Banks, Households strong, but asset values elevated: Fed Stability Report
Washington: Tensions over trade, the turbulent Brexit discussions, and trouble in China and emerging markets could rock a US financial system where asset prices are “elevated” and business credit quality may be “deteriorating,” the US Federal Reserve said in a first-ever report devoted to financial stability.

The report noted several signs of

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ET Intelligence Group: Over the past couple of days, the management of Arvind has been talking to the investment community on the textile business, which is being traded first in a series of three eventual stock exchange listings that are part of a broader demerger programme.

The textiles business was overshadowed earlier because of the

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Buzzing stocks: YES Bank, Sun Pharma, Infosys, Tata Steel, DHFL
NEW DELHI: YES Bank with over 2.50 crore shares changing hands was leading among the most traded stocks on NSE on Wednesday.

Shares of Dewan Housing Finance (number of shares traded: 0.83 crore), South Indian Bank (number of shares traded: 0.50 crore), Hotel Leela (number of shares traded: 0.44 crore), PC Jeweller (number of shares traded: 0.42

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MUMBAI: Volatility levels in the Indian stock market remain steadfastly high owing to political uncertainty and concern over the health of the NBFC sector even as macroeconomic factors such as oil prices and the local currency have turned around in the country’s favour.

Oil prices have plunged 30 per cent to around $60 per barrel from their recent

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Good morning! Here’s a lowdown on top macro triggers that may move market on Thursday. This report was compiled from agency feeds.

Fed's Powell in a dovish shift says rates near neutralUS Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell injected investors with a strong dose of optimism on Wednesday, saying that the central bank’s policy rate is now “just bel

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Buy Amara Raja Batteries, target Rs 755: Manas Jaiswal
Manas Jaiswal of manasjaiswal.com has a buy call on Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. with a target price of Rs 755. The current market price of Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. is Rs 735. Time period given by the analyst is Intra Day when Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. price can reach the defined target. Manas Jaiswal recommended to keep stoploss at Rs 724. Amara

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Independent analyst Kunal Bothra has a buy call on L-T Finance Holdings Ltd. with a target price of Rs 146. The current market price of L-T Finance Holdings Ltd. is Rs 138.6. Time period given by the analyst is Intra Day when L-T Finance Holdings Ltd. price can reach the defined target. Kunal Bothra recommended to keep stoploss at Rs

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ET Intelligence Group: A governance issue is the last thing that Sun Pharma’s investors would want to see impacting the company that has been underperforming due to a host of issues ranging from regulatory to changing dynamics in the US market.

Thanks to a subdued performance in the second quarter, the stock has been one of the underperformers in

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OBC plans to sell 23% in life JV to improve capital base
Mumbai: Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) plans to sell its 23 per cent stake in the life insurance joint venture with Canara Bank and HSBC, said two people privy to the matter. The state-owned bank is negotiating to sell its holding in Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance for Rs 1,500 crore, which will value the firm at roughly Rs

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NEW DELHI: Domestic equity market is likely to open higher on Thursday tracking Nifty futures on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX Nifty) and mixed Asian cues.

At 8:30 am the SGX Nifty was 80 points or 0.75 per cent down at 10,795.

ET Now spoke to various experts and here's what they have to recommend for today's trade:

Manas Jaiswal of

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Gift City gets a boost with Sebi allowing AIFs in
International Financial Services Centre(IFSC), Gift City could emerge as the hotspot for private equity funds and venture capitalists with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) allowing alternative investment funds(AIFs) — a product category for the affluent investors — to operate from Gift City.

The move assumes significance as the

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Buy Housing Development Finance Corporation. target Rs 1960: Manas Jaiswal
Manas Jaiswal of manasjaiswal.com has a buy call on Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. with a target price of Rs 1960. The current market price of Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. is Rs 1901.65. Time period given by analyst is Intra Day when Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. price can reach the defined target.

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Buy MindTree, target Rs 930: Manas Jaiswal
Manas Jaiswal of manasjaiswal.com has a buy call on MindTree Ltd. with a target price of Rs 930. The current market price of MindTree Ltd. is Rs 874.05 Time period given by the analyst is Intra Day when MindTree price can reach the defined target. Manas Jaiswal recommended to keep stoploss at Rs 840. MindTree Ltd., incorporated in 1999, is a

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Top gainers of Wednesday's morning session
NEW DELHI: The domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex was trading 224.80 points up at 35,737.94 on Wednesday on account of buying in frontline bluechip counters.

Shares Hotel Leela (up 19.62 per cent), Patspin India (up 19.46 per cent), Sintex Plastics Technology (up 17.14 per cent), Godawari Power (up 14.31 per cent), Vadilal Industries (up 13.75

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Buy L T Finance Holdings, target Rs 149: Manas Jaiswal
Manas Jaiswal of manasjaiswal.com has a buy call on L-T Finance Holdings Ltd. with a target price of Rs 149. The current market price of L-T Finance Holdings Ltd. is Rs 138.6. Time period given by analyst is Intra Day when L-T Finance Holdings Ltd. price can reach the defined target. Manas Jaiswal recommended to keep stoploss at Rs

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What to watch before Fed starts unwinding
As the Federal Reserve’s balance-sheet unwind enters year two, it’s poised to impact everything from the Treasury’s borrowing needs to bank reserves to how policy makers control the world’s key interest rate.

