Shares of telecom companies such as Idea Cellular Ltd, Bharti Airtel Ltd, and Reliance Communications Ltd slumped 7.4%, 6.2%, and 4.2%, respectively. Investors are responding negatively to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s new mandate wherein it has cut interconnect usage charge to 6 paise effective from 1 October.
Tata Steel shares advanced 0.51 percent at Rs 677.90 on BSE as Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp AG have signed an MOU to create a leading European steel enterprise by combining the flat steel businesses. The stock had hit a high and low of Rs 689.75 and Rs 674.30 respectively during the late morning hours.
Stocks of Divi's Lab surge 6 percent in today's trade on account of resolving Unit 2 observation issue. Stock is presently trading at eight-month high.
Max Financial Life Insurance Company may merge with Birla Sun Life. Aditya Birla Capital likely to invest Rs 3.000 Crore for buy at Rs 800 per share, as per media reports.
The Rupee dropped a little bit against the US currency to 64.14 in today’s early trade upon dollar demand from importers and banks. The rupee opened lower by 5 paise at 64.18 against the last close of 64.13 at the inter-bank FX.
Asian currencies were trading higher, while the dollar index, which reads the US currency’s strength against major currencies, was trading at 91.732, down 0.07 percent from its last close of 91.793.