Growth, prices, interest rates, the rupee and the public purse.
Oil slipped from a six-month high in early Asian trade and Wall Street futures pointed up. Indian shares still face their first session since Infosys cut its forecast, with foreign funds selling and the Fed due on Wednesday.
The alternative investment manager raised about ₹360 crore from anchor investors at the top of its price band. The issue is entirely a sale by its promoter, so the company gets none of the money.
Sixteen companies are due to report on Monday, ahead of a heavy Tuesday led by L&T and Maruti Suzuki. Tata Steel has moved its board meeting from 27 October to 7 November, and five central banks decide in the days after.
The metal was flat at $3,996 an ounce in early Asian trade on Monday, about $170 below where it ended on 16 October, with markets now seeing a December rise by the Fed as likely.
The steelmaker's board was due to meet on Tuesday. It cited 'unavoidable circumstances' and gave no other reason, leaving metal investors to wait while rivals have already reported.
Ganesh Kumar, an independent director who helped set up NPCI, is to take over from Sanjeeb Chaudhuri in May 2027, subject to the RBI's approval. The board also reappointed retail head Pradeep Natarajan.
The central bank found the Chennai-based lender had under-applied risk weights on syndicated foreign-currency loans and some undisbursed exposures. The bank says its profit is unaffected.
The maker of Tuborg and Carlsberg Elephant beer saw revenue slip 2.2% in 2025-26, but lower excise costs lifted profit. It has SEBI's approval for an IPO.
The state-owned railway telecom company's revenue rose to ₹1,146 crore on a surge in project work, but an exceptional charge pulled profit down to ₹68.6 crore.
Eight of the ten largest listed companies lost value in a four-session week of selling. TCS and L&T were the only gainers, and the whole BSE shed ₹20.79 lakh crore.
Overseas funds were net sellers for a tenth straight week, though they bought on two days as US yields cooled and the rupee firmed. Crude above $100 keeps the pressure on.
The Odisha facility will host payment and settlement systems away from seismic zones and border areas. A cybersecurity training institute for the central bank opens alongside it this evening.
The corporate affairs ministry has extended deadlines for financial statements and annual returns after company secretaries complained of repeated glitches on the MCA-21 portal.
India's results season reaches engineering, cars and consumer goods as the US publishes its first estimate of third-quarter growth and Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon report.
Oil ended Friday at its highest close since April and Wall Street slid late in the day. Indian shares, down four sessions running, now face decisions from the Fed, the ECB and the Bank of Japan.
India's largest tile maker also approved ₹554 crore of expansion at three plants and will buy out the rest of its bathware business.
Indian institutions bought shares in every session of the Dussehra-shortened week, but could not stop the Sensex falling 2.15%.
The private lender raised more than ₹34,000 crore in foreign-currency deposits in the quarter, which its chief executive said gives it cheaper money for three to five years.
Edelweiss-backed EAAA India Alternatives leads the main-board offers, opening on Monday, the day Jio Platforms finalises share allotment.
Revenue grew almost a quarter on higher grey cement volumes, but costs rose faster, holding profit growth to single digits.
The Hyderabad company's standalone revenue nearly doubled from the previous quarter, and its first-half profit was up by about half.
The lubricant maker said early price increases had softened the blow, and warned that it expects a volatile, inflationary year ahead.
Speaking to stockbrokers in Mumbai on Saturday, the market regulator's chairman also promised secondary trading in tokenised corporate bonds, an AI sandbox and a review of short selling.
The lender raised about ₹55,344 crore in FCNR(B) deposits during the September quarter, lifting loan and deposit growth but squeezing its interest margin to 4.31%.
The small finance bank grew deposits 29% and loans 25% in the September quarter, while its bad-loan ratio improved to 1.99%.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's Mumbai roadshow ended with nine agreements and four letters of intent that the state says could create 20,210 jobs. Bhubaneswar will host the next India Chem.
