Is sector rotation the real driver of returns in Indian equity markets?

Equity markets usually appear to be tranquil at the surface when the chart of headline indexes like Sensex and Nifty are observed in the long run. Index levels can change…

Reliance resumes Russian oil imports to feed Jamnagar refinery

India’s Reliance Industries Ltd. resumed purchases of discounted Russian crude, sourcing barrels from non-sanctioned suppliers and routing them to its refinery in Gujarat, according to people with knowledge of the…

Retail investors continue to bet big on ETFs

If 2025 has a significant trend to throw up from the mutual fund industry, it is this: Investors are increasingly looking at exchange traded funds (ETFs – metals and equity)…

Broker’s call: Orkla India (Buy)

Target: ₹800 CMP: ₹612 Orkla India, led by its strong legacy brands MTR and Eastern, enjoys a dominant market share in its core states of Karnataka, Kerala, AP and Telangana.…

Offers for sale account for 63 per cent of IPO fund-raise in 2025

The funds raised in primary issuances have been buoyant throughout this year, with record retail and domestic institutional participation, and have largely provided exits for existing investors and facilitated promoters…

Axis Energy, Reliance Industries emerge top bidders in coal gasification block auctions

Hyderabad-based renewable energy firm Axis Energy and Reliance Industries Ltd emerged as top bidders in the latest auction of coal block auctions aimed at boosting domestic coal gasification and cleaner…

Indian refiners balance barrel economics with geopolitical, trade tensions as 2025 redraws energy flows

The year 2025 has been an outlier for the Indian oil and gas sector as refiners deftly navigated geopolitical and trade tensions with the US imposing sanctions on two of…

Sensex, Nifty end marginally lower ahead of Christmas; Trent, Shriram Finance gain

Equity benchmark indices ended marginally lower on Wednesday, after a flat opening, as investors remained cautious ahead of the Christmas holiday amid mixed global cues. Persistent FII selling continued to…

India’s mustard acreage up 4.3% as of Dec 15

The all-India mustard acreage has been estimated at around 84.67 lakh hectares (lh) till December 15, 2025, against 81.16 lh in the corresponding perioda a year ago, a growth of…

Meta rakes it in, yet still borrows billions for AI

Meta Platforms looks like a money-printing machine. So why has it been loading up on billions of dollars in debt to pay for its new data centers? It turns out…