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NSE Q2 results: Net profit rises 13% to Rs 1,999 crore, income up 24%

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday reported a 13 per cent year-on-year growth in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,999 crore for three months ended September. The consolidated income from operations stood at Rs 3,652 crore for the second quarter under review, a surge of 24 per cent from the year-ago period, NSE said in a statement. Apart from trading, the total revenue was also supported by other revenue lines including listing, index services, data services, and co-location facility, the exchange said. The net profit margins for the July-September quarter of the current financial year 2023-24 (FY24) stood at 50 per cent. During the first half of FY24, NSE contributed Rs18,744 crore to the exchequer, which comprised STT (Securities Transaction Tax) of Rs 14,858 crore, stamp duty (Rs 1,156 crore), GST (Rs 975 crore), Income tax (Rs 1,252 crore) and Sebi (Rs 503 crore). On the trading volumes front, cash markets recorded an average daily traded volume (ADTVs) of Rs 77,757

Westlife Foodworld plunges more than 6% after Q2 net profit falls

Shares of Westlife Foodworld Ltd plunged more than 6 per cent on Friday a day after the company reported a 29.05 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 22.37 crore for the second quarter. Westlife Foodworld's subsidiary Hardcastle Restaurants is the master franchisee of McDonald's restaurants in West and South India. The stock of the company tumbled 6.22 per cent to Rs 827.95 apiece on the NSE. On the BSE, shares of Westlife Foodworld declined 5.93 per cent to Rs 827.25 per piece. Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex jumped 538.10 points or 0.85 per cent higher to 63,686.25 points, while Nifty climbed 163.35 points to 19,020.60. Westlife Foodworld Ltd on Thursday reported a 29.05 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 22.37 crore for the second quarter ended September 2023 due to challenging market conditions. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 31.53 crore in the July-September quarter a year ago, the company said in a regulatory filing. However, the compan

Mid and smallcaps carve out a bigger slice of mutual fund portfolio pie

Flexicap, ELSS, and multicap schemes have piled on more mid and smallcap flavour since March

Street Signs: Name change fails to cut ice, Blue Jet GM at 25%, and more

The NSE Nifty declined by 1.1% after posting marginal gains in the preceding two weeks amid geopolitical tensions in West Asia and rising yields

Shares of NSE valued at Rs 1,860 crore changed hands in September

Stock price largely unchanged over the past one year

SBI Contra Fund: When turbocharging capital creation against the wind

The fund's month-end assets under management increased to Rs 14,649 crore in August 2023 from Rs 1,339 crore in August 2020

RBI suspends Bank of Baroda from adding new customers to mobile app

Lender will be allowed to add customers to 'bob World' after rectifying deficiencies, says regulator

Options contracts of Nifty Financial Services index witness wild swings

It opened at Rs 162 compared to the previous day's close of Rs 224

Street Signs: Nifty's 19,300-19,800 range, IPO pot to keep boiling & more

With less than four months left for the review period to complete for the March rebalancing of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty indices

NSE to launch options contracts on WTI Crude Oil, Natural Gas from Oct 9

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday said it will launch options on NYMEX WTI Crude Oil and Natural Gas futures contracts in its commodity derivatives segment from October 9. "The exchange has received approval from Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) for launching options contracts on underlying WTI Crude Oil and Natural Gas Futures. The contracts would be available for trading from October 9," NSE said in a circular. On September 26, the exchange announced the launch date as October 16 and now it has been rescheduled to October 9. The addition of options on futures contracts will further boost NSE's product offering in the overall commodity segment. These contracts are designed to provide the market participants with a more efficient way to manage their commodity risk, the NSE had stated. Earlier, the exchange launched rupee denominated futures contracts on underlying NYMEX WTI crude oil and natural gas in its commodity derivatives segment. The NSE witnessed a ..

In a first, India's unique investor count tops 80 million: NSE data

NSE says 17% of Indian household now invest directly in stocks

New investor registrations on NSE hits 10 million mark in last 8 months

Leading stock exchange NSE on Thursday said the number of new investor registrations reached 1 crore mark on its platform in the last eight months, taking the total to over 8 crore. These new investor registrations are not restricted to top-tier cities and cities beyond top 100 accounted for 45 per cent of new investor registrations, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) said in a statement. "The eight crore unique PAN investors correspond approximately to around 5 crore unique households in India amounting to around 17 per cent households directly investing in the Indian stock market via the NSE's extensive nationwide network of trading members," it said. Total number of unique client code accounts registered with the exchange was at 14.9 crore -- clients could register with more than one trading member and included all registrations done to date. In terms of regions, states from northern part of India accounted for 43 per cent towards the last 1 crore new investor registrations, ...

IT shares, RIL, F&O expiry send Sensex 610 pts down, Nifty near 19,500

Closing Bell on September 28, 2023: Tech M, which sank 4 per cent, was the top laggard on the benchmarks after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock to 'underweight'

Sai Silks gains 10.3%, SignatureGlobal soars 19% over issue price on debut

SignatureGlobal (SGL) made an impressive stock market debut, with shares soaring nearly 20 per cent to close at Rs 458, up Rs 73 or 19 per cent over its issue price of Rs 385

RR Kabel gains 15% on debut, Yatra Online's IPO manages to scrape through

The stock hit a low of Rs 1,141 and a high of Rs 1,213 on the BSE. Shares worth nearly Rs 1,900 crore got traded on NSE and BSE of the company

Genpharmasec to acquire 70% stake in DHPL in phased manner over one year

Incorporated in 1992, Generic Pharmasec Limited started as a manufacturer and trader of organic and inorganic chemicals, dyes, and pigments

Street signs: Nifty's next pit stop, grey market premiums decline, and more

On Tuesday, the NSE Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 logged their biggest declines since December

Buying stocks today seems like a good idea: Julius Baer's Mark Matthews

We don't categorise markets in terms of developed versus emerging as much as we analyse individual markets with their unique attributes, said Matthews

NSE to introduce IRRA platform to address technical glitches, outages

To address technical glitches or outages, the National Stock Exchange will introduce an Investor Risk Reduction Access (IRRA) platform for trading members. In December last year, Sebi asked stock exchanges and clearing corporations to put in place a platform to help investors in case there is a disruption of services caused by systems belonging to trading members. The regulator asked them to make the platform operational by October 1. The IRRA platform will be available to trading members supporting internet-based trading (IBT) and Security Trading through Wireless Technology (STWT) for their investors. However, it will not be accessible for algo trading and institutional clients. The IRRA will be accessible to trading members across exchanges starting from October 3, 2023, according to an NSE circular. "To ensure seamless business continuity, trading members (TMs) are advised to maintain an updated disaster recovery (DR) site. "However, if both the primary and disaster recovery s

NSE makes more money than 98% of companies listed on it, shows data

Low competition has led to rise in profits as markets surge