Ukraine, the US Federal Reserve came out all guns blazing in its war against inflation and a cataclysm engulfed global financial

From the options front, sharp decline post Fed meet has resulted in heavy Call writing at ATM and OTM strikes. While the put base is at ATM 18,300 strike, Call bases are much stronger at 18,400 and higher strikes. Hence, a move above 18,400 should be looked for fresh longs in the index.

Amid worsening global sentiment, Indian indices tumbled sharply on Friday. Nifty slid below 17,800 level and Nifty Midcap 100 was down by 4%."A sea of red engulfed markets today with multiple headwinds deterring investors and such was the damage across sectoral indices that they literally waited for markets to shut for the day. The sheer speed with which the Sensex came back below 60K today clearly reflected the mood to be in cash with several participants facing margin calls due to marked-to-market losses,” S Ranganathan, Head of Research at LKP Securities, said.Here are 4 stock recommendations for Monday:

High dividend yielding stocks are not something which interests most investors. However in times like this, when stocks corrected across the board and cuts on individual stocks being deep, the importance of dividend yield is realized on the street. The reason, in a corrective phase, the high dividend yield stocks tend to fall less as compared to others as high dividend yield itself is good enough reason for every. For the purpose of this report, we had kept the dividend yield of at least 5.93 percent as a benchmark.

High dividend yielding stocks are not something which interests most investors. However in times like this, when stocks corrected across the board and cuts on individual stocks being deep, the importance of dividend yield is realized on the street. The reason, in a corrective phase, the high dividend yield stocks tend to fall less as compared to others as high dividend yield itself is good enough reason for every. For the purpose of this report, we had kept the dividend yield of at least 5.93 percent as a benchmark.

A lower-priced stock that displays a higher difference between the daily high and low over a period of time will be more volatile than a higher-priced stock that displays the same difference over the same period of time.

NSDL data shows FIIs have invested over Rs 7,200 crore so far in December. "FIIs are likely to turn cautious in the near term. Macro data from the US and Covid news will drive FII flows and the markets in the near term," said Dr.V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.

Apart from factors like rapid urbanisation and a rising population contributing to increased demand for affordable housing units in major Indian cities, investors too are making a beeline for residential and commercial real estate. With equity markets stagnating amidst increasing inflationary pressures, real estate investments are ramping up due to the attractive rental yields and the potential for further price appreciation.

Small caps are the first one to bear the brunt when the market corrects. However, if one takes care in terms of looking at their debt levels and other financial parameters while picking the stocks, risks come down significantly. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus lists down stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or "strong buy".

"Despite correction in the markets, increasing concerns over re-emergence of COVID in some parts of the world and recession worries in the US, FPIs remained net buyers in the Indian equity markets (in December)," said Himanshu Srivastava, Associate Director - Manager Research, Morningstar India.

Reliance Industries' valuation tanked Rs 42,994.44 crore to Rs 16,92,411.37 crore. State Bank of India's market valuation tumbled Rs 26,193.74 crore to Rs 5,12,228.09 crore.

The calendar year 2022 has been the best year in 5 years for the PSU bank stocks. In 2022, while there were broad-based gains in the banking pack, it was public sector banks that stole the show. State-owned banks gave their best-ever gains in at least a decade. The Nifty PSU Bank index rose 53% in 2022, the highest ever in a decade.With a recovery in growth and stable asset quality, brokerage firm ICICI Direct has revised target price of 3 PSU bank stocks. Here's a list of 3 PSU bank stocks with revised target price that can rally up to 30%:

While the 25% peak-to-trough drop in the S&P 500 ranks in the lower range of bear-market wipeouts, it took a particularly jagged route to get there. At 2.3 days, the average duration of declines is the worst since 1977. Throw in three separate bounces of 10% or more and it was a market where hopefulness was squeezed as in few years before it.

We do not expect the labor demand-supply scenario to improve until the first quarter of 2023. However, we anticipate that the situation will stabilize by the second half of 2023. While we believe the Fed will begin raising interest rates by 25 basis points on February 1st, 2023, we believe the Fed will pause the next rate hike, with a 70% probability

The warning, at least the second made by Musk this month, is ironic given the billionaire has previously pledged his Tesla shares. As of December 2020, Musk had 92 million Tesla shares pledged as collateral, according to an SEC filing in April 2022.

The previous two weeks have been technically damaging ones; the slipping of NIFTY below 18600 levels has dragged the resistance levels lower for the Index

Consumer services (Rs 2,676 crore), FMCG (Rs 2,649 crore), capital goods (Rs 1,984 crore) and metals and mining (Rs 1,391 crore) were among the other top sectoral favourites.

