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Fundamentals improving, but stake sale remains a major overhang for NTPC

Though growth in regulated equity led by capacity expansions will drive earnings, coal supplies impacted by monsoon can lead to rise in under-recoveries during September quarter

London Stock Exchange shifts focus to Refinitiv buy as HKEX ends pursuit

The HKEX board, which met over a public holiday on Monday after a weekend of violence, was concerned by the lack of engagement from the LSE

Poor disgorgement could mar Sebi's reward scheme to curb insider trading

Under the scheme, the monetary reward will be 10% of the amount disgorged by the wrongdoer or Rs 1 crore, whichever is lower

Sebi may liberalise norms for issuing offshore derivative instruments

P-notes with derivatives as underlying may be allowed

TCS Q2FY20 results on Thursday: Will the IT major deliver a surprise?

At the bourses, TCS has underperformed the market by slipping nearly 6 per cent as against 2.67 per cent decline in the Nifty50 index

Put off by bank woes, investors ditch value buying for growth stocks

India's banking industry has been caught in turmoil over souring loans, with the crisis first emanating from the less-regulated non-bank financial companies such as IL&FS Group

Restrictions on Indian Infotech & Software's four promoter entities revoked

Sebi had placed trading restrictions on the promoters/ directors of the company

PSUs get booted out of top 10 market-cap club; analysts eye divestment

India's largest bank by assets, State Bank of India (SBI) and the sole stock to hang on to this elite list was evicted last week, with its market-cap out falling below that of Bajaj Finance

Stock mkt more polarised after tax cut; 91% of gains cornered by 13 firms

RIL, HDFC Bank account for 32.4% of total BSE 500 m-cap gains since the cut in tax; 91% of gains cornered by 13 firms

Ajay Tyagi-led Sebi team apprises US investors of trends in Indian economy

Meetings held in three cities, Sebi says participants showed interest in Reits, AIFs; scope of infra projects, stressed assets, disinvestment, Gift City highlighted

Mahyco's arm plans to raise $20 million from International Finance Corp

This will be part of the $26 million that Mahyco International has earmarked to expand its cotton business in sub-Saharan Africa and rice and eggplant business in Asia.

Investors should not allow recent returns to influence asset allocation

Reducing exposure to equities and raising it to debt within NPS could prove disastrous in the long run

Little hope of volume recovery in second quarter from pricey FMCG firms

Analysts estimate low single-digit volume growth, the lowest since June 2017 quarter; companies will need to clock double-digit volume growth in second half to touch FY19 levels

BSE joins hands with Ficci to enhance MSME and start-up environment

The MSMEs were invited to present their summary of ideas and suggestions as well as discuss their main issues of concern to the ministry

Market correction may be about half over: JPMorgan Chase analysis

The total return for the index in that period is less than 2 percentage points more than for cash

Mutual fund industry sees tepid growth in the September quarter

Indiabulls MF saw its average asset size shrink 50 per cent; PGIM India MF and IDBI MF saw around 20 per cent reduction

Robust growth prospects make Info Edge a good long-term bet: Analysts

Besides Zomato, in which Info Edge owns 26% stake, naukri.com is also likely to report robust growth leading to improved cash flows

FDA observations on Telangana plant a fresh headache for Aurobindo Pharma

The Telangana unit in question is an important one contributing about a fifth to US revenues

Market wrap, Oct 7: Indices slip for 6th straight day, Sensex loses 141 pts

On the NSE, the broader Nifty50 index settled at 11,126.40, down 48 points or 0.43 per cent.

Adani Green hits 52-week high in weak market, stock zooms 53% in one month

AGEL, a subsidiary of the Adani Group and one of the largest renewable power generation companies in India, on Friday said it has raised $362.5 million through a dollar bond issuance.