With the government discussing a new mechanism to control drug prices in the country, most pharma stocks were buzzing on Monday. Stocks of pharma companies with higher domestic revenues were under pressure.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 56.54 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,12,566.51 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 56.54 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,12,566.51 crore.

In the coming session, the identical high of the previous couple of trading sessions placed around 10,764 would act as an immediate resistance. Stocks in news: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Kajaria Ceramic, Whirlpool India, Idea Cellular, Dilip Buildcon, Cadila Healthcare and Biocon.

Indian markets are likely to make optimistic start tracking firm leads from global markets. The trading of Nifty 50 index futures on the Singapore stock exchange indicates that the Nifty may open with gains of 45 points around the level of 10,724.  

Real estate developers have been trying to woo prospective home buyers with various kinds of offers of discounts and freebies. But are these offers for real or are these just gimmicks to attract the prospective buyers? Let’s find out.

The valuation of a stock needs to be seen in the context of its financial performance and the future prospects of the company and one needs to do a fundamental analysis of the company to ascertain whether or not the valuation is justified.

The use of digital transactions is on the rise, be it in the form of internet banking, debit card payments, NEFT, RTGS or UPI. These payment modes can be used by investors to invest in various financial products. Let us look at some of the features of these payment modes.

State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, hiked its MCLR (marginal cost of lending rate) by 10 bps on Friday (June 1). Earlier, Punjab National Bank had revised its MCLR. The private sector banks and financial institutions, including ICICI Bank, HDFC and Kotak Mahindra Bank, followed suit by hiking their lending rates.

The Trump administration is acting like a rampaging bull in a China (no pun intended) shop. There are no better words to describe its plan to impose tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium imported from Canada, Mexico and the European Union under the pretext of ‘national security’.