Indices at previous closing
Nifty50: 14,557 ▼ 163 (-1.1%)
Sensex: 49,216 ▼ 585 (-1.1%)
Nifty Bank: 33,856 ▼ 372 (-1.0%)
In the news
FDI limit in insurance to be raised
- The Rajya Sabha has passed the bill to hike foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance sector from 49% to 74%. The government believes that insurance companies are facing liquidity issues and fresh funds can help them compete well.
- The news came after market hours yesterday. HDFC Life and ICICI Pru Life declined more than 1% yesterday, while those of SBI Life gained 0.1%.
Nazara Tech IPO sees strong response
- The ₹583 crore issue of the online gaming company has been subscribed 10.5 times on Day 2.
- The company is offering to issue 29.2 lakh shares at a price band of ₹1,100-1,101 per share. Today is the last day of the IPO, and you can apply for it and other IPOs on Upstox here.
Delhi HC puts RIL-Future deal on hold
- The Delhi high court has maintained its earlier order and restrained the Future Group from taking further action on its ₹24,713 crore deal with RIL.
- The single-judge bench held that Future Retail "wilfully violated Singapore Arbitrator's order." While the news came after market hours, shares of Future Retail closed 3.8% lower yesterday and that of Reliance Industries were down 2.2%.
US markets and oil slide on multiple fears
- The Nasdaq (-3%) and Dow Jones (-0.4%) witnessed a fall due to rising treasury yields and fresh woes around coronavirus in Europe. Treasury yields rose to a 14-month high of 1.75%.
- Further, France has imposed a one-month lockdown in Paris. The fear of new lockdowns raise demand concerns for crude oil, which dropped 7% yesterday.
Sectoral indices (18 March)
| Top gainers | Top losers |
| Nifty FMCG ▲ 0.0% | Nifty IT ▼ 3.0% |
| Nifty Metal ▲ 0.0% | Nifty Pharma ▼ 2.3% |
Global markets (at 9:00 am today)
| Indices | Today's movement |
| Nikkei 225 (Japan) | ▼ 0.8% |
| Hang Seng (Hong Kong) | ▼ 1.3% |
| SSE Composite (China) | ▼ 0.8% |
| Dow Jones (US) (18 March) | ▼ 0.4% |
Fact of the day
In 1994, IBM released 'Simon', a cell phone with a touchscreen and email. It could send and receive faxes and work as a pager. It is considered to be the “world’s first smartphone.”
Source: BBC
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