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The partially convertible rupee opened at 76.0290/$1 as against 75.7950/$1 at the previous close. The Indian currency, which was last at 76.0140/$1, moved in a band of 76.0140-76.0950/$1 so far in the day. The domestic currency had strengthened to a two-week high against the US dollar on Thursday as the US Federal Reserve’s policy statement did not throw up any shocks for markets globally.

The Hyderabad-based dairy company said it has acquired Karnataka-based Sri Krishna Milks for Rs 50 crore to expand its business. The deal, executed in the form of cash, will conclude in two months. Krishna Milks Pvt Ltd (SKMPL), incorporated in 1989, was the first private sector dairy company in Karnataka. It is mainly into procuring milk, manufacturing, and selling dairy products. Its turnover in 2020-21 was Rs 67.27 crore.

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has exacerbated the situation for FMCG makers as they expect a rise in the prices of wheat, edible oil and crude. Companies such as Dabur and Parle are watching the situation and will undertake calibrated price increases to mitigate the inflationary pressures, reports said.

LIC IPO, which may rake in around Rs 60,000 crore for the government, was initially scheduled for the second week of March.

Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company Themis Medicare’s anti-viral drug Viralex has received Drugs Controller General of India’s (DCGI) approval, the company informed the stock exchange on Monday.

“The first half of 2022 is witnessing tremendous volatility but to a great extent that has been absorbed thanks to domestic investor participation. We believe in the second half domestic as well as foreign investors will be buyers in the market, uncertainties around crude and commodities will be behind us and the IPO pipeline will have begun and that supply will be capping the market rise.”

SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd., incorporated in the year 1998, is a Small Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 79856.02 Crore) operating in Financial Services sector.

The Fed hiked rates for the first time since 2018 last week and laid out an aggressive plan to push borrowing costs to restrictive levels next year, in a pivot from battling COVID-19 to countering the economic risks from excessive inflation and the war in Ukraine.

The IT firm upgraded its guidance by 450 basis points, in addition to 700 basis points in the previous quarter, suggesting no impact of Russia-Ukraine war yet and healthy quarterly numbers ahead for domestic IT firms.

The leading stock exchange had fixed the record date for the issue of bonus shares as Tuesday, March 22, 2022, for determining the eligible shareholders who will be entitled to allotment of bonus shares. BSE will be giving a bonus of two shares with a face value of Rs 2 each for every single BSE share held as on the record date, the company announced in an exchange filing.