India’s deep stock market has become the exit door for foreign money

Sitharaman says liquidity has made it easy for foreign investors to leave India and that the economy is fine. The flow data supports her, but it also shows Indian savers are paying... Read more »

HFCL’s profit jumps more than fivefold as data centres revive the optical fibre business

HFCL has posted its strongest quarter ever, with profit up more than fivefold on soaring telecom product sales. About 18 months ago, the company was making losses. The demand for fibre from... Read more »

Gold steadies near ₹1.48 lakh, but festive buyers face a changing market

Gold has come well off its peak just as the festive season begins. The shift is that Indians may invest in gold, rather than chasing the price. The gold price today is... Read more »

Jio Platforms, India’s Biggest IPO Kicks Off This Week; Anchor Book On Monday; GMP Upbeat

Anchor investors bid for Jio Platforms on Monday, two days before the public issue opens. Additionally, GMP is upbeat.  Jio Platforms Ltd. opens its initial public offering to anchor investors on Monday,... Read more »

SEBI Revamps Closing Auction Settlement

After about 20,000 public comments, the regulator has redesigned its closing auction and dropped a plan to tie derivatives settlement to it. Traders, who feared wilder expiry days, are relieved On Thursday,... Read more »

Paras Healthcare IPO Review: Should You Invest?

Paras Healthcare is a clinical specialty-led hospital platform providing tertiary and quaternary healthcare services under its own brand “Paras Health”. Currently it operates with 2211 beds in its eight hospitals in Northern... Read more »

Jio Platforms IPO Review: Should You Invest?

Jio Platforms is a well-diversified technology platform providing telecom, IT, and AI embedded products and related services. The company continues its leadership in this segment, and is poised for more bright prospects... Read more »

A Weak Rupee Is Finally Doing What Weak Rupees Are Supposed to Do

Merchandise exports rose 23% in September, the kind of growth India hasn’t seen in years. A cheaper currency, strong electronics shipments and lower gold imports helped. But oil still keeps the trade... Read more »

Oil Blinks, and Indian Stocks Have Their Best Day in Four Months

The Sensex added more than 1,500 points as crude prices eased and IT shares extended their rally. Some days the market needs a big reason to rally. On Thursday, it needed only... Read more »

India’s Gold-Loan Boom May Meet Its First Real Test

Gold has fallen about 23% from its early-2026 peak. Lenders that grew rapidly as prices soared now hold loans backed by jewellery worth much less, and the loans made at the top... Read more »

Five Years On, IDBI Bank Finally Has a Buyer

The Cabinet has approved the sale of a controlling stake to Prem Watsa’s Fairfax for ₹52,878 crore. It is the largest foreign investment in an Indian bank and the closest thing India... Read more »

BHEL Finally Delivers the Profits Its Order Book Kept Promising

The state-run engineer doubled its quarterly profit and beat forecasts by a wide margin. The stock hit a record. For most of the past decade, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. had a problem... Read more »

Shellz India BSE SME IPO Review: Should You Invest?

Shellz India is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of confectionery products with a diversified product portfolio of over 300+ SKUs. It is operating in a highly competitive and fragmented segment. The... Read more »

Sahajanand Medical Technologies IPO Review: Should You Invest?

Sahajanand Medical Technologies is engaged in manufacturing medical devices across vascular and structural heart intervention. Its products are well established and widely accepted world over, thus enjoys prime status as a first... Read more »

Vaibhav Vyapar NSE SME IPO: Should You Invest?

Vaibhav Vyapar is an RBI registered NBFC providing financial services to first time borrowers and low-income salaried professionals. With its unsecured loan distribution, it is playing with a high risk. Boosted top... Read more »

Fusion CX IPO Review: Should You Invest?

Fusion CX is a customer experience (CX) service provider delivering services across multiple channels in a cost effective manner.  It focused on AI tools, that yielded the desired rewards and increased its... Read more »

Jio’s Price Band Chatter Signals a Premium to Airtel, and the Grey Market Has Started Its Bids

Market talk puts Jio’s shares at up to ₹1,220, a price that would value it above its long-time rival. Unofficial trading suggests investors are willing to pay.  For a decade, the investor... Read more »

HD Fire Protect IPO: Should You Invest?

HD Fire Protect is one of the leading Indian manufacturer and supplier of critical fire protection equipment and systems. Its domestic revenue is 65% and export earnings are 35% for the reported... Read more »

Ravita Engineering SME IPO Review: Should You Invest?

The company is an engineering solution provider in EPIC for HVAC segment. The company posted spectacular performances from FY25 onwards with boosted top and bottom lines. Its Trade receivable of Rs. 100.56... Read more »

Oil Has Eased to $107. Will It Ease The Pressure?

Brent fell more than 2% on Monday after Washington waived new Russia sanctions, but it is still up about 75% from a year ago. On Friday, Brent crude, the global benchmark, briefly... Read more »

Foreign Investors Blinked For One Day, at Least.

Indian stocks had their second straight weekly gain, and on Friday overseas funds bought shares for the first time in 15 sessions. It’s too early to call a turn, but the selling... Read more »

India’s Big Banks Report a Mixed Bag, With One Thing in Common

Profit growth ranged from under 5% at HDFC Bank to 38% at Axis. Bad loans fell everywhere. But all three saw margins shrink Saturday was the biggest day of India’s banking earnings... Read more »

Midcaps Were 2026’s Safe Harbour. Has The Tide Turned?

For most of the year, mid-sized companies held up while the Nifty slumped. Since late September, the pattern has flipped. The Nifty Midcap 100 has fallen about 8% from its record, and... Read more »