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Sundar Sethuraman covers equity markets and investment banking. Starting his career as a desk hand, he moved to a reporting role in 2016 and has worked in New Delhi, Mohali and Mumbai. He stumbled into journalism after wasting his prime in the bylanes of Trivandrum. He manages an Instagram page about his home town in memory of his flaneur days. He prefers political news over spectator sports and peppers his conversations with film references, and has read more blurbs than books. A keen explorer of Mumbai's food scene, he is the go-to resource for restaurant recommendations in Business Standard's Mumbai office.
Sundar Sethuraman covers equity markets and investment banking. Starting his career as a desk hand, he moved to a reporting role in 2016 and has worked in New Delhi, Mohali and Mumbai. He stumbled into journalism after wasting his prime in the bylanes of Trivandrum. He manages an Instagram page about his home town in memory of his flaneur days. He prefers political news over spectator sports and peppers his conversations with film references, and has read more blurbs than books. A keen explorer of Mumbai's food scene, he is the go-to resource for restaurant recommendations in Business Standard's Mumbai office.
The broking community is on the edge as the new penalty structure on intraday margin shortfall comes into effect on May 2
The moderation in valuation, following a near-10 per cent correction between December and March, also made investors look at India more favourably
Strong global sentiment, foreign inflows help Indian markets outperform most global peers
RBI removed requirement of repatriating funds lying idle in FCA accounts
The Rs 4,326-cr offering garnering bids worth nearly Rs 50,000 cr
The long-awaited amendment by the RBI now puts IFSC at par with other jurisdictions when it comes to remittances
No big upmove or downmove likely, say market watchers
After having recorded seven straight months of outflows, equity savings schemes are expected to witness a change of fortune in the months ahead
Disappointing results for Infosys and TCS dampened the market mood this week
The Nifty IT index fell 1.8 per cent on concerns over the growth outlook for the sector amid a slowdown in the US and European markets
Firm claims it has acquired nearly a fourth of its customers through its referral programme
With markets delivering lacklustre returns and cost of trading rising, investors have turned more cost conscious, say industry players
Ravi Kumar says float income generated by the industry is indeed facing challenges and brokerage rates could edge higher
Over 10 brokerages lower price targets after guidance disappointment
Index heavyweights HDFC and HDFC Bank fell around 1.6 per cent each and also weighed on the market's performance
Technical analysts expect the index to face immediate resistance at 17,900-18,000, which, if broken, could decisively take the index beyond 18,200
The gains come on the back of strong inflows from foreign portfolio investors
Analysts expect the company to clock robust loan growth
The market breadth was positive with 2,036 stocks advancing and 1,480 declining
Analysts said, the higher legroom will lead to an increase in the lender's weight in the MSCI India index, purchases worth close to a billion dollars of its stock