Demerger unlikely to benefit Vedanta stock in near term

The natural resources major, last week, announced that it will demerge its existing business into six listed companies, aiming to build a simplified corporate structure, while boosting the valuations of the diversified businesses.

Fewer reasons for FPIs to be bullish in October

After all, fresh foreign purchases will be key to revival of the stock market that has slid in the past two weeks after hitting all-time highs in mid-September. But with the surge in global oil prices, US bonds yields and the dollar contributing to fresh risk aversion in emerging markets, including India, brokers and strategists […]

Fed seeks a strong labour market over a sustained period: Powell

“Lots of good things happen” in addition to real wage increases when a good labour market lasts for a sustained period of time, Powell said Monday. There are expanded efforts to get more people into the workforce, for example, like programmes that prepare prisoners for work a year before they are released.