At $96.4 billion, Mukesh Ambani is India’s richest and 11th in world

The strong performance of the Indian stock market has boosted Indian billionaires’ wealth. The benchmark Sensex has risen 7.3% since the start of the year. Gautam Adani and Radhakishan Damani are the only ones among the top 15 billionaires to see a wealth decline in the current year.

Baba Kalyani companies dispute Hikal disclosure to bourses

BF Investment (BFIL) and Kalyani Investment Company (KICL) have accused Hikal of making “entirely inaccurate and misleading” disclosure to the stock exchanges, and told the exchanges that they are not a party to any family arrangement concerning equity shares held by them in Hikal.

Auto, pharma stocks offering margin of safety top funds’ buy list in July

Shares in the pharma and automotive sectors were among those that fit the bill. Fund managers lapped up pharma given the recent underperformance, lower input prices and attractive valuations. With first-quarter results encouraging, they bought into stocks like Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Aurobindo Pharma, and Suven Pharmaceuticals.