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Exposure to equity markets, as a part of the total financial balance sheet of Indian households, stood at just 14% at the end of financial year 2019, lowest among major economies. Brokerage and research firm Motilal Oswal, in a recent report, noted that while exposure to equity markets as a part of household financial assets is lowest in India, American households had the highest exposure at 45%. The only other countries even close to the Read More

IndiGo, SpiceJet saw share prices surging over 4% on Thursday morning as investors reacted to the increased capacity for domestic airline carriers to 60%. The Government of India’s Civil Aviation Ministry increased the allowed passenger capacity to 60% from the 45% it had permitted in June this year. Shares of IndiGo jumped to trade at Rs 1,304 per share, up from its closing price of Rs 1,248 on the previous day. SpiceJet, the other private Read More

Capital markets regulator Sebi has directed three entities to disgorge over Rs 2.33 crore of ‘wrongful gains’ made by them by indulging in manipulative trading in the shares of Urja Global Ltd and Sampada Chemicals Ltd. Chetan Dogra and Chetan Dogra HUF will jointly and severally disgorge about Rs 2.15 crore of wrongful gains and Shraddha Entertainment Pvt Ltd will disgorge Rs 18.05 lakh of wrongful gains, according to Sebi’s order passed on Monday. The Read More

As many as five companies have raised Rs 882 crore through retail issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) in the first four months of the ongoing fiscal to strengthen their balance sheets. In comparison, companies had collected Rs 4,177 crore through this route in the April-July period of 2019-20, data with markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) showed. The funds have been mopped up to strengthen balance sheets, which might have been impacted Read More

Global stock markets and US futures declined on Thursday as investors looked ahead to a speech by the US Federal Reserve chairman. London and Frankfurt opened lower while Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Shanghai advanced. Fed chairman Jerome Powell’s speech is part of the US central bank’s annual Jackson Hole symposium. Officials in the past have used the meeting, being held online this year, to make market-moving announcements. This year, forecasters expect Powell to Read More