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Notwithstanding the uptick in sales, urban markets are still not in line with pre-COVID growth and are on a recovery path helped by the comeback of modern trade channels, e-commerce sales and improvement of mobility as restrictions are eased out, according to Dabur India CEO Mohit Malhotra.

Last month, the company said it has decided not to proceed with the Rs 4,000-crore capital infusion deal led by Carlyle as a legal battle will not be in the best interests of the company and its stakeholders.

In the BSE500 index, over 400 stocks closed in the green, which reflects the dominance of bulls during the week. The biggest gainers and losers of the week also included those that came out with their earnings. The same may continue in the next week, said analysts.

“To make money from the stock market, you need an average man’s intelligence, but ten men’s patience,” is an adage in the stock market. It is a fact that women have more patience than men. Therefore, potentially they can be great investors.

“I personally like to avoid the flavour of the season and even though one has tremendous FOMO and one feels like missing out all the time, hopefully in the long run, it is better to err on the side of caution.”

Berkshire spent nearly $20 billion more repurchasing its own stock since the middle of 2018 than it deployed accumulating its Apple stake through the end of last year. In total, Buffett poured about $51 billion into buybacks since a change to its policy more than three years ago, and appears to have continued snapping up at least $1.7 billion of stock since the end of September.

There were sectors that still attracted investments from foreign investors in October despite the general sense of pessimism. The buying reflected their confidence in these sectors even as they were more pragmatic on the broader market.

Supplies of coal, the key source of electricity generation in China and India, are beginning to rise again after governments pressed miners to rapidly boost output and lifted imports.

According to USFDA, the Mumbai-based drug maker is recalling the affected lot due to "failed moisture limits."

While most Wall Street strategists remain positive on equities amid a lack of alternatives, here are five things that could ruin the party: