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Vedanta share price gains as Anil Agarwal-led firm 'confident' of meeting debt repayment liabilities

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Vedanta shares rose on Wednesday after falling sharply in Tuesday's session Shares of Vedanta Ltd surged nearly 2% to ₹275 apiece on the BSE in Wednesday's opening deals after billionaire Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Resources Ltd on Tuesday said it has enough means to meet debt repayment liabilities in the coming quarters as it looked to assuage investor concerns around its financial position. The company added that it prepaid all of its maturities due till March 2023.   "Vedanta Resources Limited has pre-paid all of its maturities due till March 2023 and has deleveraged by USD 2 billion in the past 11 months. Thus, it has achieved half of its USD 4 billion 3-year debt reduction commitment in the first year, ahead of its plans for this fiscal," it said in a statement. The stock had fallen about 14% in the previous session after the road block in its acquisition of state-owned Hindustan Zinc and sharp rise in US dollar that led to depreciation of Vedanta bond yield. Ear...

Stock Market LIVE: Sensex tanks 300 pts, Nifty down 100; Energy, Pharma lag

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Share Market LIVE Updates: Benchmark indices are trading in the red amidst volatility as Sensex goes below 59,000 and Nifty at around 17,300. . Adani Enterprises and Adani Ports shine, while Cipla and Hindalco lag. Most indices are trading in red except Media and Consumer Durable. Metal, IT, Energy, and Pharma tank the most. The government will release India’s GDP data for the October-December 2022 quarter (Q3FY23) today. The GDP growth rate moderated to 6.3% in the preceding quarter after a double-digit expansion in the Q1 of the current financial year.   MRF raises ₹150 crore, NCDs listed on NSE debt segment Tyre manufacturer MRF on Tuesday announced that the company has raised ₹150 crore through non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on a private placement basis. The said NCDs of the company have been listed on the debt segment of National Stock Exchange with effective from 27 February 2023. The company said that it has issued 15,000 listed, unsecured, rated, redeemable, taxable, no...

Gold rates today hover near 2-month low on strong dollar, US Fed rate hike fear

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Gold price today has immediate support placed at $1,785 to $1,780 per ounce levels in international spot market Gold rate today: On account of strong U?S dollar and hawkish US Federal Reserve on rising US inflation concerns, gold prices continue to remain under sell off pressure and hover around 2-month lows. Gold price today opened lower in domestic market at ₹55,397 per 10 gm and went on to hit further lower levels in early morning session. The yellow metal price corrected in international spot market as well and made intraday low of $1,806.78 per ounce in morning deals on Monday session. However, US dollar rates continued to remain strong on US Fed interest rate hike speculations. After witnessing some profit booking in early morning session, Dollar Index regained its lost ground and added 0.03 per cent and hit 105.190 levels.   According to bullion market experts, gold rates today is under pressure due to stock US economic data, which has stoked inflation fear among the US Fed...

Stock Market LIVE: Sensex tanks 700 pts, Nifty below 17700; Adani stocks slump

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Share market LIVE updates: Indian indices were lower on Friday as financials sustained the slide on risk aversion due to Hindenburg's report on the books of Adani group companies. At 11am, Sensex was down 754.54 pts at 59,450.52, and Nifty fell 210.50 pts to 17,681.45 Asian stocks rose on Friday and were poised for their fifth straight week of gains after data highlighted a resilient U.S. economy, boosting investor sentiment ahead of next week's slate of central bank policy meetings. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose as much as 0.55% to hit an almost nine-month high of 562.10. Adani Group stocks fall amid attack from Hindenburg Research Adani Group's listed companies fell on Friday, adding to losses from Wednesday when New York-based Hindenburg Research flagged concerns in a report about debt levels and the use of tax havens at the conglomerate. Adani Transmission Ltd tumbled 19.2% and Adani Total Gas sank 19.1% in their biggest daily drop ...

Adani Ent share price trades lower despite ₹20,000-crore FPO buzz

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On November 25 last year, as per regulatory filing on BSE, Adani Enterprises' board of directors approved the raising of funds through a further-public offering aggregating to ₹20,000 crore. Adani Enterprises share price is in focus on Tuesday amidst news reports of a likely ₹20,000-crore follow-on public offer (FPO). The stock opened lower for second consecutive day despite the FPO buzz in the market. At the time of writing, this Adani stock traded at ₹3,597.60 apiece down by ₹21.40 or 0.59% on BSE. Its market cap has dipped to around ₹4.10 lakh crore.  The stock has touched the day's low of ₹3,560.05 apiece --- resulting in an overall drop of over 1.6% from the previous session. This would also be the second consecutive day of fall of Adani Enterprises stock in the current week. The Adani group company has filed papers with stock exchanges for the proposed issue. The Adani Group's flagship company's FPO filing buzz has been taking rounds since last year. As per the l...

TCS shares trade ex-dividend post declaring special dividend; stock rises

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TCS declared a third interim dividend of ₹8 and a special dividend of ₹67 per equity share Shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) rose to ₹3,320 apiece on the BSE in Monday's opening deals as the stock started trading ex-dividend on Monday, a day ahead of its record date for the interim and special dividend announced during Q3 results. While announcing its Q3 FY23 earnings, TCS' board of directors also declared a third interim dividend of ₹8 and a special dividend of ₹67 per equity share of Re 1 each of the company, with a total dividend announced of ₹75 per share. "The third interim dividend and the special dividend shall be paid on Friday, February 3, 2023, to the equity shareholders of the Company, whose names appear on the Register of Members of the Company or in the records of the Depositories as beneficial owners of the shares as on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, which is the Record Date fixed for the purpose," India's top IT company had said in the filing. T...

Infosys shares rise on better-than-expected Q3: Buy, sell or hold the IT stock?

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Shares of Infosys rose marginally to ₹1,489 apiece on the BSE in Friday's opening deals after the IT company reported a better-than-expected over 13% rise in profit in the December quarter and raised its annual sales forecast on a strong deal pipeline even as it warned of "constraints" in certain verticals amid slowing global economy. CEO Salil Parekh noted that Q3 witnessed ‘exceptionally strong growth’ but acknowledged that signs around are showing a slowing global economy.  “Despite healthy deal wins, Infosys' upward revision in FY23 growth guidance of 16-16.5% implies a soft 4Q. Slowing net hiring also reflects rising caution. We raise our FY23 -25 estimates by up to 2% and expect Infosys to deliver 13% EPS CAGR over FY23-25. Infosys strong execution favorably positions it to gain market share, strong deal bookings and consistent execution provide comfort amidst an uncertain macro. Maintain Buy with target price of ₹1,770/share," said Jefferies in a note. Des...