Lenskart’s hunt for engineers and a bride for its co-founder: Peyush Bansal’s candid IPO story

When Lenskart founder and CEO Peyush Bansal took the stage at the company’s listing ceremony on Monday, he didn’t just talk about valuations and vision. Instead, he shared how building India’s largest ever eyewear brand meant not only convincing engineers to join a ‘chashma ka company’, but even convincing his co-founder’s future father-in-law that an […]

SEBI to comprehensively review short selling and SLBM frameworks: Tuhin Kanta Pandey

Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey has said the capital markets regulator will comprehensively review the short selling and securities lending and borrowing (SLBM) mechanism after acknowledging that the system remains underdeveloped compared to other jurisdictions.Speaking at the CNBC TV-18 Global Leadership Summit, Pandey said, “An active SLBM program is critical […]

Handily almost 26,000: time to chase or wait? Kranthi Bathini explains

Indian markets are supported by strong domestic liquidity, even as global uncertainties weigh on sentiment. While foreign investors have turned cautious, steady buying by local investors and hopes of an India-US trade deal are keeping the indices floating near record highs. ET Markets spoke to Kranthi Bathini, equity strategist at WealthMills Securities, to understand what […]

Record height coming? Sensex rises above 700 points, Nifty crosses 26,000: 5 factors driving the market rally

India’s stock benchmarks the Sensex and Nifty rose sharply on Monday as softer-than-expected US inflation data reinforced expectations for additional Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2025 and signs of progress in US-China trade talks, among other factors, lifted investor sentiment. The S&P BSE Sensex rose over 700 points to an intraday high of 84,932.08, while […]