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JK Lakshmi Cement soars 15% in 2 days on hopes of margin improvement ahead

Analysts said the results were better than estimated, mainly driven by better-than- expected realisations that were up around 17 per cent YoY to Rs 5,651/tonne (up 1.5 per cent QoQ)

Stock of this state-run shipbuilder has zoomed nearly 100% in last 6 weeks

In the last three months, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders has zoomed 196 per cent as compared to a 4.5 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex

Street signs: Nifty may scale Mt 19K, grey market premium, and more

Last week, the benchmark Nifty and Sensex came close to topping their lifetime highs made in October 2021. Domestic brokerage ICICIdirect expects the Nifty to not just surpass its previous highs

Pakistan stock market attractive on valuation, dividend yield: Chris Wood

The MSCI Pakistan Index, according to Wood's note, is trading on 3.7x forecast 2023 consensus earnings and a 2023 forecast dividend yield of 10.2 per cent

Markets settle higher after two days of fall, Sensex climbs 113.95 points

Benchmark indices ended in the green on Friday after falling for the past two days, helped by continuous buying from foreign institutional investors and a largely positive trend in Asian and European markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 113.95 points or 0.19 per cent to settle at 60,950.36. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty ended 64.45 points or 0.36 per cent higher at 18,117.15. From the Sensex pack, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Steel, UltraTech Cement, State Bank of India, Reliance Industries, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance and Wipro were among the winners. Dr Reddy's, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Infosys, HDFC Bank and NTPC were among the laggards. Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong ended higher, while Tokyo settled lower. Stock exchanges in Europe were trading in the positive territory in mid-session deals. Wall Street had ended lower on Thursday. International oil benchmark Brent crude was trading 2.34 per cent higher at USD 96.89 per barrel. Foreign Institu

Rail Vikas Nigam, RITES touch all-time highs; zoom up to 62% in 3 months

Shares of RITES were up 6 per cent at Rs 433.20 in intra-day trade, surging 15 per cent in the past two days, while RVNL surged 9 per cent to surpass its previous high of Rs 44.75

Raymond, Siyaram Silk clock stellar run on strong Q2; eye up to 30% upside

Raymond zoomed 3 per cent on Friday to hit an all-time high of Rs 1,329.90, after having gained 7 per cent in the previous session.

Vedanta hits 5-month high; rallies 16% in four days on heavy volumes

For the July-September quarter (Q2FY23), the metals and mining major reported a 60.8 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,808 crore on the back of higher expenses

Markets fall for 2nd day amid weak global equities, Nifty dips 30.15 points

Benchmark indices finished on a weak note on Thursday, extending their previous day's decline amid a negative trend in global equity markets after the US Fed hiked interest rates by 75 basis points. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 69.68 points or 0.11 per cent to settle at 60,836.41. During the day, it tanked 420.95 points or 0.69 per cent to 60,485.14. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty dipped 30.15 points or 0.17 per cent to end at 18,052.70. From the Sensex pack, Tech Mahindra, PowerGrid, NTPC, Infosys, Wipro, HDFC, Tata Consultancy Services and Mahindra & Mahindra were the major laggards. State Bank of India, Titan, Bharti Airtel and Hindustan Unilever were among the winners. Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong ended lower. Stock exchanges in Europe were trading in the negative territory in mid-session deals. Wall Street had ended significantly lower on Wednesday. "Fed's refusal to tone down the rate hike narrative shattered the global markets as ...

Stock of this pharma company has zoomed nearly 90% in last four months

In the past three months, Unichem Labs has received abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) approvals for four drugs from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)

Caution creeps into world stocks as US Fed gets ready to hike big again

US stock futures, which provide an indication of how Wall Street will open, also lost some of their strength and were mixed

FPIs regain risk appetite, pump in nearly Rs 8,430 crore in October

US and European markets gained in October after a sharp sell-off in September

Sebi recovery rate less than 2% of Rs 99,490 cr claimed since 2013-14

Number of pending notices was up 31% to 2,872 at the end of FY22, from 2,193 the previous year

World markets mixed ahead of US Federal Reserve's interest rates decision

World stock markets were mixed on Monday ahead of what is expected to be a Federal Reserve decision this week to raise interest rates again amid investor hopes the US central bank will scale back plans for more increases. Germany's DAX gained 0.2 per cent to 13,269.55 and Britain's FTSE 100 was flat at 7,049.25. In Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.2 per cent to 6,262.91. The future for the S and P 500 shed 0.6 per cent while that for the Dow industrials was 0.5 per cent lower. Wall Street ended last week higher after Apple and other big companies reported strong profits and a closely watched measure of inflation accelerated in September. The Fed is widely expected at this week's meeting to announce another rate hike of 0.75 percentage points, three times its usual margin. Investors are looking for signs officials are satisfied that earlier increases imposed to cool inflation that is near a four-decade high are working and future increases can be smaller. Investors worry rate hikes by the

Listed asset management companies see subdued profit growth in Q2

The brokerage has set a March 2024 target of Rs 2,470 for HDFC AMC and Rs 400 for Nippon India AMC

Indian markets straggle behind US and Europe in October, shows data

However, on a YTD basis, the S&P BSE Sensex declined 7%. The Dow fell 9.6%; the Euro Stoxx 50 down 26%

Street Signs: Litmus test for IPO mkt, WhatsApp is Sebi's bogey, and more

This week, four companies are looking to raise more than Rs 4,100 crore via IPOs

Nykaa hits record low; slips below issue price with 15% decline in 1 month

With the recent fall, the market price of Nykaa has tanked 56 per cent from its record high level of Rs 2,574, which it had touched on November 26, 2021

SBI hits record high on hopes of strong Q2 earnings; stock up 11% in 8 days

SBI's core fundamentals continue to be on a strong footing and improvement in systemic growth should drive incremental re-rating for the stock, according to analysts

Dollar shakes off suspected Japan intervention; stocks brace for earnings

The dollar weathered another suspected blast of Japanese intervention to rise against the yen on Monday, while European markets got a lift