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Under the existing ESM framework rule, stocks were allowed to trade only once a week. However, trading in them will now be allowed on all days, the exchanges said in a circular.

According to bulk deal data available with the exchanges, Clarios ARBL has offloaded about 2.39 crore shares in the company at a price of Rs 652.9. According to latest shareholding data, the company is majority owned by public shareholders at 71.94% stake, while promoters own the rest 28.06%.

ESM rules were introduced on June 4 for highly volatile micro-small cap companies with a market cap of less than Rs 500 crore. Many investors complained that they could not exit these stocks as they are traded once a week. A company Mercury EV Tech has challenged the new rule at the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT).

Euro zone government bond yields hit their lowest since June, led by the benchmark German 10-year bond, as economic data and comments from ECB officials suggested the current tightening cycle may be over soon. Some analysts argued that the ECB might leave the deposit facility rate at 3.75% in September, following a potential inflation forecast revision.

The market value of HDFC Bank is now more than that of Bank of China and Royal Bank of Canada

His remarks came in response to a question on whether the central bank saw the need to tweak YCC at its rate review later this month.Under YCC, the BOJ guides short-term interest rates at -0.1% and buys huge amounts of government bonds to cap the 10-year bond yield around 0% as part of efforts to fire up inflation to its 2% target

According to data available with the exchanges, Rekha Jhunjhunwala has offloaded 97 lakh shares or nearly 5% stake in the company. The transaction was done at a price of Rs 215 apiece, fetching the investor about Rs 208 crore. Rallis India has recently announced its first quarter earnings, where it has recorded a revenue of Rs 782 crore, down from Rs 863 crore clocked in the previous year quarter.

The market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms hit a new high of ₹303.59 lakh crore. The Sensex rose 529.03 points to end at 66,589.93 points, a new lifetime closing, while CLS Bank Corp, HDFC Bank, and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) dominated the headlines with their impressive Q1 results.

Oil prices steadied on Tuesday despite weaker than expected Chinese economic growth and the restart of Libyan oilfields. Brent crude was up 26 cents at $78.76 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 28 cents to $74.43 a barrel in muted trading, with the contract set to expire on Thursday.

Dow rises 11.73 points at the open; Nasdaq Composite drops 33 points