Firms grew more upbeat about the economy in July-September after four weak quarters, but most expect to hire no one new in the next six months.
Revenue jumped 43% in the September quarter, yet the steelmaker's operating margin fell 240 basis points, the opposite of what rival JSW Steel reported the same day.
Higher sales under long-term contracts, costlier imported coal passed through in tariffs and ₹2,422 crore of one-time prior-period revenue drove the September-quarter result.
Record sales of 7.46 million tonnes lifted the September-quarter result, and the board approved a 5 million tonne expansion with Japan's JFE and a ₹16,150 crore second phase at JSW Utkal.
The results season moves from technology and banks to cars, cement, consumer goods and infrastructure. Jio Platforms is due to start trading on Wednesday, the same day the US central bank announces its rate decision.
Selling spread beyond technology on Wall Street on Friday while oil climbed on fresh West Asia fears. With Indian markets shut for the weekend, Monday's open will have to absorb Infosys's forecast cut and a run of results.
The state-run refiner returned to profit after a loss in the June quarter, earning ₹4,863 crore. Its LPG under-recovery has built up to ₹17,334 crore, and the oil ministry has approved ₹7,594 crore in compensation.
India's largest share sale closed on Friday with a late surge of institutional money. Shares are due to be allotted on Monday and to start trading on Wednesday, 28 October.
The Hyderabad drugmaker earned ₹925 crore in the September quarter as lower sales of lenalidomide in North America pulled revenue down 1.5%. Its India and emerging markets businesses grew strongly.
India's foreign exchange reserves dropped by $5.01 billion in the week to 16 October, the Reserve Bank's data showed. They are now about $65 billion below the record set in early September.
India's second-largest software exporter now expects revenue to grow only 1% to 2% this year. September-quarter profit rose 6.2% to ₹7,823 crore, and its US-listed shares fell 8.5% before New York opened.
A year after a loss of ₹437 crore, the private lender's September-quarter profit rose 51% from the June quarter. Chief executive Rajiv Anand said growth had strengthened.
The currency fell for a second day on Friday as dearer oil and foreign selling of Indian shares weighed on it, ending the week almost where it began.
An early rally led by IT shares gave way to heavy selling as Brent crude neared $114 a barrel. The benchmarks clawed back much of the damage late in the day, but smaller stocks fell nearly 3% and the volatility index jumped 8%.
Big investors poured into India's largest share sale on its last day, lifting total demand from 5.5 times to almost 10 times by mid-afternoon. Retail bidding stayed modest, which should leave most small applicants with the shares they asked for.
The Hyderabad engineering services company was one of the few mid-sized stocks to rise on a brutal morning for the broader market, after a rise in September-quarter profit in its core business.
Friday's results were met with little mercy on a weak day for smaller stocks. Dairy maker Hatsun Agro, BlueStone Jewellery and Creditaccess Grameen fell sharply, while Shree Cement gave up an early rally.
The Nifty Smallcap 100 and Midcap 100 indices are now more than 10% below their 52-week highs after a week of steady selling. Analysts blamed forced selling by leveraged traders, money parked in the Jio IPO and oil above $110.
The Mumbai developer earned ₹154 crore in the September quarter, down from ₹405 crore a year earlier, as higher expenses outran a jump in income. Realty was among the worst-hit sectors on a heavy day for Dalal Street.
Two offers that closed last week made their stock market debuts on Friday with very different results. The cardiac stent maker opened above its issue price, while the Italian-owned gearbox maker opened exactly at ₹586.
The food and grocery delivery company fell about 10% in early trade on Friday, a day after September-quarter results that analysts said pushed profitability further away. A narrower loss and 36% revenue growth were not enough.
Friday brings one of the busiest results days of the season, led by Infosys after the market shuts. Jio Platforms' share sale ends with bids for more than five times the shares on offer, and RBI's weekly reserves data is due in the evening.
A rout in chip stocks pulled the Nasdaq down 2.6% on Thursday as fears over AI spending returned. Oil hit its highest since May, US bond yields tumbled and the rupee slipped to 94.82, leaving Indian shares facing a fourth difficult session.
