SBI ETF Nifty 50, an exchange traded fund, has nudged past HDFC Equity to become the largest equity scheme in the country, a position the latter had held for more than three years.

SBI ETF Nifty has assets worth Rs 19,377 crore compared with Rs 19,093 crore managed by HDFC Equity, data from Value Research shows.

Software exports from the country are expected to grow by single digits for a second year in a row.

A number of reasons such as automation, slowing business in traditional services, growing protectionism in developed markets, and a shift in client spending to newer areas such as digital and cloud has been attributed for slow growth.

Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka has sought to allay concerns over the ongoing issue of H1B visa curbs, saying that the Indian IT industry is not overly dependent on the US visas to run its business, even as President Donald Trump cracks down on the US companies employing foreigners at low wages instead of Americans. Infosys shares rose in trade today, and were among the top large cap gainers, rising by over 2.5% to Rs 968.

Idea Cellular has moved the Bombay High Court against the investigation ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into the charges of cartelisation made by Reliance Jio against the top three operators — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea. Sources in the know of the development told FE that Idea petitioned the Bombay High Court on Tuesday against the CCI. In its petition, the operator is believed to have said that there is already a regulator and a tribunal for regulating the sector — the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).

The government sold a 2.5% stake in Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday, raising about Rs4,000 crore as part of its disinvestment programme of Rs72,500 crore for the current fiscal year. The stake, held through the government-owned Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India (Suuti), was sold through block deals in the stock market. On November 4, 2016, the government had sold a 1.62% stake in the engineering company via bulk trade to fetch Rs2,096 crore. Suuti owned a 6.68% stake in L&T as of the end of March. The share price of L&T on Wednesday closed at 1,752.50, up 0.11%, on BSE. The BSE Sensex closed at 31,283.64, down 0.04%. Including the latest stake sale in L&T, the Centre has raised Rs4,602 crore so far, or about 9% of the current year’s target.

OnePlus 5 India launch event will be held today at 2 PM (IST). The Chinese company will host a launch event in Mumbai to launch the latest flagship smartphone in India. Meanwhile, you can also watch the live stream for the OnePlus 5 launch event on YouTube (link is provided below). The device was announced globally on June 20 and now the OnePlus 5 will finally arrive in India. Also, the smartphone maker will host pop-up events in 4 other Indian cities too, which includes New Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

Shares of Reliance Communications today surged over 6 per cent after the company said it has started the process to monetise its real estate assets in Delhi and Mumbai as part of efforts to pare debt. The stock, after a positive opening, gained 5.82 per cent to Rs 20.90 on the BSE. On the NSE, it went up by 6.34 per cent to Rs 20.95.

NEW DELHI: HDFC Bank's Managing Director Aditya Puri saw his remuneration rise marginally to Rs 10 crore and exercised stock options worth over Rs 57 crore during the last fiscal.

His remuneration was Rs 9.73 crore in 2015-16.

The BSE Sensex made a strong recovery of 136 points at the start on June 22 on the back of a slew of steps by regulator Sebi to make markets more attractive for investments.

Asian cues remained mixed.

The 30-share index rebounded by 136.27 points, or 0.44%, to 31,419.91. Realty, metal, power and auto rose up to 1.09%, staying in the positive zone.

The Tata group is believed to have held preliminary discussions with senior government officials for participating in the privatisation process of the beleaguered airline.

According to sources familiar with the developments, the Tata group is open to purchasing a stake in Air India, which JRD Tata launched in 1932. If the talks fructify, the national carrier's history may come full circle.

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