Shilpa Rangarajan

New demat accounts fell to 2.89 million in September, but quarterly additions hit a high since October-December 2024, supported by strong primary market activity

Trent shares jumped 12.4 per cent after Q2FY27 standalone revenue rose 22.5 per cent, beating estimates, while analysts remained largely bullish on the Tata group retailer

Of 151 SME IPOs listed this year, 70 trade below their issue price and 21 have lost at least half their value, while mainboard issues have delivered stronger returns

HDFC Bank fell 2.16 per cent even as banking indices gained, with analysts retaining positive ratings while investors assess the lender's transition under new CEO Anup Bagchi

Quant MF builds sizable positions in ICICI Prudential AMC and Nippon Life India AMC across multiple schemes

Low-P/E IPOs delivered strong post-listing gains, while expensive issues saw returns front-loaded at listing

September's listings were at a median of 31 times. However, ESDS Software Solution (155 times), Hero Motors (143 times), and Prasol Chemicals (114 times) stood out. The NSE traded at 49 times

Rising crude prices, firm US yields, global risk aversion weigh on Indian equities

Titan and TCS led declines in Tata Group stocks as investor sentiment weakened amid broader market volatility and uncertainty over Tata Sons' listing

Investable household assets rose to nearly $5.2 trillion in FY25, while individual investors' share of the Indian equity market reached a two-decade high of 18.7%

SME Emerge has risen 4.34% this month, 5.55% in CY26

Brent crude's 11% weekly plunge and a hardening 10-year bond yield weighed on insurance stocks; PB Fintech craters 33% on IRDAI reform fears

Nifty 50 matches its seven-week losing streak during the 2020 Covid crash as elevated crude prices, rising US Treasury yields and weak foreign flows weigh on equities

Dun & Bradstreet study shows the share of zombie firms fell to 5.5% in 2025 from 8.1% in 2017, signalling stronger corporate debt-servicing capacity

Active largecap funds see outflows as Nifty 50 approaches oversold territory; IPO launches continue this week, though issue sizes are set to shrink

PB Fintech was down 36 per cent on the NSE. HDFC Mutual Fund bought 2.5 million shares of PB Fintech worth ₹320.6 crore through a block deal at ₹1,282.3 per share

Nifty 50 hits two-week high as crude softens on US-Iran diplomacy hopes

Secondary share sales provide founding owners and private equity backers an orderly exit mechanism without diluting a company's equity base or expanding its share float

FPIs sell ₹23,676 crore in the secondary market, analysts see scope for a Nifty recovery, and grey-market premiums signal divergent IPO prospects this week

TCS led the decline, erasing ₹30,754 crore in market value, while shares of Tata Chemicals, Tata Technologies and Tata Elxsi also fell sharply on Friday amid the row