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Other stocks shifted out of the ESM framework include Rudra Global Infra Product, GP Petroleum, Kanoria Energy, Signet Industries, Bemco Hydraulics, Samrat Forgings and Amba Enterprises.

Tata Steel MD says, “ We are watching the space because in 2015 when China was exporting 10 million tonnes a month, we appealed to the government and we got some support. Now, China is exporting about 8 million tonnes a month, so it is pretty close to that. So, let us wait and see what happens in the next few months.”

Canara Bank MD & CEO says: “We are focussed on the credit cost by reducing the slippages and maintaining the quality of the recoveries. All these things are helping us to maintain NIM at just above 3%. But the next quarter again, our NIM will be between 2.9% and 3%, but our efforts will continue to be nearer to that 3%.”

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We preferred India equities over the U.S.; in the event both performed well. We predicted geopolitics would remain a headwind, we expected domestic flows would improve, and noted that RBI rate hikes typically preceded equity rallies.

Though stolen funds more than halved, the number of individual hacking incidents grew to 231 last year from 219 in 2022, Chainalysis said.

European equities opened higher on Friday, boosted by upbeat quarterly updates from luxury group LVMH and spirits maker Remy Cointreau, while investors gauged interest rate cut prospects, a day after the European Central Bank left rates unchanged.

Pledging of shares is one of the options that the promoters of companies use to secure loans to meet working capital requirements, personal needs and fund other ventures or acquisitions.

While sector bellwether Tata Consultancy Services pointed to pent-up demand and the mainstay banking and financial services vertical returning to growth in the current quarter, Infosys indicated that deal ramp-ups were running on schedule.

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