Indices at previous closing
Nifty50: 17,206 ▼69 (-0.4%)
Sensex: 57,683 ▼149 (-0.2%)
Nifty Bank: 37,685 ▲86 (+0.2%)
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Indiabulls Housing Finance office raided
The non-banking finance company’s office in Mumbai was reportedly raided by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials. This comes after the ED filed an FIR against the company and its promoters in April 2021 for diverting money for investing in its own shares.
The Delhi High Court on Monday had directed the ED to not take any coercive action against the company. Amid these developments, shares of the company dropped by 11% yesterday.
Crompton Greaves to make acquisition
CG Consumer is reportedly planning to acquire a 50% stake in Butterfly Gandhimathi, a home-appliance manufacturer, for ₹1,450 crore. According to the reports, the deal is expected to be announced soon.
Amid these reports, shares of Butterfly Gandhimathi rose around 8%, while those of CG Consumer were up 0.4%.
PharmEasy receives SEBI nod
API Holdings, the parent company of omni-channel pharmacy PharmEasy, has received an approval from the market regulator SEBI to launch its public issue. The company plans to raise ₹6,250 crore through the IPO route.
It will use the funds to repay borrowing and expand its business directly as well as through acquisitions. It is important to note here that the company recently acquired the diagnostics company Thyrocare Technologies.
Sectoral indices (February 21)
| Top gainers | Top losers |
| Nifty Bank ▲ 0.2% | Nifty Media ▼ 2.7% |
| Nifty Financial Services ▲ 0.0% | Nifty Metal ▼ 2.0% |
Global markets (at 8:00 am today)
| Indices | Today's movement |
| SGX Nifty | ▼ 1.0% |
| Nikkei 225 (Japan) | ▼ 2.0% |
| Hang Seng (Hong Kong) | ▼ 2.2% |
| SSE Composite (China) | ▼ 1.3% |
| Dow Jones (US) (February 18) | ▼ 0.6% |
| NYSE (US) (February 18) | ▼ 0.6% |
| Nasdaq (US) (February 18) | ▼ 1.2% |
| S&P 500 (US) (February 18) | ▼ 0.7% |
Fact of the day
In 2020, Australia, Chile and China together accounted for 75% of the world's production of lithium, which is a key component in batteries.
Source: BP
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