Morgan Stanley has an equal weight rating on ITC with the target price at Rs 346. Analysts said the sharp tax increases are unprecedented and are leading to uncertainty. ITC shares are down 25% so far in the year against a 10% loss in sensex. They believe incremental pricing actions and impact on volumes and…
The BCCI has barred IPL teams from holding practice sessions on match days in IPL 2026, according to a note sent to team managers. Teams will be allotted two nets in the practice area and one side wicket on the main square for range-hitting during practice. At Wankhede Stadium, if both teams train at the…
Cameron Green (Image credit: BCCI/KKR) Is he worth the money? It’s a question that comes up every time teams empty their auction purse to sign a player. Ask anyone from Kevin Pietersen to Rishabh Pant and the other most expensive buys in between; they will agree that the pressure of a price tag is real…
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India turned a net buyer of dollars in Jan, with net purchases of $2.5 billion, marking a sharp reversal from its heavy intervention as a seller in the previous month, according to the RBI Bulletin March 2026.Gross dollar sales declined to $25.5 billion in Jan from $28.4 billion in Dec, while…
NEW DELHI: Finance and corporate affairs minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday introduced fresh amendments to the Companies Act, which seeks to decriminalise several procedural defaults, provide flexibility in buyback of shares and recognise new instruments for executive compensation.The bill, which has been referred to a joint Parliamentary committee for examination, provides for allowing restricted stock…
MUMBAI: Tuhin Kanta Pandey, chairman, Sebi on Monday said that independent directors are expected to act responsibly, not make insinuations and keep things vague. The chief markets regulator’s comments came in the context of the recent resignation of Atanu Chakraborty as non-executive chairman of HDFC Bank, the largest private sector lender in the country.The markets…
MUMBAI: The board of markets regulator Sebi on Monday approved some major changes to the disclosure rules governing the chairman, whole time members (WTMs) and other senior officials of the body. These changes, including public disclosure of their own assets and liabilities, and of their family members, were mostly based on the recommendations of the…
MUMBAI: The rupee closed at a record 93.98/$ on Monday, down 35 paise from its previous close of 92.63. In the process, it breached its prior low of 93.73 and briefly slipped past 94 after market hours. Sensing the impact of the West Asia conflict on the Indian economy through inflation, growth and current account…
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India said the outlook for prices has shifted due to upside risks, even as data shows sustained resilience of the Indian economy, and warned that a prolonged war would be detrimental to the broader global outlook.According to the State of the Economy report, there was a “drastic deterioration” in the global…
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), a body under the Union commerce ministry, has recommended the imposition of anti-dumping duties on Chinese viscose rayon filament yarn (above 75 deniers)—a widely used man-made textile fibre, according to a government notification issued on Monday.The proposed duties include $386 per metric tonne for Xinxiang Chemical…