On a day dominated by the tech sell-off, the world's largest alternative asset manager rallied and the vaccine maker suffered one of its worst sessions since listing.
Meta's first cash-flow deficit as a listed company and higher spending plans set off a broad sell-off in chipmakers on Thursday. Lam Research, CoreWeave and SpaceX were among the hardest hit.
Investors fled technology shares for the safety of Treasuries on Thursday, pulling the benchmark yield down about 19 basis points even as oil climbed.
Attacks in Saudi Arabia and a report of planned strikes on Iran sent oil sharply higher on Thursday. Gold and silver fell as traders bet dearer energy would keep interest rates high.
Demand for India's largest share sale kept building on Thursday evening. Bidding closes on Friday, with allotment due on Monday and listing next Wednesday.
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week than economists expected, and a gauge of future activity held steady, pointing to an economy still on firm footing.
The currency gave up most of Wednesday's rally on Thursday as Brent jumped after attacks on Saudi oil facilities and Indian shares fell for a third day.
A sharp sell-off across Asia and Brent crude near $111 sent Indian shares down for a third straight session. The Nifty ended near 22,688 and mid and small caps fell about 1%, even as Jio's IPO drew more than four times the shares on offer.
International Gemological Institute earned ₹185.8 crore in the September quarter on revenue up 31%, and pointed to India's festive season and US holiday orders as demand gathers pace.
Individual bidders, who lagged on Wednesday, covered their portion by 11 am on Thursday. By early afternoon the ₹30,213 crore issue was booked 4.3 times, with institutions bidding for nearly ten times their share.
The off-highway tyre maker will start by making Pirelli-branded passenger car tyres at its Bhuj plant, with a joint company to follow. Its shares rose about 2% on Thursday.
The Nasdaq rose 1% and Meta climbed after hours. At home, the rupee hit a six-week high and foreign funds bought shares. Brent above $108 and hawkish RBI minutes temper the mood before Thursday's open.
Hindustan Petroleum's numbers will show how far a recovery in fuel margins has repaired a record June-quarter loss. Eternal and Indian Hotels trade on their results for the first time.
Meta's quarterly revenue reached $64.6 billion and it forecast up to $76 billion for the holiday quarter. Lam Research fell 6% despite beating estimates.
Indian Hotels raised its revenue growth forecast for 2026-27 to 15-17% after a record September quarter, and now expects to hit a target set for 2030 within this financial year.
Foreign money coming in for the Jio Platforms offer and RBI action against oil companies' dollar buying lifted the currency, though Brent above $110 limited the gains.
All six members backed this month's quarter-point hike, but two external members opposed the switch to a tightening stance. The governor said the next move can only be a hike or a pause.
Revenue at the parent of Zomato and Blinkit rose 78% to ₹24,138 crore in the September quarter. Quick commerce stayed profitable and the company raised its store target for March 2027.
India's largest renewable energy company added 3,081 MWh of battery storage at Khavda in Gujarat during the quarter and expects to beat its storage target for the year.
India's largest share sale drew bids for 59.44 crore shares against 19.75 crore on offer. Retail investors have so far taken up about two-thirds of their portion.
A strong open on Infosys and TCS faded by early afternoon. The Sensex ended 143 points down, the Nifty lost 78 points and smaller stocks fell more than 2%, even as Jio Platforms' record IPO drew more than twice the shares on offer on day one.
Institutions filled their quota within ten minutes of Wednesday's opening, and by mid-afternoon the ₹30,213 crore issue had drawn bids for 2.22 times the shares on offer. Retail demand is still building.
About 40 companies report on Wednesday, led by Eternal, Indian Hotels and Adani Green Energy, as the BSE and NSE trade for the first time since Monday's 876-point fall in the Sensex.
