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The market breadth has turned decisively positive with 73% of Nifty 50 stocks now trading above their 50 EMA, signaling growing participation in the ongoing rally. According to Rupak De, Senior Technical Analyst at LKP Securities, this sharp improvement reflects strengthening momentum and improving risk appetite, increasing the likelihood of continued upside potential for the […]
Mumbai: Shares of cigarette-to-consumer goods conglomerate ITC closed at a three-year low on Friday, extending losses to a second straight session after most brokerages downgraded the government following the government’s announcement of an additional excise duty on tobacco products with effect from February 1. The stock fell 3.8% to ₹350.1 on Friday after falling almost […]
DMart operator Avenue Supermarts reported a 13% year-on-year increase in its standalone operations revenue for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, at Rs 17,613 crore, compared to Rs 15,565 crore in the year-ago period.The number of stores of the retail chain promoted by Radhakishan Damani stood at 442 in the quarter under review. The announcement […]
India’s largest institutional investor Life Insurance of India (LIC) has lost Rs 10,445 crore in just two days on its investment in blue-chip stock ITC, which plunged 14% after the government announced a revised excise duty structure on cigarettes.LIC’s stake in ITC stood at 15.86% (199 crore shares) at the end of the September quarter. […]
Indian shares closed sharply higher on Friday, the second trading session of the new year, with the Nifty 50 hitting a new record high as a broad rally took place. Strong business updates boosted earnings expectations and improved investor sentiment across sectors.The Nifty 50 climbed as much as 193.45 points during the session to a […]
Indian shares ended the first trading session of the year on Thursday with the Sensex closing marginally lower and the Nifty closing modestly higher as gains in IT heavyweights offset losses caused by a decline in the ITC after the government announced a new tax on cigarettes.The BSE Sensex fell 32 points, or 0.04%, to […]
Shares of India’s largest cigarette maker ITC suffered the steepest one-day decline in almost six years on Thursday, with shares plunging 10% and wiping out more than Rs 50,000 crore in market capitalization after the Finance Ministry imposed a steep new tax on cigarettes late on Wednesday.The stock tumbled to a fresh 52-week low of […]
The Finance Ministry’s announcement on the sharp increase in cigarette duties is “clearly negative” for ITC in the short term, Jefferies warned. This signals a significant hit to volumes and profits, even as the company remains positive on the stock.Jefferies describes this move as “a meaningful negative surprise for the legal cigarette industry,” estimating that […]
Domestic brokerage firm Nuvama Institutional Equities has downgraded ITC shares from buy to hold, warning that a very sharp hike in cigarette taxes is likely to force price hikes of at least 20% for key brands from February.Nuvama has also sharply downgraded tobacco, arguing that the government’s latest move marks a clear break from the […]
Shares of tobacco stocks such as ITC and Godfrey Phillips fell as much as 19% on Thursday morning after the Treasury Department notified February 1 as the effective date for imposing additional duties on tobacco products. ITC shares fell 10% to an intraday low of Rs 362.7, while Godfrey Phillips fell 19.2% to Rs 2,230.15 […]
