At closing bell, the Straits Times Index (STI) index surged 48.66 points, or 1.53% to 3,225.17 after trading between 3,176.56 and 3,238.59. Volume of 2.00 billion shares worth S$1.31 billion changed hands. Across the broader market, advancers outpaced decliners with 363 to 235.
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Hong Kong Market surges 1.77% (22-04-2024)
Chinese regulators support pledge underpins sentiment
Sanghi Inds to raise Rs 2,200 cr via preference shares (22-04-2024)
Sanghi Industries announced that its board has approved fund raising through issuance of non-convertible preference shares aggregating up to Rs 2,200 crore in one or more tranches.
China Market slips on fading stimulus hopes (22-04-2024)
At close of trade, the benchmark Shanghai Composite index was down 0.67%, or 20.67 points, to 3,044.60. The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, dropped 0.49%, or 8.30 points, to 1,678.26. The blue-chip CSI300 index declined 0.3%, or 10.76 points, to 3,530.90.
Gujarat State Petronet Ltd leads losers in ‘A’ group (22-04-2024)
Persistent Systems Ltd, Thermax Ltd, Marksans Pharma Ltd and Birla Corporation Ltd are among the other losers in the BSE’s ‘A’ group today, 22 April 2024.
Bengal Steel Industries consolidated net profit declines 91.30% in the March 2024 quarter (22-04-2024)
Sales reported at Rs 0.12 crore
Shares of Vodafone Idea slide 6% on the last day of Rs 18,000 crore FPO (22-04-2024)
The company’s FPO has been oversubscribed by 3.40 times as of 02:30 PM on Friday. The subscription was led by Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) subscribing the issue 8.71 times,
Suratwwala Business Group Ltd leads losers in ‘B’ group (22-04-2024)
Yuken India Ltd, Advance Syntex Ltd, Black Box Ltd and Rajdarshan Industries Ltd are among the other losers in the BSE’s ‘B’ group today, 22 April 2024.
Benchmarks trade with modest gains; realty shares in demand (22-04-2024)
At 14:27 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 392.26 points or 0.52% to 73,468.24. The Nifty 50 index added 141.35 points or 0.64% to 22,288.35.
Pound Speculators Reduce Net Long Position (22-04-2024)
Large currency speculators in the Pound futures reduced their net long positions, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The non-commercial futures contracts of Pound futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net long position of 8619 contracts in the data reported through April 16 2024. This was a weekly fall of 19633 net contracts and is at its lowest level since November last year.