Nine large-cap stocks, including Asian Paints and Adani Ports, touched their 52-week highs as Sensex surged 595 points, signalling bullish momentum with gains of up to 25% in a month.Read More

As Nifty flirts with the 26,000 mark, LIC MF’s Jaiprakash Toshniwal says Indian markets remain fairly valued with strong earnings momentum ahead. He expects high single-digit growth in FY26 and double-digit gains in FY27, driven by banking, pharma, IT, and consumption sectors. Mid-tier hotels, capital goods, and defence-linked industries are also poised for strong growth,...Read More

Excelsoft Technologies, a global vertical SaaS company in the learning and assessment sector, will open its Rs 500 crore IPO from November 19-21. The issue includes a Rs 180 crore fresh equity issue and Rs 320 crore offer for sale. Proceeds will fund Mysore property expansion, IT upgrades, and general corporate purposes.Read More

India’s markets regulator is planning more reforms to woo foreign investors, including speeding up registration, reducing the cost of trading in the cash equities market and making it easier to short-sell, its chief said on Wednesday.Read More

A committee of India’s markets regulator has recommended requiring the chairman and senior officers to publicly disclose their assets and liabilities, to boost transparency and accountability.Read More

HAL Q2 Results: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) reported a 10% year-on-year rise in Q2 net profit to ₹1,669 crore, with revenue up 11% to ₹6,629 crore. Sequentially, PAT jumped 21% from ₹1,384 crore in Q1FY26, supported by a 38% increase in revenue to ₹4,819 crore in the previous quarter.Read More

Helios Capital’s Samir Arora challenges mutual funds’ IPO investment strategies, urging due diligence beyond just valuation. He highlights Helios’ selective anchor investments in four IPOs this year, all showing positive post-listing performance. This comes amid ongoing debates on tech IPO valuations, with Lenskart’s lukewarm debut and insights from Nithin Kamath and Ashneer Grover adding to...Read More

SpiceJet Q2 Results: Budget carrier SpiceJet widened its consolidated net losses in the September quarter to Rs 621 crore compared to the net loss of Rs 458 crore in the year ago period. The profit after tax (PAT) is attributable to the owners of the holding company.Read More

HAL shares slipped on Wednesday after the Q2 results as margins fell short of guidance despite a 10% rise in profit. Revenue growth met expectations, but cost pressures hit operating performance. Analysts noted that while near-term sentiment is weak, the stock’s long-term uptrend remains intact.Read More

Asian Paints Q2 Results: Asian Paints announced a strong performance for the September quarter. Net profit surged 43% year-on-year to Rs 994 crore. Revenues grew 6% to Rs 8,514 crore. The company saw double-digit volume growth in its domestic decorative business. International sales also increased. Asian Paints declared an interim dividend of Rs 4.5 per...Read More