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Sebi holds settlement hearing over probe in 2021 trading halt at NSE

Written submissions sought after hearings held in August

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)

Adani Enterprises storms into top-10 most-valued firms club; stock soars 3%

At 10:06 am, with a market-cap of Rs 4.52 trillion, Adani Enterprises stood at 9th position in the overall market-cap ranking, the BSE data showed.

Britannia zooms 10% on robust Q2 revenue growth; enters Rs 1 trn m-cap club

In Q2FY23, Britannia's consolidated sales grew 22 per cent YoY and 19 per cent QoQ at Rs 4,338 crore, aided by a mid-single digit volume growth.

Best of BS Opinion: Severe policy lapse, the stealth bull market, and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

GAIL Q2 net profit down 46% on higher prices, Russian gas disruption

In an emergency bid to secure stable LNG supply, GAIL has sought to expedite talks on short- and long-term supply deals with Gulf firm ADNOC

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

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

HPCL slips 4%, nears 52-week low on net loss in September quarter

The state-owned oil marketing company reported the second straight quarterly loss despite revenue rising 30 per cent to Rs 1.13 trillion.

GNFC, Deepak Fertilisers can soar up to 35%, hint charts; avoid Chambal

Barring, Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals, which has shed 19 per cent on YTD basis, most of the other fertilizers stock have logged gains so far in 2022. Deepak Fertilisers has zoomed 148 per cent.

Despite buoyancy in market, stock trading activity declines in October

Cash market turnover fell almost 20% in October as rally take traders by surprise

LIC, Indiabulls Housing Finance struggle on charts; HDFC eyes Rs 2,700-mark

Shares of LIC Housing Finance today slipped below the 200-WMA after falling over 10 per cent. Now, four out of five leading housing finance stocks are trading below the 200-WMA.

Cochin Shipyard, Mazagon Dock soar up to 8% on hopes of strong Q2 results

Thus far in FY23, MDL (up 277%), GRSE (201%) and Cochin Shipyard (185%) have seen their market price appreciated more than 100%, as against nearly 4% rise in Sensex.

Rupee falls 12 paise against dollar amid muted trend in domestic equities

The rupee depreciated 12 paise to 82.71 against the US dollar in morning trade on Wednesday amid a muted trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said the rupee opened on a flat note ahead of the US Federal Reserve's much-awaited monetary policy decision later in the day. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened at 82.64 against the dollar, then lost further ground to quote at 82.71, registering a loss of 12 paise over its previous close. In initial trade, the local unit also touched 82.62 against the American currency. On Tuesday, the rupee settled at 82.59 against the dollar. According to Sriram Iyer, Senior Research Analyst at Reliance Securities, on Wednesday, the rupee started on a flat note and Asian and emerging market peers began mixed ahead of the US Fed's monetary policy decision. With the Fed widely expected to deliver its fourth straight 75 basis points rate hike, the key will be hints from Fed Chair Jerome Powell on the path forward, Iyer ...

'It is unacceptable': Investors react to 40-minute Toronto Exchange Outage

A 40-minute outage across three stock exchanges stalled equity trading in Canada, leaving some investors frustrated and others refusing to place orders even after it reopened.

Sensex gains 375 pts, ends above 61K; Nifty atop 18,100; IT, metal lead

MARKET WRAP: Pharma, power and IT stocks were the major gainers in trade on Tuesday, while index heavyweight Reliance Industries and select banking shares ended on a tepid note.

Axis Bank slips 2% after 1.2% equity changes hands on BSE via block deal

At 09:15 AM, around 38.99 million shares representing 1.2 per cent of total equity of Axis Bank changed hands on the BSE, the exchange data shows.

Asia stocks edge up in early trade as investors eye Fed rate decision

Early in the Asian trading day, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.7%. U.S. stock futures rose 0.2%

Mehul Kothari recommends to buy Astral, Just Dial on dips; Check Why

According to the technical analyst from Anand Rathi, Astral can be bought with a stop at Rs 1,940, and Just Dial can be purchaced closer to Rs 620.

Subdued equity market slows mutual fund penetration, shows data

Mutual funds fail to carry high growth momentum of FY22 due to changed market conditions