Equity benchmarks continued to reel under selling pressure for the fifth straight session, falling more than 0.3 percent on August 17, amid weakness in market breadth. About 1,653 shares declined, compared with 1,412 advancing shares on the NSE. Selling pressure may gradually mount, with Monday’s low likely to come under threat amid range-bound trading. Below are some short-term trading ideas to...

Shares of Paras Defence & Space Technologies traded lower in early trade on Wednesday even after the company announced plans to invest around Rs 6,200 crore in a greenfield semiconductor packaging facility in Madhya Pradesh.At 9:29 am, the stock of Paras Defence was down 1.10% on the NSE.The company said its subsidiary, Paras Semiconductors Pvt Ltd, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) w...

Defence-related shares, including Bharat Electronics and Paras Defence and Space Technologies, rose by up to 12 percent on Monday amid escalating tensions involving Iran, Israel and the United States.Shares of Paras Defence and Space Technologies advanced more than 13 percent to Rs 722.5 per shaer on the NSE during the session.Shares of Bharat Electronics gained around 2 percent to Rs 452.75 per s...

Defence stocks: Paras Defence shares rallied 9?ter turning ex-split.Defence stocks saw a significant surge on July 4 after the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved capital acquisition proposals worth approximately Rs 1.05 lakh crore. The sharp rise in the share prices pushed the Nifty India Defence index up nearly 1.7 percent to hover around 9,006 in the morning.Defence Minister Rajnath Sing...

Let's catch up on the latest news from the stock market. From significant investments to major deals, quarterly earnings, order wins, appointments, and acquisitions, here’s a quick look at which stocks will be in focus in today's trade:Q1FY26 Earnings Update (Provisional)V-Mart Retail Q1 UpdateTotal revenue from operations grow 12.6% to Rs 885 crore Vs Rs 786 crore (YoY)Same-store-sales growth (...