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Ajit Mishra, VP - Research, Religare Broking, said that markets were gradually inching higher towards record highs; however, volatility on the global front is capping the momentum so far.

“Speaking about the rationalisation, it was the toughest decision for both Byju and me to take for the company and we have spoken about it. How much we say and apologise, it is not enough. Sometimes what Byju and Divya want is not what Byju’s as a company demands. We did it because this would help us move towards path to profitability by Q4. ”

Tata Motors, Pidilite Industries, Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare, Star Health and Allied Insurance Company, Godrej Properties, Deepak Nitrite, 3M India, General Insurance Corporation of India, Piramal Enterprises, The Ramco Cements, Finolex Cables, Quess Corp, Balrampur Chini Mills, Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals, Edelweiss Financial Services, New Delhi Television, Max Ventures and Industries.

In an interview with ETMarkets, Shah, with over 17 years of experience, said: “The underlying strength of Indian equities remains intact on account of visible CAPEX recovery, improving prospects of the asset quality of banks and various reforms undertaken by the government that started supporting economic momentum." Edited excerpts:

The payments giant is one of many that have gathered in the crypto space. Last Thursday, Visa filed for trademarks for cryptocurrency wallet transaction software and virtual environment software, indicating a metaverse push.

"The customer collections during H1FY23 stood at Rs 925 crore, which was Rs 620 crore for the same period last financial year: implying an increase of almost 50%. The balance of collections from sold units in all launched projects was Rs 2,640 crores as of September," said Abhishek Kapoor, CEO of Puravankara.

"Even the derivative stats indicate that FIIs are now decently long in index futures (Long Short ratio is around 65%) and this opens up the possibility of their unwinding in longs. Thus, on the downside, 17900 would be intermediate support and a breach of the same might apply some brakes to the ongoing momentum."

“While the VIX for bond markets and the currency market is at multi-decade high, the stock market VIX has not really gone up. That shows us that even though the fund manager sentiment surveys and consumer surveys are quite pessimistic in terms of flows and positioning in the option markets, the markets have held up quite well after the initial selloff in the first six months.”

Faster Payments is the infrastructure which facilitates real-time bank transfers for most UK bank accounts. Pay UK, which owns Faster Payments, said in emailed comments that it was "working with regulators and the payments industry to develop and implement better protection for victims of fraud."

The net loss of $2.69 billion, or $1,832 per Class A share, compared with a profit of $10.34 billion, or $6,882 per share, a year earlier.