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According to the website, now FDs with tenure between 2 years 1 day and 3 years will earn 5.2%, 3 year 1 day and 5 years will fetch 5.4% and 5 years 1 day and 10 years will fetch 5.6%.

“This quarter is going to be a tough one for metals because they will not be able to pass to on the costs.”

Banks ended the calendar year with higher credit growth of 9.2 per cent as of December 31 on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis compared to 6.6 per cent growth a year ago. Outstanding loans amounted to Rs 116.8 lakh crore. Significantly, loans rose Rs 3.69 lakh crore during the last fortnight of the calendar year ending December, according to the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India.

​Debt instruments with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity with the intent of holding till maturity shall be classified under held to maturity (HTM). Non-SLR securities such as corporate bonds will henceforth not be permitted to be held in HTM.

HCL Technologies clocks dollar revenue growth of 7.6% in the December quarter. That’s higher than 7% dollar revenue growth clocked by Infosys, 4% by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and 2.3% by Wipro.

Other suggestions include reduction in the goods and services tax (GST) for a limited duration to spur demand, front-loading of transfers to states, income-enhancing or support measures, and subsidised credit to small and medium enterprises and contact-intensive sectors.

Gurugram-based Delhivery becomes the first top-tier startup this year to have obtained Sebi’s nod to list on domestic bourses.

IDBI Trusteeship sold 16 crore shares of GTL Infra on BSE and 23 crore shares on NSE at Rs 2.20, respectively.

Even as the market saw some selling by the end of the week market breadth was inclined towards the advancing side, thanks to buoyancy in midcap and smallcap space, a trend that was seen during the entire week. Now, earnings will continue to influence the market mood.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 117.19 points, or 0.32 per cent, at the open to 35,996.43.