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General insurance companies are likely to see a slowdown in premium income due to muted growth in the motor segment. Also, the claims from natural catastrophes are going to affect the overall profitability of insurance companies. At the same time, standalone health insurance companies are likely to see higher claims due to seasonal diseases and medical inflation.

This was decided at the first meeting of the parliamentary finance panel on Tuesday, which was attended by around two-dozen MPs and chaired by BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab. Former FM and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram is a part of the 31-member panel.

The IT services company expanded its four year collaboration with Old National Bank to accelerate the Bank’s operational and technological transformation.

Shares in Australia and Japan rose as did Hong Kong equity futures following sharp declines on Tuesday. US equity futures dropped after the S&P 500 rose 1% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 advanced 1.6% Tuesday. Chipmakers were among the market leaders with Nvidia Corp. extending a five-day rally to 14%.

A decisive move above 25,000 levels could possibly open the next upside resistance of 25,400-25,500 in the near term. Immediate support is at 24,700, said Nagaraj Shetti of HDFC Securities.

At present, AIFs have been designated as qualified institutional buyers(QIB) and can avail certain benefits under Sebi rules. On Tuesday, Sebi said AIFs should not facilitate investors who are ineligible for QIB status on their own from availing the benefits.

Elsewhere in Asia, China advanced 4.6%, while Hong Kong, considered a proxy for China in the past week because of the holiday in mainland markets, plunged 9.4%, the biggest single-day fall since 2008. South Korea declined 0.6% and Taiwan dropped 0.4%.

Mid-cap and small-cap stocks also fell in such periods, tracking the benchmark indices. In the subsequent three months, the mid-cap index rose seven times and fell thrice, while the small-cap index gained six times and declined four times.

The loan was priced at 175 basis points above the three-month secured overnight funding rate (SOFR), which was trading at 4.59%. That pegs the floating-rate loan at 6.34%, people familiar with the matter said.

Societe Generale, BNP Paribas, and Credit Agricole have received an extension from the Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF) of France to continue transacting with the Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), weeks before an October 31 deadline to cease such transactions was to come into effect, sources aware of the developments told ET.