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“Our personal favourite still remains Voltas which is the market leader in the air conditioning business and we expect that the company should report excellent numbers. But a dark horse could be Symphony which is India’s largest air cool manufacturing company and that has been underperforming for the last two-three years or so.”

Barring the US dollar-pegged stablecoin, USD Coin, all other major crypto were up during early hours. Solana and Avalanche rallied 7 per cent each, whereas Dogecoin and BNB advanced 4 per cent each.

Pritam Patnaik Head - Commodities, Axis Securities said gold investors are having to deal with news flows and developments that is making a directional call on gold difficult.

"We still think that the markets are under pricing energy stocks and some of the metals and mining stocks. We think the gold has a place in the portfolio. If one combines the margin resilience, the high dividend paying theme, the compounding growth theme and then the real asset theme, that would guide in the direction of having a more insulated portfolio from the macro challenges and the headwinds that are buffeting markets now."

Sterling and Wilson Renewable’s scrip climbed to a high of Rs 360.55 as against Rs 344.75 at previous close on the BSE. The stock was last trading 2.5 per cent higher.

Sundaram Finance Ltd., incorporated in the year 1954, is a Large Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 22760.74 Crore) operating in NBFC sector.

A total of 170,229 shares changed hands on the counter till 10:00AM (IST).

The stock traded at a P/E multiple of 743.65, while the price-to-book value ratio stood at 200.6.

"Sebi received a complaint a few months ago and has started inspection of the debt schemes based on the allegations made by the whistle-blower. Once the inspection report comes in, the next course of action will be taken," said the first of the two persons cited above.

In Honduras, the Central Bank has said it cannot vouch for cryptocurrency transactions.