Binance tightens token-listing process as regulators keep close watch

Binance Holdings Ltd. has tightened requirements for listing new digital tokens, stepping up efforts to bolster investor protections on its platform. Crypto projects seeking to list tokens on Binance must now agree to a significantly longer so-called “cliff period” during which no coins can be sold, set aside more coins for market makers and make … Read more

Mahadev betting app scam: 19 smallcap stocks crash up to 37% this month

Investors in multiple smallcap and penny stocks, in which entities involved in the multi-crore Mahadev Online Book illegal betting application scam held a stake, have lost up to 37% this month. While Dubai-based alleged hawala operator Hari Shankar Tibrewala and related entities owned more than 30 listed stocks, at least 6 of them have been … Read more

valuations: Mid- & small-caps still at full-to-lofty valuations: Kotak Institutional Equities

Mumbai: Kotak Institutional Equities said most mid-cap and small-cap stocks are still trading at ‘full-to-lofty’ valuations and well above their fundamental values despite the sharp correction in recent weeks. The brokerage said many low-quality stocks may still have a ‘long way to fall’. “We are not sure if the correction marks a reversal of the … Read more

ICICI Pru MF: ICICI Pru MF also stops lump sum flows into mid & small-cap schemes

Mumbai: ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund will not accept lump sum money in its mid- and small-cap schemes from March 14, deploying flow curbs a day after Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch underscored the dangers of potential “froth” or “bubbles” in pockets of the market traditionally favoured by retail investors. Earlier, Nippon, Tata and SBI MFs … Read more

Billions of FII dollars may chase Indian stocks in election season. Here’s why

There’s something about foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and election season. In all the last 5 election years, FII flows have been positive in the election quarter and, on an average, have improved in the next 3 months after the uncertainty eases. The impact of this seasonal trend can be already felt on Dalal Street this … Read more

market: Key technical ratio hints at weakening of broader rally

Mumbai: India’s stock benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty, have been hitting new records in recent weeks but beneath the surface, the optimism is showing signs of fizzling out. The advance decline ratio (ADR), a widely-watched indicator of the overall market health, is pointing to growing weakness in mid-cap and small-cap stocks. The ratio for all BSE … Read more

ICRA: Passenger vehicles industry to grow up to nine percent this fiscal, says ICRA

The domestic passenger vehicle (PV) market is estimated to grow by six to nine per cent in the current financial year over the preceding fiscal, according to ratings firm ICRA. In absolute terms, the PV industry will clock a sales figure of 4.2 million units in the current fiscal. The report said that dealer inventories … Read more

Gopal Snacks: Gopal Snacks IPO packs a bite-sized punch, investors get no crunch

ET Intelligence Group: Rajkot-based ethnic snacks company Gopal Snacks is rolling out a ₹650-crore offer for sale in which the promoters are diluting over 12% of their stake from 93.5% to 81% in the company to repay personal debt taken towards forging a family settlement. No proceeds from the IPO are going to the company. … Read more

Nifty: Large caps likely to outperform broader market: Analysts

The Indian market is poised to maintain its positive momentum, with large-cap stocks expected to outperform the broader market. This trend is indicated by the Nifty vs Nifty 500 ratio reaching its lowest point. Analysts anticipate Nifty to climb towards 22,800, provided it remains above 22,300. Some of the recommended stocks include Reliance Industries, Axis … Read more

Federal Reserve: Fed-favoured inflation gauge seen rising most in a year

Underlying US inflation probably rose in January by the most in a year, as tracked by the Federal Reserve’s preferred metric, highlighting the long and bumpy path to taming price pressures. The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and energy costs, is seen rising 0.4% from a month earlier. That would mark … Read more