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state Bank of India plans to raise up to Rs 10,000 crore through the issuance of 15-year infrastructure bonds as the country’s largest lender looks to garner long-term capital at a time when demand for loans continues to outstrip growth in deposits.

The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has stayed a Sebi order that restrained former PTC India chairman and managing director Rajib Kumar Mishra from being a director in a listed entity for six months in a matter pertaining to corporate governance lapses.

The Sensex ended 131 points higher at 77,341. The Nifty went up 37 points to settle at 23,538.

Sectors like capital goods, industrials, power and auto stocks saw considerable buying while oil & gas, energy and metal stocks saw selling pressure.

HDFC Bank, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, and AU Small Finance Bank led gains while selling was seen in SBI, Axis Bank, PNB, and IndusInd Bank. Bank Nifty has the highest PE OI at a 51,000 strike price, while the maximum CE OI is at 52,000, indicating this week’s expiry range to confide within 51,000 to 52,000, data showed.

British United Provident Association (Bupa), which holds a 63% stake in the Indian venture, plans to sell a small stake worth up to $38 million and Indian private equity firm True North is planning a stake sale worth up to $225 million, the document detailing the IPO plans showed.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net sellers of Rs 3,064 crore in the first 15 days of June.

MK Dhanuka of Dhanuka Agrotech says that because the monsoon prediction is good, although it is a little delayed in some parts of the country, definitely this year is going to be a bumper year for the agrochem industry because demand is much more and the supply is less, so the prices are also on the rise.

Investors traded cautiously amid sectoral swings. Sensex closed around 77,341, Nifty sealed the day at 23,538. Sectorally, the gains were led by auto stocks, whose index was up nearly 0.9% and the FMCG pack, which rose around 0.72%. The Nifty IT, metal, PSU bank and pharma indices spoiled the market mood.

Mutual funds, if you look at the smallcap number of folios, that has gone up 4x in under three years. We have now more smallcap folios than midcap or largecap number of folios.