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Equity indices Sensex and Nifty on Thursday closed marginally lower in choppy trade as investors booked profits in major stocks ahead of quarterly earnings releases.Among the stocks in focus were TCS, down 0.18 per cent, Hindalco, up 0.25 per cent and Shipping Corp, whose shares surged 20 per cent on Thursday.Riyank Arora, Technical Analyst at Mehta Equities, has these recommendations for what investors should do with these stocks when markets resume trading today:TC-S CorporationThe stock is trading significantly above the anchor VWAP support mark of 3900.00 on the daily chart. As the stock has made new highs and is well…

A sign is displayed above a Dollar General store on August 31, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday Dollar GeneralThe company required the retailer and its subsidiaries to pay a $12 million fine and make significant improvements to workplace safety at more than 19,000 stores nationwide. The new fines are on top of more than $21 million in fines levied against the discount store by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration since 2017 for blocked emergency exits, dangerous levels of clutter, and other safety issues. Gun violence has also been…

A look at companies that caught our eye in midday trading: Delta Air Lines — Shares fell about 4% after the company released its third-quarter sales growth forecast, which fell short of expectations. The company also reported that its second-quarter net income was down about 30% year over year. Shares of major airlines American Airlines and United Airlines also fell about 3.8% and 3.2%, respectively, following the results. MicroStrategy — Shares of the largest Bitcoin holder rose about 4% after the company announced a 1-for-10 stock split on Thursday “to make MicroStrategy shares more accessible to investors and employees.” WD-40…

Nearly one in five, or 22%, of Gen Zers say a lack of affordable first-time homes is an obstacle to homebuying, according to a new report, and some think that homes in need of repair might be a solution to the problem.As defined by Redfin, homes in need of repair are existing homes that require varying degrees of maintenance work and are typically available at a lower price point.More than half of Gen Zers surveyed, 57%, said they would be willing to make an offer on a home that needs repairs, according to a new report from Clever Real Estate.…

Bitcoin is not expected to retest the record until later this year, but data suggests the correction could get worse before a recovery begins. This is similar to how the cryptocurrency has fluctuated between two all-time highs in 2021. CryptoQuant’s Bitcoin Profit and Loss Index, a Bitcoin valuation indicator, is currently hovering around its own 365-day moving average. This key threshold helps traders determine if Bitcoin is in a bull or bear market. Historically, when the index crosses over downwards, we have seen major corrections, such as between May and July 2021 and between November and December 2021 in the…

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Dive Overview: A federal jury in Manhattan on Wednesday convicted Archegos Capital Management founder Sung-Kook “Bill” Hwang on 10 of 11 charges, including fraud. Co-defendant Patrick Halligan, Archegos’ chief financial officer, was convicted on all three counts, including fraud and organized crime. Archegos’ collapse caused the investment bank to lose around $10 billion. Credit Suisse, which has since been bought by UBS, lost $5.5 billion when the private investment firm collapsed in 2021. Meanwhile, Japan’s Nomura lost nearly $2.9 billion. Dive Insights: The jury delivered its verdict on Wednesday after a day and a half of deliberation, ending the eight-week…

Anand Rathi Wealth on Thursday said its consolidated net profit for the June quarter was Rs 734 crore against Rs 532 crore in the same period last year, up 38 per cent year-on-year. Consolidated total revenue for the quarter was Rs 245.4 crore against Rs 1,784 crore in the same period last year, up 38 per cent year-on-year.The company’s assets under management (AUM) stood at Rs 6,901.8 crore, up 59 per cent year-on-year.The earnings were announced after market hours and the stock closed at Rs 4,142 on the NSE, up Rs 21.65 or 0.53 per cent from Wednesday’s closing price.Mutual…

July 11th: Blockchain oracle protocol Pyth officially released its latest product, Express Relay, on mainnet. According to the team, “This release introduces a new decentralized solution to MEV’s long-standing challenge in processing transactions that increases clearing and market efficiency in DeFi, something that was once thought to be an inevitable feature of on-chain finance. This primitive connects DeFi protocols directly to a network of existing searchers through protocol-controlled auctions for events such as liquidation. Searchers that are already integrated include Flow Traders, Wintermute, Auros, Flowdesk, Caladan, Tokka Labs, and Swaap Finance.”

Monthly inflation fell in June, providing further reason for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates later this year.The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index, a broad measure of the cost of goods and services across the U.S. economy, fell 0.1% from May to 3% for the 12-month period, the lowest in more than three years. The all-item index fell from 3.3% in May, which was flat on a monthly basis.The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the so-called core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, rose 0.1% from the previous month and 3.3% from a year ago,…