Small companies and rate-sensitive shares led Wall Street higher on Tuesday while big technology stocks stalled. Brent eased to $108.79 and Tokyo was set to bounce as Indian traders return from the Dussehra break.
Retail investors can bid for a minimum of 12 shares in India's largest share sale until Friday, with a separate category for Reliance Industries shareholders and a discount for employees.
Investors who bought the three stocks by Monday's close qualify for their interim dividends; anyone buying from Wednesday will not, and the share prices will adjust at the open.
A busy evening of US company results on Tuesday rewarded AI server maker Super Micro and lender Capital One, while General Motors fell during the session despite beating forecasts.
The streaming company earned more than expected in July-September, but a weaker advertising outlook, a slower fourth quarter and a shake-up of its content team pushed its shares down about 6% after hours.
The 10-year Treasury yield dipped to 5.12% on Tuesday after weak September housing data, giving some relief to rate-sensitive shares and emerging markets such as India.
Oil swung by more than $3 on Tuesday before ending slightly lower, while gold eased and the dollar weakened as US bond yields fell.
Doubts over the cost of artificial intelligence spending hit Asian technology stocks on Tuesday, while Indonesia's market bounced back sharply after two days of heavy losses.
Retail jewellers cut 24-carat gold by ₹870 per 10 grams on Tuesday while the MCX stayed shut for the festival; silver held at ₹2.3 lakh a kilogram.
LIC, Capital Group and Singapore's government lead the anchor book for India's largest share sale, which opens to the public on Wednesday at up to ₹1,119 a share.
There is no trading and no big results in India on Tuesday, but the day sets up a packed Wednesday: reaction to Bajaj Finance and Hindustan Zinc, the RBI's policy minutes and the opening of the Jio Platforms offer.
Amazon and chipmakers led a rebound on Wall Street on Monday night, but Brent stayed close to a five-month high and Europe slid, leaving a mixed picture for Indian shares when they reopen on Wednesday.
Oil shrugged off President Trump's Russian sanctions waiver on Monday after Yemen's Houthis said they had hit an Aramco facility at Yanbu and the Shaybah oilfield.
The non-bank lender also said it had raised ₹3,850 crore of capital and appointed former SBI chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara as an independent director.
The engineering services firm signed more than $200 million of large contracts in the quarter and said it expects revenue growth to pick up in the second half of the year.
The Vedanta group miner posted record revenue and its best-ever operating profit for a quarter, helped by higher zinc and silver prices and a sharp fall in its cost of production.
India's largest consumer lender lifted its full-year growth target and set aside a ₹337 crore buffer for risks, while warning that two more rate rises could squeeze its margins.
The Bengaluru defence electronics maker's ₹852 crore offer was the runaway favourite of Monday's four closing issues, ahead of Bonfiglioli Transmissions, Sahajanand Medical and Zetwerk.
The currency gave up early gains on Monday as Indian shares slid, and traders now look to the RBI's policy minutes and oil for direction.
Private lenders fell after their September-quarter numbers, foreign funds kept selling and Brent stayed near $108, ending a two-day rally a day before exchanges shut for Dussehra.
The contract manufacturer's offer, which had drawn bids for less than a third of its shares by Friday, was subscribed 1.25 times by Monday afternoon.
India's largest cement maker sold 13.8% more cement in a monsoon quarter and earned ₹1,494 crore. Higher fuel and raw material bills kept margins flat.
September-quarter numbers moved several mid-sized stocks sharply on Monday, while sugar makers fell after a change to the ethanol tender.
The telecom equipment and optical fibre maker had its best quarter ever, with revenue up 144%. Its managing director says a ₹10,000 crore revenue target could now come before 2029.
The state-owned lender earned ₹5,537 crore in the September quarter, with gross bad loans down to 2.42% of advances.
The Nifty PSU Bank index rose as much as 3% on Monday morning as brokerages raised targets on Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank and Indian Bank.
Brent slipped towards $108 when trading resumed after the weekend. Indian shares open a holiday-shortened week with foreign funds still net sellers and GIFT Nifty pointing slightly lower.
