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Companies like Adani Energy, Ashok Leyland, Canara Bank, Chalet Hotels, Cyient, Glenmark Life, Laurus Labs, L&T Foods, Mahindra Holidays, PNB Housing Finance, Venus Pipes, Vivanta Industries among others will also declare their results

Shares of Kalyan Jewellers were the top gainer at 6.2%. PC Jeweller, RBZ Jeweller and Vaibhav Global rose between 1.7% and 5%. Titan inched 0.1% higher. TBZ fell 1.8% and Senco Gold fell 1.7%.

Stocks in Japan and South Korea both fell over 2%, with chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. tumbling even with solid earnings. In the US, the S&P 500 slumped 2.3%, its worst showing since December 2022 and one that ended the best stretch without a 2% drop since the start of the global financial crisis.

The Reserve Bank of India mandated banks and payment operators to keep a trail of domestic fund transfers to curb money laundering and frauds. Banks must record beneficiary details and validate transactions with additional authentication. This rule aims to enhance KYC compliance and tackle mule accounts, which have surged recently due to advancements in banking services.

Axis Bank witnessed a sequential decline in asset quality metrics for the June quarter due to seasonal effects on agriculture business. Gross non-performing asset ratio rose to 1.54%. Net profit marginally increased to Rs 6,035 crore as provisions doubled compared to the previous year. Credit costs are expected to rise, especially in the unsecured portfolio.

In her budget speech on Tuesday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to hike the short-term capital gains tax on all listed equity instruments to 20% from 15%. Long-term capital gains on listed equity instruments and specified financial and non-financial assets have been hiked to 12.5% from 10%. Moreover, the indexation benefit has also been removed from all the assets for computing long-term capital gains which will disallow any inflation adjustment, increasing the tax outgo.

The study showed 76% of these traders in intraday segment were under the age of 30 years. The share of traders less than 30 years of age grew to 48% in FY23 from 18% in FY19.

ET spoke to three top wealth managers for their portfolio recommendations for an investable sum of Rs 20 lakh. All three of them still recommend a majority allocation of 60-70% to equities and the rest to debt and gold.