Leitner believes investors should remain open to new ideas and recognise that markets can challenge even experienced participants.
Avenue Supermarts has achieved an impressive 18.4% growth in standalone revenue for the second quarter of 2026, totaling Rs 19,206.18 crore, a substantial rise from Rs 16,218.79 crore compared to the same period last year. This also reflects a 4.7% increase from the preceding quarter's revenue of Rs 18,343.49 crore.
Sebi is actively investigating position limits for non-agricultural contracts to improve market liquidity and depth. Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey has highlighted the importance of phased physical settlement for agricultural commodities. The organization is focused on addressing structural issues and increasing technology integration in commodity markets. Furthermore, Sebi plans to expand its educational outreach through Project Jagrook to better inform market participants.
The technical structure has weakened materially, with the most important development being the Nifty's modest violation of its 200-week moving average, presently placed at 22,606.97. This is the first breach of this long-term average since March 2020 and makes the 22,600 area particularly important over the coming days.
Cube Highways Trust has triumphantly secured Rs. 1,150 crore by issuing senior secured NCDs, boasting a competitive coupon rate of 7.50% per annum, payable quarterly for five years. Major institutional players, Axis Bank Limited and ICICI Bank Limited, were pivotal investors in this transaction. The proceeds will facilitate debt refinancing and support ongoing capital projects, as part of an ambitious financing initiative targeting Rs. 4,500 crore.
Securities and Exchange Board of India will release a framework regarding changes to the Closing Auction Session mechanism. The regulator reviewed comments on its consultation paper about market timings and settlement methodology. Sebi intends to address specific issues related to derivatives settlement prices after consultations. Regulatory measures for corporate bond derivatives are also being developed to promote market growth.
In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin and Ethereum were down 1.6% and 1.5% respectively. Among the major altcoins, BNB, Dogecoin, Solana, Hyperliquid, Dogecoin and Cardano corrected upto 3.1% whereas Tron was up 0.3%.
Analyst Sudeep Shah, Vice President and Head of Technical & Derivatives Research at SBI Securities, interacted with ETMarkets regarding the outlook for the Nifty, options data, and an index strategy for the upcoming week. The following are the edited excerpts from his chat
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