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The payments giant is one of many that have gathered in the crypto space. Last Thursday, Visa filed for trademarks for cryptocurrency wallet transaction software and virtual environment software, indicating a metaverse push.

"The customer collections during H1FY23 stood at Rs 925 crore, which was Rs 620 crore for the same period last financial year: implying an increase of almost 50%. The balance of collections from sold units in all launched projects was Rs 2,640 crores as of September," said Abhishek Kapoor, CEO of Puravankara.

"Even the derivative stats indicate that FIIs are now decently long in index futures (Long Short ratio is around 65%) and this opens up the possibility of their unwinding in longs. Thus, on the downside, 17900 would be intermediate support and a breach of the same might apply some brakes to the ongoing momentum."

“While the VIX for bond markets and the currency market is at multi-decade high, the stock market VIX has not really gone up. That shows us that even though the fund manager sentiment surveys and consumer surveys are quite pessimistic in terms of flows and positioning in the option markets, the markets have held up quite well after the initial selloff in the first six months.”

Faster Payments is the infrastructure which facilitates real-time bank transfers for most UK bank accounts. Pay UK, which owns Faster Payments, said in emailed comments that it was "working with regulators and the payments industry to develop and implement better protection for victims of fraud."

The net loss of $2.69 billion, or $1,832 per Class A share, compared with a profit of $10.34 billion, or $6,882 per share, a year earlier.

"After a long time, we are now finally seeing a flurry of IPOs lined up. So, definitely, there is a lot of action within the primary market and it is a healthy activity that we are seeing," said Siddhartha Khemka, Head of Retail Research, MOFSL to ETNow.

"I think retail investors have to be cognisant of this situation globally and also be cognisant to the fact that we have held up in a world which has corrected significantly. And maybe now is not the time to be piling on more risk. It is time to diversify and secure some of your gains and get into safer asset classes as a hedge."

"We are expecting that Nifty can continue further higher momentum in the coming week towards 18,250, even 18,400 level. Bank Nifty is also very stable, 41,200 was saved despite of volatile sessions in the last couple of trading sessions. Once it manages to cross above the 41,650-41,700 zone, then possibly this rally can continue towards 42,500."

As a result, provisions for bad loans and contingencies declined to Rs 1,627.46 crore for the quarter from Rs 2,753.59 crore a year ago. Net interest margins rose to 3.33 per cent at the end of September 2022. Capital adequacy ratio declined to 15.25 per cent from 15.55 per cent at the end of September 2021.