Yet officials have been tightlipped about the outlook for the $4.1 trillion portfolio accumulated through a series of crisis-fighting

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Buy Escorts, target Rs 712: Kunal Bothra
Independent analyst Kunal Bothra has a buy call on Escorts Ltd. with a target price of Rs 712. The current market price of Escorts Ltd. is Rs 688.4. Time period given by the analyst is Intra Day when Escorts Ltd. price can reach the defined target. Kunal Bothra recommended to keep stoploss at Rs 680. Escorts Ltd., incorporated in 1944, is a midcap

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Buy BEML, target Rs 790: Dr CK Narayan
Dr CK Narayan of Chart Advise has buy call on BEML Ltd. with a target price of Rs 790.0 . The current market price of BEML Ltd. is Rs 774.55 Time period given by analyst is Intra Day when BEML Ltd. price can reach defined target. Dr CK Narayan recommended to keep stoploss at Rs 765 BEML Ltd., incorporated in the year 1964, is a Mid Cap company

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Bharti Airtel cools off after climbing 1% on fund raising reports
NEW DELHI: Shares of telecom giant Bharti Airtel climbed 1 per cent on BSE in morning trade on Wednesday on reports that the company is planning to raise funds to give a boost to its business operations. However, the scrip failed to hold altitude and cooled off soon. Shares of the company were trading at Rs 330.05 apiece, up 0.47 per cent around

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Buy Reliance Industries, target Rs 1160: Kunal Bothra
Independent analyst Kunal Bothra has a buy call on Reliance Industries Ltd. with a target price of Rs 1160. The current market price of Reliance Industries Ltd. is Rs 1127.5. Time period given by the analyst is Intra Day when Reliance Industries Ltd. price can reach the defined target. Kunal Bothra recommended to keep stoploss at Rs 1112. Reliance

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Buy Torrent Pharmaceuticals, target Rs 1720: Dr CK Narayan
Dr CK Narayan of Chart Advise has a buy call on Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. with a target price of Rs 1720. The current market price of Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is Rs 1694.95. Time period given by the analyst is Intra Day when Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. price can reach the defined target. Dr CK Narayan recommended to keep stoploss at Rs

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Sensex gains 200 points, Nifty above 10,700; YES Bank slips 4%
NEW DELHI: Positive global sentiment, due to hopes of a possible truce between the US and China on the trade war front, helped domestic equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty open Wednesday's session in the positive territory.

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow confirmed a dinner powwow between Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at

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Mumbai: Piramal Enterprise’ share could face greater downside pressure, going by the heavy creation of fresh bearish bets and likely rollover of short positions to its December futures contract. The November contract, which expires on Thursday, witnessed open interest declining by 42.37 per cent to 14.53 lakh shares from a day ago while the

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MUMBAI: Jet Airways and Etihad Airways are in discussions to rope in a third party—an Indian entity— which will partner Etihad in buying a majority stake and management control in Jet, said a person aware of the discussions.

He didn’t elaborate names but said private equity players have been approached.

“In line with its policy, Jet Airways does n

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Share market update: OMCs trade in the red; IOC down 2%
NEW DELHI: OMCs were trading in the red with the BSE Oil - Gas index down 0.45 per cent at 13,445.83 on Wednesday amid slight rise in global crude prices.

Shares of Indian Oil Corporation (down 1.99 per cent), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (down 1.06 per cent), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (down 1.05 per cent) and Indraprastha Gas (down 0.93

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Allowing AIFs from Gift to boost foreign fund management in India
MUMBAI: International Financial Services Centre(IFSC), Gift City could emerge as the hotspot for private equity funds and venture capitalists replacing destinations such as Singapore and Mauritius as market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has allowed alternative investment funds(AIFs) to operate from Gift City.

The move

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NEW DELHI: Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange were trading 85 points, or 0.79 per cent, higher at 10,800, indicating a gap-up start for the Nifty50. Here’s look at stocks which may hog limelight in today’s session:

Jet Airways: Etihad and jet Airways are in talks to rope in a third party — an Indian entity — which will partner Etihad in buy

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YES Bank slumps 4% as Moodydowngrades FCBs ratings
Shares of YES Bank slumped over 4 per cent in early trade on Wednesday as Moody’s Investors Service downgraded its foreign currency borrowings (FCBs) by two notches to non-investment grade yesterday on the back of a series of resignations from the Board.

The resignations, when seen in conjunction with RBI's September directive to restrict the

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View: Emerging markets will soon step out of the Fedshadow
Daniel MossGloom is dissipating for emerging markets, and they can thank American influence. There’s a lesson there, and a payoff.

With the Federal Reserve approaching a pause in its interestrate increases, pressure on nations like Indonesia will lighten significantly. No longer will they have to hike interest rates to buttress local currencies;

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