Brokerages see the consumer lender earning about ₹6,383 crore in the September quarter on loan growth above 25%. Higher borrowing costs after the RBI's rate rise could squeeze its margin.
The Kolkata-based maker of carbon black and battery materials reported a September-quarter profit of ₹231 crore on Sunday, and said its half-year profit grew 29% to ₹460 crore.
IL JIN Electronics signed a ₹13.12 crore share swap on Sunday for the last 1.5% of the Bengaluru company, which makes printed circuit boards for defence, cars and telecom.
Indian shares go into Monday after their best week in months, led by IT. Analysts expect the Nifty to consolidate, with oil near $110 and a heavy results calendar squeezed around Tuesday's holiday.
India's ten largest listed companies added about ₹3.65 lakh crore in market value last week. Larsen & Toubro was the only one to lose ground.
Overseas funds have now taken ₹3.12 lakh crore out of Indian equities this year. A small turn to buying on Friday, as US yields eased and the rupee firmed, has analysts asking whether the worst is over.
The travel booking company's bookings grew 22% in the September quarter, led by flights and buses, but its core operating profit fell as it spent on hotels and AI.
The state-run lender earned ₹1,469 crore in the September quarter on strong interest income and cleaner books, though higher provisions and weaker treasury gains held back the bottom line.
About two dozen companies are due to report September-quarter numbers on 19 October, from consumer lenders and cement to zinc and a state-run bank.
Oil jumped almost 4% on Friday after Indian markets had shut, and a sell-off in chip and AI stocks gave the Nasdaq its worst week since June. A weekend of tanker attacks in the Gulf adds to the risk.
More than 30 large companies are due to publish September-quarter numbers between Monday and Saturday, while the ₹30,200 crore Jio Platforms offer tests how much money the market has to spare.
The metal clawed back most of a mid-week slide as traders scaled back expectations of a Federal Reserve increase this month. Oil near $110 and a 5.1% Treasury yield keep it hemmed in.
Every company in the Philadelphia semiconductor index ended lower on Friday as worries about debt-funded AI spending spread. SK Hynix and Samsung lost about a fifth of their value in a week.
The three report quarterly results on Tuesday and Wednesday, the first big US technology names to do so since the AI sell-off. Indian investors will see the numbers before their own markets open.
Oil jumped almost 4% on Friday as a strike on Saudi Arabia's main export outlet and a drone hit on a Russian refinery revived supply fears. US crude rose more than 10% over the week.
The lender earned ₹1,080 crore in the September quarter and beat forecasts. Its auditors qualified the results because they leave out the Supreme Court's revival of ₹8,415 crore of bonds.
The country bought almost the same amount of oil in April-September as a year earlier but paid far more for it. September alone cost $15.4 billion, with the Indian basket averaging $116 a barrel.
HDFC Bank and Axis Bank alone raised more than $22 billion in FCNR-B deposits last quarter. The money lifted loan and deposit growth while margins narrowed.
The country's second-largest private lender beat forecasts on Saturday with lower provisions and fast loan growth, though its margin narrowed to 4.18% from 4.36% in the June quarter.
Stripped of last year's one-off gain, profit rose 14%. The results came a day after Fairfax said it would keep Rakesh Sharma as chief executive once it takes control.
Lower provisions and 23% loan growth lifted the September-quarter result, while dollar deposits raised from abroad let the bank shed some bulk term deposits.
India's largest private lender earned ₹19,510 crore in the September quarter. A sharp fall in treasury gains and a squeeze on margins kept growth in single digits, nine days before the CEO's term ends.
Zetwerk, Tonbo Imaging, Bonfiglioli and Sahajanand Medical take their last bids on 19 October. The ₹30,000 crore Jio offer follows on Wednesday, with three listings due in the same week.
The small finance bank nearly tripled its profit from a year ago while interest income rose 35%. Its board approved a ₹409 crore preferential share issue.
