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Novelis on Tuesday launched a roadshow for its proposed initial public offering (IPO), where Indian parent Hindalco plans to sell 45 million shares, or a 7.5% stake, in the company at $18-21 per share.

State-run Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) reported a consolidated profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 284 crore, which was up 2% year-on-year.

SP Group, promoted by the Mistry family, has pledged its entire 18.5% in Tata Sons held through two entities to secure monies from private credit funds such as Ares and Farallon. Additionally, it needs to raise funds for a separate repayment due in three months and refinance existing high-cost borrowings.

Nasdaq crossed 17,000 for the first time boosted by Nvidia, while S&P 500 closed higher and Dow lower as Treasury yields rose.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched three major initiatives to enhance regulatory processes, facilitate retail investment, and provide comprehensive data on the fintech sector. The PRAVAAH portal is a secure web-based platform for individuals and entities seeking authorizations, licenses, or approvals from the RBI. The RBI Retail Direct mobile application simplifies transactions for retail investors, and the FinTech Repository provides data on Indian fintech firms for better regulatory understanding and policy formulation.

The Indian government is monitoring imports of laptops, tablets, and servers, focusing on 27 companies under the Production linked incentive (PLI) scheme 2.0 for IT hardware. The government is preparing to replace the current import management system with an import authorisation mechanism to make the country a global manufacturing hub.

The board of NARCL recommends P Santhosh as the MD and CEO, succeeding N Sundar. Santhosh, a former Canara Bank CGM, has been the interim CEO since January. Several SBI officials were in the running for the position.

According to NSE data, promoter entities bought 72.70 lakh shares of flagship company Adani Enterprises worth ₹2,162 crore and 1.39 crore shares of Adani Green Energy worth ₹2,507 crore in multiple tranches between May 10 and May 23.

Manish Sonthalia, chief investment officer at Emkay Investment Managers, suggested investors to follow a multi-cap approach with equal proposition in large-caps and mid-caps to take advantage of a broad-based growth in Indian equity markets.