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TCS' next growth phase hinges on AI investments, not just deal momentum
Tata Consultancy Services reported flat dollar revenue and margin contraction in the June quarter. AI revenue shows growth but remains a small part of total earnings. The company paid significant dividends, impacting its ability to invest internally. Sustained order flow and stable attrition offer some long-term hope. TCS needs to balance investor returns with future technology investments.
This railway PSU stock surged 8% after bagging a multi-million dollar order; Details here
Shares of RITES are trading 8.1 higher on Tuesday at ₹233.76 after the order win announcement. The stock is the top gainer on the Nifty 500 index today. The stock had made a record high of ₹413.08 on February 27, 2024, from which it has declined over 40%.
BEML bags additional order worth $5.35 million from West Asia; Here's where total order value stands
BEML wins an additional 5.35 million dollar West Asia export order, lifting contract value to 41.73 million dollars and total international orders to 112.35 million dollars
ADB Sees India As Biggest Private Sector Market; Targets $1 Billion Direct Support in 2026
Last month, ADB and Standard Chartered Bank signed agreements to strengthen supply chain finance in India through risk-sharing arrangements covering both US dollar and rupee transactions.
Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: GIFT Nifty extends gains further to 300 pts; Vedanta in focus
Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: The peace deal, and the resultant fall in oil prices brings OMCs, IndiGo, the currency and all the stocks exposed to West Asia back in focus. A fall in the US Dollar index will also bring Metals in the spotlight, a sector that underperformed last week.
Dollar index retreats amid reduced safe haven demand as Trump signals peace agreement with Iran
Dollar index is trading mildly lower on Friday, weighed down by reduced safe-haven demand as President Donald Trump said a peace agreement with Iran could be signed as soon as this weekend. According to Trump, the agreement would safely reopen shipping lanes through the critical Strait of Hormuz and include firm commitments from Iran to forgo the development of nuclear weapons, media reports stated. Sharp drop in oil prices amid improving optimism of a peace deal could ease concerns about stubborn inflation and the need for interest rate hikes in near futures is adding pressure on the greenback. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note hovered around 4.47% on Friday. At the time of writing, DXY that measures the greenback against a basket of currencies is quoting at 99.55 after having hit 100 at the start of the week. For the week, DXY is down around half a percent.
India Infrastructure Lender Seeks Dollar Loan After RBI Move
The state-owned infrastructure lender is looking at a total pricing of 6.5% to 7%, including hedging costs, Managing Director Rajkiran Rai G. said in an interview.
INR pares initial losses and settles largely unchanged
The Indian rupee was largely flat and settled almost unchanged at Rs 95.43 per dollar, down just 2 paise on Wednesday, amid likely intervention from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to curb excessive volatility and prevent a further slide in the domestic unit. Rupee pared its initial losses as crude oil prices and the US dollar index retreated from their elevated levels. Indian shares gave up early gains to end little changed on Wednesday as investors weighed rising U.S.-Iran tensions and awaited key U.S. inflation data later in the day for fresh insights into market expectations for future interest rates in the face of rising energy-driven inflation risks. The BSE Sensex ended the day at 73,983.18, up by 64.42 points (0.09%), while the NSE Nifty 50 settled at 23,214.95, slipping by 27.15 points (-0.12%).
Rupee rout grounds IndiGo, airline slips to FY26 loss
IndiGo swung to a ₹2,393.6 crore loss in FY26, its first since FY23, as an 11% rupee depreciation inflated dollar-denominated lease costs. Weak demand, falling load factors, and rising fuel costs compounded the pain even as revenues grew modestly.
Aarti Pharmalabs Q4 Results: Shares slide 6% as forex loss, one-offs impact earnings performance
Aarti Pharmalabs recognised fair value losses related to a target redemption forward contract entered into during FY25 for hedging anticipating US dollar export inflows. The total fair value impact recognised in FY26 stood at ₹29.7 crore.
Top Gainers & losers on May 22: JSW Cement, Honasa Consumer, Tata Comm, Sammaan Capital, Trent among top gainers
On May 22, markets showed mixed results with the Nifty 50 gaining 0.40% and Sensex rising 0.36%. While Nifty Private Bank and Nifty Metal saw gains, Nifty Media and Nifty Pharma lagged. The Indian rupee strengthened to 95.9 per dollar amid RBI interventions.
Can Reliance Jio's fresh-issue play restore faith in India's billion-dollar IPOs?
Reliance Jio may change its IPO plan. Instead of existing investors selling shares, it could be a fresh issue. This means money goes directly into Jio Platforms for debt reduction and expansion. This move could restore investor faith in large Indian IPOs. It might set a new standard for future mega listings. The market will watch this development closely.