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Apple's 2024 slump puts world's most-valuable stock title at risk

Apple shares are up as much as 0.4 per cent on Friday, snapping a four-day streak of losses

Institutional investors need to disclose about short sale of shares: Sebi

Markets watchdog Sebi on Friday said that institutional investors have to disclose upfront at the time of placing an order whether a proposed transaction is a short sale or not, a significant move aimed at curbing market volatility. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has made certain changes with respect to norms pertaining to short selling in the market. Short selling refers to selling a stock which the seller does not own at the time of trade. Both retail and institutional investors are permitted to short sell stocks. Amending a circular relating to short selling issued last year, Sebi said, "the institutional investors shall disclose upfront at the time of placement of order whether the transaction is a short sale". However, retail investors would be permitted to make a similar disclosure by the end of the trading hours on the transaction day. "The brokers shall be mandated to collect the details on scrip-wise short sell positions, collate the data and upload it

Multiple margin levers ahead for food delivery platform Zomato's stock

It had begun levying a convenience fee of Rs 2 per order from August 2023, which was subsequently raised to Rs 3 per order

Top 10 mutual funds' share in total AUM dips below 80%, shows analysis

These fund houses had an average AUM of Rs 38.8 trillion in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023-24, which is 79 per cent of the total industry AUM of Rs 49.2 trillion

Gujarat-based Jyoti CNC Automation sets IPO price band at Rs 315-331 apiece

Gujarat-based Jyoti CNC Automation on Thursday said it has fixed a price band of Rs 315-331 per share for its initial public offering (IPO). This will be the first public issue of 2024 on the main board of leading stock exchanges BSE and NSE. The IPO of Jyoti CNC will open for public subscription on January 9 and end on January 11. The anchor book of the offer will be opened for a day on January 8, the company announced. Investors can bid for a minimum of 45 equity shares and in multiples thereof, it said. The company is planning to list its shares for the second time in nearly 10 years. The IPO is entirely a fresh issue of equity shares worth up to Rs 1,000 crore. The company has reserved 75 per cent of the issue size for qualified institutional buyers, 15 per cent for non-institutional investors, and the remaining 10 per cent for retail individual investors. Proceeds from the issue would be used for debt payment, funding the long-term working capital requirements of the compan

Largecap, midcap cutoff surges over 26% in latest Amfi classification

PSUs dominate list of upgrades, 5 PSBs upgraded to largecaps in last 1 year

Equity investors become richer by Rs 3.24 trillion as markets rally

Investors' wealth grew by Rs 3.24 lakh crore on Thursday as the BSE Sensex jumped nearly 1 per cent after a two-day slide. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 490.97 points or 0.69 per cent to settle at 71,847.57. During the day, it rallied 598.19 points or 0.83 per cent to 71,954.79. The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies climbed Rs 3,24,010.1 crore to hit an all-time high of Rs 3,68,32,843.41 crore. "Market bounced back after the last two negative trading days led by strong monthly business updates of leading banks, emphasizing robust credit growth. The realty sector was the highest gainer in anticipation of robust demand in the residential category, which was supported by healthy housing loans disbursement data announced by banks," Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services, said. Among the Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance jumped 4.44 per cent and NTPC climbed 3.54 per cent. IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, Tata Motors, Nestle, Power Grid, Infosys, Bajaj Finserv and HDF

Sebi moderates approach in market rumour verification for listed firms

A direct, price-based trigger for verifying market rumours rather than asking for responses on events will address some of the issues of subjectivity

Bajaj Auto board to consider share buyback on Jan 8, stock jumps over 5%

Under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) regulations, the maximum limit for a buyback is 25 per cent or less of the paid-up capital and free reserves in that financial year

Record buyback of Rs 47,810 cr by 48 firms in 2023, highest in 6 yrs

A buyback is a process a company employs to repurchase its shares from stakeholders

Mutual funds' equity buys hit Rs 1.7 trn in 2023, defying market swing

Aggressive buying indicates strong flows into equity funds in December

The consensus bullish forecast

Markets and economies are complex, emerging, adaptive systems

Brokers target March-end timeline for offering UPI block facility

Experts said that the facility will offer a competitive edge to brokers leading to larger adoption over time

Weak rural demand to delay Dabur's recovery; worst performer among peers

The slowdown in consumption was on account of higher food inflation that had impacted the home and personal care segment

Indian shares, bonds likely to continue rallying in 2024 on foreign inflows

Banks, information technology firms and metals will lead India's stock rally, with some push from defence and renewables, a market expert said

Equity market investors turn wealthier by Rs 80.62 trillion in 2023

In a memorable year for the equity market, Dalal Street investors added a whopping Rs 80.62 lakh crore to their wealth in 2023 as a raft of positive factors powered a stellar rally in stocks. Experts said India's strong macroeconomic fundamentals, political stability owing to the BJP's success in recent elections in three significant states, optimistic corporate earnings outlook, signals from the US Federal Reserve about three prospective rate cuts next year and heavy retail investors participation played a major role in fuelling the stock market rally in 2023. Till December 28 this year, the 30-share BSE Sensex has jumped 11,569.64 points or 19 per cent. The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies has climbed sharply by Rs 80,62,310.14 crore so far this year to reach an all-time high of Rs 3,63,00,558.07 crore. At the close of trade on Thursday, the market valuation of BSE-listed firms reached the lifetime high. The Indian market has demonstrated resilience, emerging as one

SoftBank set to offload over 16% stake as part of OFS in FirstCry's IPO

PI Opportunities Fund-1 is expected to offload over 36 per cent stake and Mahindra & Mahindra would sell over 5 per cent stake as part of the IPO

Scaling peaks: Sensex tops 72,000 in Santa Claus rally, Nifty50 passes 21k

The easing of the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge has further bolstered hopes of aggressive rate cuts next year

Slew of launches, robust pipeline to drive growth for Godrej Properties

With inventory levels still declining, and pricing strong, developers are pushing for new launches in 3Q to capitalize on the demand, says Jefferies Research

Half a dozen companies to get listed this week in Indian equity market

Analysts said the returns, despite the subscription, could be muted as market activity will be a bit tepid during the holiday season