At 11:17 hrs IST, the Sensex was up 307.26 points or 0.42 percent at 74,045.71, and the Nifty was up 86.10 points or 0.38 percent at 22,454.10.ITC Ltd shares have seen increased buying interest in the May series, with the cumulative open interest in futures rising 20 percent from the previous month. In options, the buying interest has picked up at Rs 430/ 440/ 450 call strikes, while a support bas...

Axis Bank shares were up 0.5 percent on the April 24 morning ahead of the March quarter result announcement.India’s third-largest private sector lender is expected to report a net profit of Rs 6,098 crore against a loss of Rs 5,728 crore in the year-ago period, an average of five brokerage estimates show.In the previous financial year, Axis Bank completed the merger of Citi Bank's India consumer...

Adani Group stocks are unfazed by reports of FPIs looking to settle securities violation matters with Sebi. The markets regulator found that a dozen offshore funds invested in Adani Group companies violated disclosure rules and breached investment limits.Adani Enterprises, Adani Energy Solutions, Adani Ports & SEZ, and NDTV rose for the fourth consecutive session. Adani Green Energy, Adani Wilmar,...

Telecom major Bharti Airtel on April 24 clarified that it is "not in any discussion" to buy Vodafone UK's stake in Indus Towers."The Company has no desire to raise its stake beyond what is required for financial consolidation of Indus in the Company, which shall be done as and when appropriate with compliance of applicable disclosure requirements," said Airtel in a stock exchange filing.Bharti Air...

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday hit back at Western media's remarks on Indian democracy, saying that their criticism stems from a misplaced sentiment that they are political players in our elections."I get a lot of these noises from the Western press and if they criticize our democracy, it's not because they lack information. It is because they think they are also political playe...