The present government led by Prime Minister Sharif avoided focusing on growth for the fiscal year FY23 with the result that a steep fall in the growth is expected. But, even then it has failed to bring price stability along with financial stability.

She added that the ECB will focus on medium-term inflation expectations, rather than current readings, and saw little risk of raising borrowing costs too far at present given that real interest rates are still very low.

There are few other basics that have evolved around my work. In listed equity markets, one of the basic challenges is when the markets are in a cyclical downturn and portfolio values tend to have a decent mark to market/notional losses or lower portfolio values.

After remaining in dumps for over a decade, real estate stocks made a comeback during Covid. Multiple factors brought them back to the centre stage. Increase in demand taking care of excess inventory, and some saving’s once again shifting toward real estate as an asset class.

Regarding India, the cautious monetary policy is expected to continue in H1CY23, and the broad valuation persists at a premium, which is a hindrance in the short to medium term.

Even as the broader market indices correct, there are some pockets where stocks have seen an improvement in their analyst scores. The selected stocks depict a strong upward trajectory in their overall average score which is based on five key pillars i.e. earnings, fundamentals, relative valuation, risk and price momentum. This implies that there has been a significant improvement in their market outlook in the given time frame.

China has in recent weeks ramped up support for the industry to relieve a liquidity squeeze that has stifled companies in the sector, including lifting a ban on fundraising via equity offerings for listed property firms.

"Intrigued to understand why these individuals and companies couldn’t achieve in India what they did outside, I had a long conversation with them and concluded that for innovation to flourish in India we need an Innovation Triangle."

Indian equity market outperformed its global peers in 2022 amid several headwinds such as high inflation, rising interest rates, recession fears and increasing Covid cases in China. It checked its fall when global markets were sliding relentlessly. As against a 3% rise in the Nifty 50, the Nifty smallcap declined nearly 20% in CY23. However, a number of brokerages are bullish on a few small-cap stocks that can be a good idea for investors' portfolios for 2023.Here's a list of 7 smallcap stock ideas from top brokerages for your 2023 portfolio:

There are few other basics that have evolved around my work. In listed equity markets, one of the basic challenges is when the markets are in a cyclical downturn and portfolio values tend to have a decent mark to market/notional losses or lower portfolio values.

The Ukraine war, sharp spike in crude, natural gas, and food items, and supply shocks triggered by China’s Zero Covid policy led to high inflation in the developed world and the consequent hawkish monetary stance from the leading central banks.

The S&P BSE IPO index has delivered negative returns of ~34% year-to-date

If only I didn’t spend all that money on eating out. If only I quit my job and gone for the brilliant business idea I had 5 years ago. We’ve all had our “if only” moments in life. But the one area in our lives where “if only” hurts the most is our finances.

The euphoria around a Santa rally on Dalal Street fizzled out as bears planned a surprise party for themselves

The development comes after market regulator late last year announced a transition to T+1 settlement cycle for all stocks.

'It has been observed that markets remain in positive terrain in the last 5 trading sessions of December and the first 2 sessions of January. '

"I started playing Chess actively when my son started taking coaching lessons for chess. To give him more practice I use to play with him. It is during some of those games I evolved around some of the strategic thinking to apply it for my game of tennis," Sachin Shah, Fund Manager, Emkay Investment Managers Limited, said.

Margin calls become inevitable when there is a shortfall in the minimum deposit that traders must maintain with brokers in borrowed trades.

Today, the landscape is beaming with investment options, right from ESG-focused funds to Green Bonds

At 10:12 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 69.67 points, or 0.21%, at 32,957.82, the S&P 500 was down 8.94 points, or 0.23%, at 3,813.45, and the Nasdaq Composite was down 67.80 points, or 0.65%, at 10,408.32

The policies would seek to balance the need for facilitating financial inclusion, encouraging new participants, leveraging economies of scale, encouraging adoption of technology, discouraging cross subsidisation across schemes, closing arbitrage opportunities if any, and curbing malpractices

Such a merger would create a financial data and news giant, further firming up the world's 12th-richest man's strong hold on the business and likely allowing his company to sell more Bloomberg Terminals - the main source of its revenue

"Max Healthcare chart structure suggests that price has given a fresh breakout above the “Symmetrical Triangle” pattern, and once again caught a momentum above the falling trend line of the pattern formation," Shitij Gandhi, Senior Technical Analyst, SMC Global Securities, said.