Timing it rightIt is impossible to catch the top or bottom as the stock market adage goes, but Tata Sons seems to have come pretty close. From the day it sold a piece of its stake in TCS to institutional investors in March at Rs 4001 apiece through a block deal, the stock price has rarely topped that level. This is causing heartburn to some domestic mutual funds that had enthusiastically participa...

BSE shares surged over 2 percent to Rs 2,885 apiece on May 9 after the stock exchange clocked an 18 percent year-on-year (YoY) rise in net profit at Rs 107 crore in the January-March quarter (Q4FY24). However, the profit growth was limited due to an outgo of Rs 169.7 crore to Sebi as a regulatory fee on the notional value of options contracts.So far this year, the stock of BSE surged over 27 perce...

The Securities and Exchanges Board of India's directive to BSE Ltd on regulatory fees will cost the stock exchange Rs 96 crore for the FY07-23 period.Brokerage HDFC Securities, however, said the exchange can reduce the impact of higher regulatory fees by increasing transaction charges by around 25 percent and reducing clearing charges by 10 percent. These changes can reduce the impact of the SEBI'...

Shares of BSE plunged 18 percent in morning trade on April 29 after the Securities and Exchanges Board of India asked the exchange to pay the regulatory fee based on the notional value of its options contracts and not based on the value of the premium value.The development is set to hit the financials of BSE as it results in a big jump in BSE's regulatory fee which has caused investors to dump the...

Contrarian storyCement is not the hottest of sectors right now, given that cement prices have been under pressure for the last few months. But that is no deterrent for a group of HNIs who have been drumming up volumes in the Andhra Cements stock. Of the 7 lakh plus shares traded on the NSE on Friday, around 4.6 lakh shares resulted in delivery. The bulls have their task cut out though. Institution...