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Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) and Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) are among some of the local companies seeking to raise global money via loans or bonds in the range of $500-$1 billion each, sources said.

Foreign portfolio investors sold shares worth a net ₹3,948.47 crore; their domestic peers were buyers to the tune of ₹4,142.82 crore on Monday.

The global cryptocurrency market cap today hit the $1.9 trillion mark, after rising about 12 per cent in the last 24 hours. Total cryptocurrency trading volume jumped 34 per cent to $109.19 billion.

The Nasdaq-listed stocks halted were Nexters Inc, HeadHunter Group PLC, Ozon Holdings PLC, Qiwi PLC, and Yandex. The NYSE-listed stocks halted were Cian PLC, Mechel PAO and Mobile TeleSystems PAO.

​​The mandatory open offer under the takeover regulations of SEBI was made as the Burmans acquired an additional 5.26 per cent stake of Eveready from the open market taking its total shareholding to 25.11 per cent.

Commodity markets will be closed for the morning session but will open in the evening.

The transaction happened at Rs 275 per share. This values the deal at Rs 16.5 crore. The stock jumped nearly 5 per cent earlier in the day.

Analysts are envisaging a Rs 8-10 per litre fuel price hike as soon as ongoing assembly elections are over. There has been an unofficial ban on fuel price hike in India for over three months now.

Silver also zoomed by Rs 775 to Rs 65,557 per kg on industrial demand, from Rs 64,812 per kg earlier.

The RBI’s push to ensure the durability of the growth recovery is undoubtedly justified given the extent to which the COVID-19 crisis has scarred India’s economy but Nomura believes that the central bank has it wrong when it comes to assessment on inflation.