Investors have lost close to Rs 4 lakh crore in the last two trading sessions alone; the total wealth eroded since September is now Rs 22.3 lakh crore.

On Friday, the Sensex shed 463.95 points, or 1.3%, to close the session at 34,315.63 while the broader Nifty 50 pared 149.5 points, or 1.4%, to end at 10,303.55. With Friday’s fall, the Nifty 50 has come off more than 12% from its August highs.

ArcelorMittal on Friday emerged as the highest bidder for Essar Steel, the company said in a release to the Luxembourg stock exchange.

“ArcelorMittal confirms it has been informed by the committee of creditors (CoC) for Essar Steel that it has been evaluated to be the H1 resolution applicant (the preferred bidder) in the corporate insolvency resolution process for Essar Steel,” it said. The company will now enter into further negotiations with the CoC, ArcelorMittal added.

Even as the legal uncertainty on crypto currencies looms in India, crypto currency exchange Unocoin has launched its first ATM in Bengaluru. Through this ATM, traders can deposit physical cash (in rupees) in their crypto wallet and can trade in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Nearly three out of every four H-1B visa holders as of October 5 are Indian citizens, an official US report has said.

According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), there were as many as 419,637 foreign nationals working in the US on H-1B visas as on October 5.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has opposed the creation of an independent payments regulator, which was recommended by a committee set up by the government. The central bank has sought to retain control of payment companies with itself, through a dissent note placed on the RBI website.

IT industry body NASSCOM has signed an MoU with a leading technology community here to help small and medium-sized Indian enterprises expand their operations in the Middle East and North Africa region.

The MoU between the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) and the Dubai Internet City (DIC) is first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Coal India has decided to increase the tenure of fuel supply pacts to be signed with the steel industry to 10 years with a view to reducing the sector's reliance on imports for the fuel, according to a notice.

The new FSA tenure would be applicable from the fourth tranche of the auction of coking coal linkages for the steel sector to be held shortly, Coal India said in a notice to its subsidiaries.

Shares of information technology (IT) companies were trading lower at the bourses with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Tech Mahindra and HCL Technologies falling up to 4% on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

Mindtree, Sonata Software, Mphasis, Trigyn Technologies, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Hexaware Technologies and Mastek were down in the range of 4% to 15%. At 01:41 pm,

The benchmark BSE Sensex sank over 408 points in early trade on Friday on heavy selling in IT, energy and banking stocks triggered by weak trends in global markets.

The broader NSE NIfty dipped below the 10,400-mark as 32 of its constituents led by Indiabulls Housing Finance dropped. The NSE Nifty index fell 80.85 points, or 0.77 per cent, at 10,372.30.

Former SBI chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya has joined the Reliance Industries board as an independent additional director, the Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate said in a regulatory filing. She has been appointed for five years starting October 17, 2018, subject to shareholder approval, the statement further said.

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