The Nifty indices for small- and mid-cap stocks clocked gains for a 12th consecutive day on Monday and yielded returns of 8.9% and 7.3%, respectively during the period as investors lapped up beaten-down stocks from the two categories.

The 12-day rally has also helped both indices to pare their year-to-date (YTD) losses to 16.5% and 9.2%, respectively. From the beginning of 2018 to mid July, the two gauges fell by as much as 23.3% and 16%, respectively.

Bank of Baroda (BoB) has put on sale a 4% stake in Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL) in order to raise at least Rs 124 crore, according to a public notice.

The bank has sought bids on a per-share basis, either for a 4% stake, e.i, 20 lakh shares, or for a part stake not less than 5 lakh shares. BoB holds a 5% stake in CCIL.

Although the bourses scaled their fresh all-time closing highs on Monday, the number of stocks hitting their 52-week lows were higher than the stocks hitting their respective 52-week high levels. On Monday, 92 stocks scaled to hit their respective 52-week highs, while 98 stocks hit their 52-week lows.

The telecom department has sought views of the industry on technical measures that can be adopted for blocking mobile apps like instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, etc in situations where national security and public order are under threat.

Mobile payments company Paytm is tying up all the loose ends before it officially rolls out Paytm Money, its mutual fund distribution platform. The company recently gave access to employees of its parent company, One97 Communications, and Paytm Money to test the beta version of Paytm Money app, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The management is getting ready to launch the app in August.

Mukesh Ambani is ready with his triple play of carriage, content and commerce.

The richest Indian has already signed up 215 million customers in 22 months for his 4G mobile network. By upending the telecom industry’s profitability with free voice calls and cheap data, he’s forced many of his smaller rivals, including his younger brother Anil Ambani, into backing off.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Monday said its construction arm has won orders worth Rs 12.96 billion across business segments in the domestic market.

L&T said its metallurgical and material handling business has received orders worth Rs 8.08 billion.

Shares of State Bank of India (SBI) hit a six-month high of Rs 307, up 3% on the BSE on Monday, extending its Friday’s 1.6% gain after the public sector lender and Reliance Jio tied up to provide a platform offering digital banking, commerce, and financial services to customers.

Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) said on Monday it had received approval from the Supreme Court to proceed with the sale of its wireless assets to Reliance Jio after it agreed to pay 5.5 billion rupees (USD 80.06 million) to settle dues with Swedish telecom gearmaker Ericsson.

New Delhi: Oil and Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) highest ever pre-tax quarterly profit (EBITDA) provides cash flow to the state-owned firm to reduce borrowings, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday.

For the April-June quarter of the current fiscal, ONGC reported 47.2 per cent increase in EBITDA or operating profit to Rs 14,240 crore.

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