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The benchmark palm oil contract for January delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 183 ringgit, or 4.7%, to 4,070 ringgit ($863.94) a tonne by the midday break. The contract was also up for a third consecutive session and touched its highest since Sept. 1.

As of 31-Mar-2022, promoters held 38.17 per cent stake in the company, while FIIs held 16.72 per cent and domestic institutional investors had 4.58 per cent.

Physical gold buying improved in India last week as prices cooled off ahead of the Dhanteras and Diwali festivals later this month, while Chinese premiums elevated amid robust demand. In the spot market, the highest purity gold was sold at Rs 50,430 per 10 grams while silver was priced at Rs 55,643 per kg on Monday, according to the Indian Bullion and Jewellers Association.

Bharat Petroleum aims to convert 7,000 of its conventional retail outlets into energy stations providing multiple fuelling options, whereas ONGC has been hit by raising the windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil.

“Federal Bank, post its quarterly results, has broken out of its resistance zone placed at Rs 130 levels. It can be observed from the quarterly charts that the stock in the last quarter gave the highest quarterly closing in the past 5 years and is a clear outperformer in the banking space,” Sujit Deodhar, Head - Technical Analyst, Wellworth Share & Stock Broking, said.

As for the September quarter, PVR logged a significant fall in footfalls owing to a number of factors at play. Nonetheless, the brokerage iterated that given the encouraging start to Q3FY23 and the strong movie pipeline, PVR could make a strong recovery in footfalls in 2HFY23.

"The yen remains under pressure despite desperate attempts by Japan to influence the currency markets through direct and verbal intervention," Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA, said in a note.

This order is a repeat order from Adani Green Energy and is in addition to the existing order of 226.8 MW as announced on 13th August 2021. "We are delighted that Adani Green Energy Ltd has reaffirmed their trust in us for the additional order for their Wind Energy Project in Mandvi, Kutch, Gujarat.

The management said that margins in the current quarter will see the impact of two additional months of salary increment, though it expects it to be partially offset by likely improvement of utilisation and price realisation. Attrition has been a key factor contributing to the rise in staff cost and hurting margin.

The stock traded at a P/E multiple of 5.5, while the price-to-book value ratio stood at 2.3.