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In a circular, Sebi said KRAs will independently validate records of those clients (existing as well as new) whose KYC has been completed using Aadhaar as an Officially Valid Document (OVD).

Commodities have been the highlight sector of the last leg of the recent bull run, as they soared riding on high post pandemic demand. The prices of most commodities reached unprecedented levels.

The Nifty Realty index was trading 1.12 per cent down at 469.6.

While some believe the stock needs to take out Rs 15.20-15.50 levels soon, before seeing any further upside, others said a move towards Rs 16 or even Rs 20 is likely.

The price increase was mainly on account of the early onset of the summer season leading to increased demand for power across all the states, and low generation from the imported coal and gas-based generators due to record high imported coal and gas prices, it said.

Dragged by banking and IT stocks, the 30-share pack Sensex declined 566.09 points or 0.94% to close at 59,610.41.

Himanshu Srivastava, Associate Director - Manager Research, Morningstar India, said that multiple factors have led to the FPIs outflow in the preceding fiscal, which included the sharp surge in coronavirus cases during April-May 2021, the peak period of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Agro chemicals, pharmaceuticals and speciality chemicals have had an excellent year and agro chemicals exports were also excellent. Oil palm of course has been a very successful business for us. The palm oil prices are at an all-time high. This is likely to stay for sometime but in the long run, we expect prices to normalise.”

Benchmark 10-year government bond yields have hardened by 47 basis points so far in 2022 as a surge in crude oil prices since the Ukraine war has added to existing inflationary pressures, making a case for the RBI to consider rolling back accommodation.

The seasoned investors bought 17,00,000 equity shares or a 1.61 per cent stake in the company during the January-March 2022 period, a filing by the company suggests.