F&O Ban List: NMDC, RBL Bank among 10 stocks under trade ban on Thursday

Ten stocks, including Aarti Industries and Bandhan Bank, are under ban from F&O trading as their open interest exceeded 95%. This ban will only be lifted if their open interest drops below 80%. The Indian benchmark indices S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Wednesday amid volatile trading, foreign fund outflows, and selling pressure.

Asian stocks fall, Yen steadies after weakening

Futures for the Nasdaq 100 climbed during Thursday trading in Asia, paring declines for the underlying benchmark in the prior day, after robust earnings from Tesla Inc. provided support for tech stocks. Treasuries opened little changed in Asia after the 10-year yield rose four basis points on Wednesday to the highest level in almost three […]

Sluggish urban market to weigh on HUL, price hikes may help

High raw material costs limited the margin gains even as the company spent less on advertising during the quarter. The raw material cost grew 5% on year and constituted 49.6% of the revenues, driven by inflation in tea and crude palm oil prices. The company’s ad spends declined 15% on year with these spends standing […]

PSUs fizzle out over unrealistic valuations, sluggish earnings

Nineteen out of 64 non-banking stocks have plunged between 40% and 55% from their yearly highs, while another 28 have declined by 30% to 40%. Overall, 64 state-owned corporates have lost nearly ₹8 lakh crore in market capitalisation since August 1, the day the BSE PSU index hit an all-time high.