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Nifty50 and Sensex surged by nearly 1% on Thursday, following their strongest single-day increase in over three years. This uptick came as Narendra Modi secured the prospect of a third term in office, with two crucial allies pledging their support to establish a new government.

Ideally, they should not be able to because like you rightly said, it is more commoditised. In fact, you look at the reason why did HDFC merge into HDFC Bank, because they realised that the margins are going to get squeezed and if they do not have a low-cost deposit franchise which supports the margin squeeze, that will become tougher.So, many of these housing finance companies sustain higher margins to develop financing, loan against property, etc, which are higher margin, but then also carry higher risk.

Gold and silver prices at MCX remained flat with gold opening at Rs 73,239 per 10 grams and silver at Rs 93,650/kg.

When you want to play a game of bowling, you need guardrails and it does stop your ball going into other lanes. Regulatory supervision is the guardrail. If you want to play the game, guardrails are necessary. In my opinion, RBI is formulating rules, regulations, keeping in mind what is probably happening at the lowest common denominator.

On Friday, during its meeting, the board of directors of HDFC Asset Management Company (HDFC AMC) declared an interim dividend of Rs 70 per share for its eligible shareholders.

A total of 23,499 shares changed hands on the counter till 11:56AM (IST)

Around Rs 15,000 crore has been withdrawn by FIIs from India in the last four days amid election uncertainties, causing concern on Dalal Street about the impact of a weaker Modi 3.0 mandate on further outflows.

TBI Corn Share Price: TBI Corn IPO, which was completely a fresh equity issue of 47.8 lakh shares, received a bumper response from investors with an overall subscription of over 200 times at close. The company is a prominent player in the corn milling industry.

As of 31-Mar-2024, promoters held 44.83 per cent stake in the company, while FIIs held 28.32 per cent and domestic institutional investors had 9.98 per cent.

Defensive sectors like FMCG and pharma are emerging as potential winners under Modi 3.0, with experts forecasting gains fueled by rural push and policy actions. Investors are advised to explore stocks like HUL, Dabur, and pharma majors for potential returns amidst PSU valuation concerns.