Infosys, Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp, IndusInd Bank, Yes Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Zee Entertainment Enterprises are eight stocks from the Nifty 50 index touching their respective 52-week highs on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in intra-day trade today.

Of these, five stocks - Infosys, Asian Paints, IndusInd Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Yes Bank are quoting at their lifetime highs on the NSE.

Leading stock exchange BSE will auction investment limits for overseas investors on Monday for the purchase of government debt securities worth Rs 4,046 crore.

The auction will be conducted on BSE's e-bidxchange platform from 1530 hrs to 1730 hrs, after the close of market hours.

To enhance security measures for investors, National Stock exchange (NSE) will implement two-factor authentication for users of negotiated trade platform from June 6.

Last year, the exchange introduced a web-based negotiated trade platform for reporting all the deals in the debt segment.

To make start-up listing platform more attractive, regulator Sebi plans to relax norms by next month to help them tap this avenue for raising funds as also to give an easier exit opportunity to their existing investors including from abroad.

The platform is aimed at providing easier exit options for angel investors, domestic and foreign venture capital funds and private equity players, who have invested in over 3,000 start-ups, including in new technology space, in India.

Mumbai: The Indian rupee on Thursday strengthened against the US dollar from its previous close, on account of selling of dollars by exporters and banks.

The home currency closed at 67.29, up 0.24% from its previous close of 67.45. The rupee opened at 67.42 per US dollar and touched a high of 67.21 in intraday trade.

Over 1,350 canteens working in various central government departments have been asked to take food safety licences from Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

Citing rules, the Personnel Ministry said all departmental canteens are required to comply with statutory framework for manufacturing, storage, distribution and sale of food so as to ensure its safety.

Mumbai: India’s market regulator on Thursday began the mammoth task of auctioning off properties owned by the Sahara group of companies, spread over 4,700 acres, in order to raise the bail money needed for its jailed chairman Subrata Roy.

In advertisements published in national dailies, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said that it has put up for sale 10 properties at a reserve price of Rs.1,193.95 crore.

Bajaj Auto today reported a 2% increase in motorcycle sales at 3,07,344 units for May as compared with 3,01,862 units in the year-ago month.

The company's total vehicle sales last month stood at 3,47,655 units, up 1%, as against 3,45,438 units in the same month a year earlier, the two-wheeler major said in a BSE filing.

Country's largest luxury car player Mercedes Benz will wait till July before ramping up availability of petrol variants in its vehicles.

Mercedes is the most impacted luxury car maker after the Supreme Court in December last year imposed a ban on sales of diesel cars with an engine capacity of 2,000 cc and above in the National Capital Region. All its models came under this category and impacted the German car maker's sales in its biggest market in the country.

Tata Motors today reported a 1 per cent growth in sales at 40,071 units in May compared with 39,496 in the same month last year.

Domestic sales of Tata Motors’ commercial and passenger vehicles rose 2 per cent at 35,643 units during the month as against the same period of previous year.

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