Stock market today (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex rose in opening trade on Thursday on the back of positive global cues. While Nifty50 was above 25,500, BSE Sensex rose around 200 points. At 9:18 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 25,547.25, up 65 points or 0.25%. BSE Sensex was at 82,467.65, up…
Top stocks to buy (AI image) Top stock market recommendations: Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Colgate-Palmolive (India), and JSW Steel are the top stock picks that Aakash K Hindocha, Deputy Vice President – WM Research of Nuvama Professional Clients Group has listed. He also shares his outlook for Nifty, and Bank Nifty for February 26, 2026:Index…
Nomura initiated its coverage of Lloyd Metals with the target price at Rs 1,600. Analysts said that supported by low-cost iron ore assets to 2057, vertical integration into steel, predictable (MDO) earnings, and diversification into copper, LMEL is transitioning from a pure-play miner to a more stable, diversified and less cyclical business model. They estimate…
Statistics and programme implementation secretary Saurabh Garg has spent the last couple of years addressing data gaps and working on revamping critical macro-economic indicators – GDP, retail inflation and industrial sector activity. Ahead of new GDP series launch on Friday, he discusses the changes with TOI. Excerpts:New GDP series will be launched on Feb 27….
CHENNAI: India’s solar exporters face a severe jolt after the US commerce department proposed countervailing duties of 125.9% on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from India, citing alleged subsidies. The preliminary finding covers shipments to the US, which absorbs more than 95% of India’s solar cell and module exports.The duty is likely to wipe out the…
MUMBAI: Worldline will sell its India payments arm to BillDesk for 60 million euros in equity. The deal includes a long-term software pact where BillDesk keeps using Worldline tech. Worldline will continue to keep India as a talent/innovation hub and evolve its Global Capability Centers into AI-first innovation hubs for automation/GenAI/agentic-AI at scale for Western…
New Delhi: Barring Vodafone Idea (Vi), no other telecom company is going to get any relief on their adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues as govt will not step outside the Supreme Court’s mandate, telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said Wednesday. “We are operating under an SC verdict. As far as AGR is concerned, it is based…
Mumbai: Calling GenAI a civilisational shift, TCS CEO K Krithivasan said the company is not afraid of the technology disrupting livelihoods and is prepared to cannibalise its own revenues if needed, leveraging AI to deliver client outcomes more effectively. “We are telling associates that if you find you can do something faster, better and cheaper…
MUMBAI: Indian startups have laid off more than 4,500 employees since July last year, data sourced from executive search firm Longhouse Consulting showed. The sudden ban on online real-money gaming which nudged many startups to shut overnight has pushed the numbers up but much of it also has to do with the selective flow of…
MUMBAI: Scheduled commercial banks have regained market share in financing the commercial sector in FY26 up to Jan 31 by expanding non-food credit faster than the overall resource pool, reversing a contraction seen in FY25 amid a surge in equity issuances and non-bank funding.Data for FY26 up to Jan 31, 2026 released in RBI’s bulletin…