The home services platform's board also approved raising up to ₹2,500 crore and a first look at selling air conditioners under its Native brand.
Brokerages expect profit to rise sharply on strong loan growth. The bigger question is what the Supreme Court's revival of ₹8,415 crore of written-off bonds means for the bank's capital.
The Kerala lender's bad loans fell to ten-year lows and its margins widened. Punjab National Bank earned ₹5,532 crore as its bad loans shrank.
The IT company formerly called LTIMindtree grew rupee revenue 13.6%, helped by the weak rupee, but its dollar revenue rose just 1.1% from the previous quarter.
The currency closed at 94.89 a dollar, about 2% stronger than a week ago. Reserves fell for a fifth straight week as the RBI kept selling dollars to defend it.
The two listed property developers reported their September-quarter numbers on Friday. Oberoi's revenue fell 6% from a year earlier but its profit jumped 40% from the June quarter.
Big investors are holding back from the ₹5,012 crore Zetwerk offer, while the much smaller Tonbo Imaging sale is drawing heavy demand from wealthy individuals. Both close on Monday.
The Bajaj group's mortgage lender earned ₹757 crore in the September quarter. Its assets under management crossed ₹1.58 lakh crore, though bad loans edged up.
Precious metals extended Thursday's rebound ahead of the festive weekend, while Brent crude eased to about $105.6 a barrel but stayed far above last year's levels.
Tech Mahindra, TCS and Infosys led Friday's gains after strong results from the sector. The Nifty closed above 23,000 for the first time this week and foreign funds turned buyers.
Stronger exports of goods and services trimmed the gap from a year earlier. A surge in bank capital inflows produced a balance of payments surplus of $45.4 billion for the month.
Chip stocks led a rebound in Tokyo and Seoul on Friday morning, Wall Street ended a three-day losing run and Brent crude slipped. Foreign funds sold heavily in India on Thursday.
Two share sales that opened on Thursday got very different receptions. Both enter their second day on Friday and close on 19 October.
From the fortnight starting Friday, banks must keep at least 99% of their required CRR balance with the RBI every day, instead of 90%. The aim is to soak up surplus cash.
A busy Thursday of September-quarter results brought higher profits at the cable maker, the insurer, the railway financier and the fund house.
IT services revenue was stuck at $2.61 billion in the September quarter. The outlook for October to December came in below analysts' estimates, and the US-listed shares fell.
The Pune company reported its 26th straight quarter of revenue growth. Reported profit fell 25.4% as it worked towards closing its purchase of IT services company Nagarro.
Shareholders will get one free share for every share they hold, subject to their approval, plus a ₹15 interim dividend. Deal wins topped $1 billion for a fourth straight quarter.
Revenue came in close to what brokers expected, but higher costs pulled profit below both the June quarter and a year ago.
Private banks led a broad rally in large shares while small and midcaps fell. The rupee gained for a fifth day and closed at 95.05 a dollar.
The ₹5,012 crore issue was 12% subscribed by mid-afternoon, with retail investors the keenest. Brokers are split over the company's losses and valuation.
The court dismissed appeals by the bank, the RBI and the Centre against a 2023 ruling that quashed the bonds' write-off during the lender's 2020 rescue.
Electronics, petroleum products and engineering goods drove the rise, and the trade deficit narrowed to $30.21 billion from $33 billion a year ago.
Operating profit hit a record and losses in the digital business halved from the June quarter.
Brokers expect modest growth at Wipro and a profit jump of about 30% at Tech Mahindra, whose board will also consider its first bonus issue in 11 years.
The broking app's parent earned less than half its revenue from equity derivatives in July to September. BHEL and Canara Bank shares rose on their results.
Small companies worth up to ₹1,000 crore after an IPO would have to list on the SME platform, and the profit bar would rise to an average of ₹3 crore a year.
Record freight costs and long voyages made American barrels less attractive in September, while imports from West Asia rose 67%. Brent stays above $106.
