Shilpa Rangarajan

Thursday's listings: 6 IPOs take the stage in record debut-day rush

Five of the six companies ended above their issue prices, led by Karamtara Engineering, as a record number of mainboard firms listed on the stock exchanges in a day

FMCG, PSU banks lift markets as IT drags; Tata stocks caught in crossfire

Indian equities recover as FMCG and PSU bank stocks gain, while IT shares and Tata group stocks face selling pressure ahead of the Tata Sons board meeting

August IPOs strike gold as listing gains top 100%, investor base expands

Eighteen mainland IPOs raised ₹28,976 crore and carry ₹2.48 lakh crore of market value - 8.6 times the capital raised.

Tata Sons listing likely to boost group's weight in key indices

In the Nifty 50, the most tracked index by passive funds, the group's combined weight declined to 7.6 per cent in August 2026 from 8.3 per cent in August 2025

Regulatory changes hit derivatives volumes; daily contracts fall 23% in Aug

Daily contracts fall 23% in Aug as higher STT and collateral requirements weigh on trading

Demat additions surge to 3.3 mn as IPO boom draws retail investors

The IPOs are hitting the market when Nifty 50, the largecap index, is down 5 per cent, but the Midcap 100 has returned 10 per cent and Nifty Smallcap 100 is up almost 14 per cent

MFs place heavy bets on fresh offerings; ICICI Pru, SBI lead allocation

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund leads the top-tier individual allocations in absolute money terms, committing ₹1,019.6 crore to Shadowfax Technologies.

MFs pour ₹12,944 cr into 2026 IPOs as institutional concentration deepens

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund and Nippon India Mutual Fund accounted for over 52 per cent of total institutional allocations

Street signs: MFs led strong equity inflows, legal hurdles before IPO

Mutual funds step up equity buying in August as stock exchanges revise pre-open auction timings and an IPO faces legal hurdles

September IPO pipeline set to eclipse July's record fundraising milestone

Market participants attribute the primary market's momentum to the Sebi's regulatory nod for the National Stock Exchange's public issue, laying the groundwork for a mega-listing.

Mutual fund assets surge as households shift to capital markets: Bajaj MF

Mutual funds and equities accounted for 15 per cent of household financial savings in FY25, while mutual fund assets rose to 31 per cent of bank deposits in 2025

Nifty Internet shines as new-age tech shrugs off market weakness

Nifty India Internet surges 8% in August as MSCI rejig and block deals lift new-age stocks, while IPO activity hits a yearly high

ICICI Bank's mcap gap with HDFC Bank narrows to over 11-year low of ₹49K cr

ICICI Bank's market capitalisation has risen fourfold over six years, while HDFC Bank's has doubled, narrowing the valuation gap between the two lenders

Led by Tempsens Instruments, new listing returns hit CY26 high in August

Tempsens Instruments gained 93.57 per cent on its listing day, while six of the 17 mainboard IPOs listed in August ranked among CY26's top 10 debut performers

Sensex sees sharpest late-session fall since closing auction rollout

Sensex's indicative price fell more than 2,000 points during the Closing Auction Session before recovering; traders blamed CAS, but Sebi ruled out changes

Private banks drive Nifty Bank up 0.47%; PSU lenders retain long-term lead

Kotak Mahindra Bank and Axis Bank led Wednesday's gains, while the PSU Bank index retained its longer-term lead, rising 26.6 per cent over one year against 5.3 per cent for private banks

Index funds gain ground as ETFs lose share of India's passive fund market

Index funds' AUM grows at a 5-year CAGR of 74.1%

Anchor mutual funds hold IPO bets after 90-day lock-in period ends

Smallcap schemes look to lock in long-term gains

Active derivatives traders fall 18% in FY26 to 8.75 million: Sebi study

Individual traders' aggregate net losses declined 18 per cent to Rs 91,685 crore, but the average net loss per trader rose 2.4 per cent to Rs 1.17 lakh in FY26

Women leaders prefer PE, VC funding despite knowledge gap: Barclays study

Indian HNW women are increasingly eyeing private equity and venture capital, but limited knowledge, lack of trusted advice and time constraints remain key barriers to alternative investing