Ahead of Market: 10 Things That Will Determine Stock Market Action on Thursday

The Indian market ended higher on Wednesday, with the Sensex and Nifty closing less than 1% below record highs, as investors positioned for an expected rate cut by the US Federal Reserve and optimism over a possible trade truce between the US and China boosted sentiment. The S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.44% to 84,997.13, up […]

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley buy Aditya Birla Capital stake in Rs 819 crore block deal

Aditya Birla Capital witnessed a major block deal worth Rs 819 crore on Tuesday when Advent International’s arm Jomei Investments sold 2.66 crore shares of the financial services arm of Aditya Birla Group at Rs 308 per share on the NSE. The transaction saw strong institutional participation, with major investors such as Goldman Sachs Bank […]

Heidelberg Cement India Q2 results: Profit doubles to Rs 25 crore

HeidelbergCement India on Wednesday reported a two-fold rise in net profit to Rs 24.93 crore for the September quarter of FY26, helped by higher sales volume and improvement in prices. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 11.21 crore in the July-September quarter a year ago, according to a regulatory filing by HeidelbergCement […]

Chipmaker Nvidia becomes the world’s first company to be valued at $5 trillion

Nvidia has become the first company to reach $5 trillion in revenue, just three months after the Silicon Valley chipmaker became the first to break the $4 trillion mark. Achieving the new benchmark puts more emphasis on the upheaval caused by an artificial intelligence craze that is widely seen as the biggest tectonic shift in […]

Larsen & Toubro Q2 results: Profit up 16% YoY to Rs 3,926 crore, revenue up 10%

Major engineering and construction company Larsen and Toubro (L&T) reported 16% year-on-year growth in consolidated net profit at Rs 3,926 crore in the second quarter, on top of a 10% increase in revenue at Rs 67,984 crore. EBITDA for the quarter improved 7% year-on-year to Rs 6,806 crore, while margins declined slightly to 10% “The […]

Cognizant reports 7.3% revenue growth in Q3 and raises full-year expectations amid strong AI investments

US IT giant Cognizant, which has a significant number of employees in India, reported better-than-expected growth on Wednesday, with revenue rising 7.3 percent year-on-year to $5,415 million for the quarter ended September 2025. In its latest quarter, the company had brought its third-quarter revenue to between $5.27 billion and $5.35 billion. Cognizant – which follows […]

PB Fintech Q2 results: Profit rises 165% YoY to Rs 135 crore on strong growth in insurance

PB Fintech, the parent company of Policybazaar and Paisabazaar, delivered a strong performance in the September quarter (Q2 FY26), with earnings and operating metrics showing sharp improvement on solid insurance premium growth and improved operational efficiency. The company’s consolidated profit after tax rose 165% year-on-year to Rs 135 crore, while margins expanded significantly. This was […]

Robert Kiyosaki says emotional IQ, not brains, makes people rich. Predicts Bitcoin will reach $200,000 this year

Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich dad, poor dadis doubling down on Bitcoin – and on his belief that fear, not intelligence, keeps people poor. In a fiery post on Sharing what he described as a personal anecdote, Kiyosaki said he showed a friend his Coinbase app, which “was pathetic a few years ago.” The […]

Market turnaround: Sensex settles 369 points higher, Nifty is above 26,000 points as Fed hopes for rate cut, US-China deal lifts mood

Indian shares rose on Wednesday, with the Sensex and Nifty closing within 1% of record highs, as investors positioned for an expected rate cut by the US Federal Reserve and optimism over a possible trade truce between the US and China boosted sentiment. The S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.44% to 84,997.13, up 368.97 points, while […]