CLOSING BELL: The NSE Nifty 50 rallied 166 points. Index heavyweights HDFC, HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries contributed more than 60 per cent of the gain for Sensex.
RSIL will be renamed Jio Financial Services Ltd (JFSL) and RIL shareholders will receive one share of JFSL for each share they own
The bid by Ahmedabad-based Torrent is a close second with a difference of just Rs 7 crore, said a banking source
The Amazon-Samara combine has approached family offices and domestic capital investors for the deal, sources said
Reliance Industries, Adani Group, NTPC avoid aggressive offers for Chhattisgarh power company
Stock market live: Market action will be guided by global cues following the takeover of the fallen US lender First Republic Bank on Monday by JP Morgan Chase
Nine of the top-10 most valued firms together added Rs 1,84,225.43 crore in market valuation last week, with Reliance Industries Limited and State Bank of India emerging as the biggest gainers, in an overall bullish equity market trend. Last week, the BSE benchmark jumped 1,457.38 points or 2.44 per cent. Hindustan Unilever Limited was the only laggard from the top-10 pack. The market valuation of Reliance Industries zoomed Rs 48,238.78 crore to Rs 16,37,408.27 crore. State Bank of India's market capitalisation (mcap) jumped Rs 31,325.39 crore to Rs 5,15,887.19 crore. The mcap of ICICI Bank rallied Rs 23,472.25 crore to Rs 6,40,949.71 crore and that of ITC climbed Rs 21,003.35 crore to Rs 5,28,377.17 crore. The valuation of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) advanced Rs 19,886.94 crore to Rs 11,76,750.92 crore and that of Bharti Airtel gained Rs 18,874.22 crore to Rs 4,45,509.68 crore. Infosys added Rs 10,447.1 crore taking its market valuation to Rs 5,19,662.10 crore. HDFC Bank's
One big benefit will be unlocking of treasury shares of RIL, says proxy advisory firm
"It's a deep exclusive arrangement which will make JioCinema the house of Warner, HBO in India," said the report
Move to prevent Reliance's exclusion from Nifty50 index
Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL) strategy to diversify and dominate a number of industries will boost spending and will also help mitigate its elevated capex needs, rating agencies said on Wednesday. While S&P Global Ratings said it believes that "the company's appetite for bigger investments or M&As will dissipate", Fitch Group company CreditSights said its "credit metrics to worsen moderately in FY24 (April 2023 to March 2024 fiscal) versus FY23 as elevated capex (telecom, retail and renewable energy) outweighs resilient EBITDA growth." S&P said RIL's adjusted debt will likely remain at Rs 2.6 lakh crore to Rs 2.7 lakh crore over the next two years. "This is due to a number of planned investments under its pipeline, including 5G services, oil refining and petrochemicals, renewables, and retail expansion." "In our view, the company remains committed to maintaining leverage commensurate with the rating (BBB+/Stable/--)," it said. "Management has publicly reiterated its ...
Mukesh Ambani's new-energy ambition is even more complex than his telecom foray, which triggered a long period of debt-fueled expansion
Private lender ICICI Bank posted a 30% surge in the March-quarter profit, helped by improved net interest income and loan growth
CLOSING BELL: The gains in benchmark indices were led by HDFC Life (up 6.4 per cent), Wipro, ICICI Bank, Titan, Axis Bank, SBI, Hero MotoCorp, Grasim, and Adani Ports
Except for Hindustan Zinc, which hit a new historic peak in the Q4, others have remained laggards.
The company reported its highest-ever net profit during the quarter, due to a decline in raw material costs and big savings on tax expenses
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Improved performance in consumer biz, its proposed listing remain key triggers
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