Arguing that powering artificial intelligence (AI) remains the most underappreciated vertical at Reliance Industries (RIL), Morgan Stanley believes it is rapidly emerging as the next major value driver for Mukesh Ambani’s conglomerate, with the potential to reshape the stock’s equity story over the next decade. In a fresh note, Morgan Stanley analysts, including Mayank Maheshwari, […]
IDBI Bank shares drop 4% as Kotak Mahindra Bank stays away from stake sale; Fairfax, Emirates NBD in fray
Shares of IDBI Bank slipped as much as 4% to an intraday low of Rs 103 amid developments around the planned strategic sale of the state-owned lender. The disinvestment process has attracted bids from Indian-Canadian investor Prema Watsa’s Fairfax Financial and Emirates NBD. The government of India and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), which […]
SBI share price target goes up to Rs 1,300. What Jefferies, Morgan Stanley, BofA, other brokerages predict
Shares of India’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), rocketed 7% to the day’s high of Rs 1,136.85 on BSE Monday as Wall Street heavyweights and domestic brokerages raced to raise price targets to as high as Rs 1,300, a potential 14% upside, after the PSU bank delivered a blistering 25% profit growth that […]
Kalyan Jewellers shares zoom to 10% upper circuit. What Motilal Oswal, JM Financial said after Q3 results
Shares of retailer Kalyan Jewellers India hit the 10% upper circuit limit on BSE, surging to Rs 417.75, as the jewellery retailer’s blockbuster third-quarter earnings triggered a wave of bullish brokerage calls with price targets as high as Rs 750, a potential 80% upside from current levels. The stock locked into the circuit after the […]
PFC, REC shares in focus after boards approve merger
Shares of Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and REC remained in focus during Monday’s trading session after PFC’s board approved an in-principle merger with REC. The move advances the Union Budget proposal aimed at restructuring two of the country’s largest public sector non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) in the power financing space. PFC already holds a 52.63% […]
Anand Rathi shares in focus after firm reports Rs 13 crore fraud with Pune-based client
Shares of Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers Limited (ARSSBL) are likely to remain in focus on Monday, February 9, after the company disclosed a fraud involving off-market transfer of shares amounting to approximately Rs 13 crore from a client’s demat account. In an exchange filing, the company said that its Internal Inquiry Committee, on […]
Asian stocks rise, Nikkei jumps after Takaichi win
Asian stocks rose at the open as investors took cues from a Wall Street rally on Friday, following a volatile week driven by concerns over valuations in technology stocks. The Nikkei 225 Index surged as much as 5.7% to a record as a historic election victory by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi buoyed markets. The Kospi […]
RBI signals pause after December cut as inflation pressures edge up
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India‘s December rate cut was perhaps the last in the recent easing cycle, with economists expecting a pause, citing a slight uptick in inflationary pressures amid elevated commodity prices and a weaker rupee, and improving growth prospects. Eleven of 14 economists polled by ET expect no further reduction in the […]
From 1929 to today: what history tells us about America’s speculative culture and India’s prudence
Financial markets inevitably mirror the societies that create them, and this becomes especially clear when one compares the United States and India, two large and dynamic economies that sit at very different ends of the spectrum when it comes to speculation. The American financial system is structurally designed to accommodate, and often actively encourage, speculative […]
Mcap of 8 of top 10 valued firms surges by whopping Rs 4.55 lakh cr; Reliance biggest winner
The combined market valuation of eight of the top 10 valued firms jumped by a whopping Rs 4.55 lakh crore last week, with Reliance Industries emerging as the biggest winner, in line with a remarkable rally in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark surged by 2,857.46 points or 3.53 per cent. From the top-10 pack, […]