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The Indian rupee weakened on Tuesday to end at 83.9675 per US dollar as risk appetite of the market was weak ahead of a series of US economic data that is expected to provide fresh cues for an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.

Investors showed interest in healthcare, banks, capital goods, and consumer durables sectors, while energy, power, realty, metal, and oil & gas stocks faced selling pressure.

The aggregate loan loss provisioning by publicly listed banks in the June quarter increased to a four-quarter high led by a select banks including public sector banks (PSBs) such as State Bank of India (SBI) and Central Bank of India and private sector banks such as Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Bandhan Bank.

The floor price for the issue has been set at Rs 395 per share.

The perpetrator on Monday moved 2,500 Ether tokens worth about $6.3 million to Tornado Cash — a sanctioned service that blurs the origin of cryptoassets — soon after the briefing led by WazirX’s Dubai-based founder Nischal Shetty.

Nifty rose for the 14th consecutive session, closing at 25,279.85, supported by ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank. BSE Sensex fell slightly to 82,521.66. Here are Tuesday’s most active stocks.

The 12-month cumulative rolling investment by domestic mutual funds reached a record high of Rs 3.3 lakh crore ($39 billion) in August, according to SEBI data, driven by new opportunities in the primary market including IPOs and qualified institutional placements.

The Nifty Realty index closed 0.52 per cent down at 1045.4.

Companies often initiate buybacks to return capital to shareholders, signal confidence in their stock, or improve financial metrics like EPS.

Kross Ltd’s IPO, focusing on trailer axles and suspension assemblies, opens for subscription on September 9 and closes on September 11, with anchor investor bidding on September 6. The Rs 500 crore issue includes up to Rs 250 crore in fresh equity and Rs 250 crore from an offer for sale (OFS) by promoter shareholders Sudhir and Anita Rai.