IT and consumer stocks rose, but drugmakers lost ₹25,169 crore in market value. The rupee firmed for a fourth day to close near 95.16 a dollar.
Fuel, food and factory goods all got dearer. Crude oil and gas prices at the wholesale level were 57% higher than a year ago, and the print beat what economists had expected.
The productivity-linked bonus will cost ₹2,009.61 crore. Loco pilots, guards, station masters and track maintainers can get up to ₹17,951 each.
Selling in the first nine months is nearly double last year's full-year total, as high US yields, the AI trade abroad, costly oil and a weak rupee draw money away.
Every issue would need a monitoring agency reporting straight to the exchanges, and companies that stonewall it could face ₹50,000 fines and frozen promoter holdings.
The fee on larger shop payments was due to start on 15 October. It will now begin on a date to be notified after the festival, a delay of weeks rather than months.
The insurer's protection and annuity business grew strongly in the first half, but the stock gave up its early gains and stayed close to its 52-week low.
India's biggest carmaker has lost a third of its market value this year and fell even as the wider market rallied, with brokers warning the post-GST sales boost is fading.
HCLTech's results set off the IT sector's best day in 17 months, and the Finance Minister's remarks on capital gains tax lifted the market in the final hour. The rupee firmed to 95.28.
The Fund reversed its July downgrade, citing resilient domestic demand and services, while flagging oil, a prolonged war in West Asia and a possible AI investment correction as risks.
Oil rose about 2% overnight as the Houthi strike on Saudi Arabia revived supply fears, while chip stocks dragged the Nasdaq lower and US bond yields stayed near 24-year highs.
Prices in India eased on Monday and remain well below this year's peak, even as money keeps flowing into gold-backed funds around the world.
Fuel and power prices have been rising at more than 20% a year at the factory gate, and economists expect the headline wholesale rate to break into double digits.
The Mumbai-based lender's loans grew 42% and bad loans fell to 1.02%, as capital from its new Dubai parent and lower card stress lifted earnings.
Shoppers placed 8-9 crore orders on Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho and other platforms, with two in three coming from smaller towns and rural areas, according to Redseer.
The Noida-based IT services company raised the lower end of its growth forecast for the year and declared a ₹12 dividend, as revenue from advanced AI work rose 78%.
Food inflation climbed to 7.74%, and prices rose faster in villages than in cities. Economists now expect the RBI to raise rates again in December.
The fund house grew revenue 16% as equity assets rose, but profit fell from the June quarter after a sharp drop in other income.
The Bengaluru manufacturing company has enlarged both its fresh issue and the share sale by early backers, and seeks a valuation of about ₹25,583 crore.
The RBI's weekend measures lifted the rupee 93 paise to close at 95.78 a dollar, but rising bond yields, foreign selling and a slide in FMCG and bank shares pulled stocks lower.
India's largest IT company grew revenue 0.5% in constant currency in July-September. HCLTech reports today, and Wipro and Tech Mahindra on Thursday.
From 16 October banks will have less room to dip below their cash reserve requirement on any single day. The RBI is also selling ₹25,000 crore of government bonds on 13 October.
The Centre's deficit for April-August was ₹7.10 lakh crore. Weak excise collections after the fuel duty cut and higher subsidies are squeezing the 4.3% target.
The 57th Council meeting left the 5% and 18% slabs alone and focused on enforcement, refunds and registration. Most changes need law amendments or notifications first.
Services and investment led the first quarter of 2026-27. It is also the first Q1 reading on the new GDP series with base year 2022-23.
The Monetary Policy Committee voted 6-0 for the increase and changed its stance to calibrated tightening, saying rate cuts are off the table in the near term.
Food prices pushed CPI inflation up from 4.45% in July, with rural inflation well above urban. September data on the new 2024-base series is due on 12 October.
The RBI will meet the full daily dollar needs of three state-run oil companies from 12 October and has tightened rules on currency hedging, after reserves fell for four straight weeks.
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