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State-run refiners source about 60% of their crude oil requirement through term deals, renewed annually, mainly with West Asian national oil companies. The balance is sourced from the spot market, and this year cheap Russian oil has gained a big share in Indian spot purchases.

The aggregators and their lobby group Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment (FACE) are seeking a relaxation of these norms, which jeopardise the business model, according to them.

Business activity in the euro zone contracted for a second straight month in August as the cost of living crisis forced consumers to cut spending while supply constraints also hurt manufacturers, a survey showed.

According to bulk deal data available with BSE, Dunearn Investments (Mauritius) Pte Ltd offloaded 2,63,29,516 shares, amounting to a 2.18 per cent stake in the company.The shares were sold at an average price of Rs 183.11 apiece, taking the transaction value to Rs 482 crore.

"NDTV founders and the company would like to make it clear that this exercise of rights by VCPL was executed without any input from, conversation with, or consent of the NDTV founders, who, like NDTV, have been made aware of this exercise of rights only today," NDTV said in a regulatory filing.

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Participatory notes (P-notes) are issued by registered Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) to overseas investors who wish to be a part of the Indian stock market without registering themselves directly.They, however, need to go through a due diligence process.

In that scenario, the index can attempt to bridge the bearish gap present between 17,690 and 17,710 level registered on August 22 and a close above 17,710 can strengthen the optimism of the bulls further. Contrary to this, a fall below 17,345, on a closing basis, may resume weakness till 17,000 and 16,950 levels," he said

Furthermore, the massive outflow of funds from debt schemes due to losses on mark to market has put pressure on rates that mutual funds demand for buying CPs. Outstanding CP issues in the market are down by a fifth to Rs 3.8 lakh crore."Slowdown in CP issuances is mainly because of sharp rise in short term rates. And borrowers are moving back to banks

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2 points, or 0.01%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.06% and Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.19%.