Blue Jet Healthcare (BJHL) made a decent stock market debut on Wednesday with the stock listing at Rs 380, a 10 per cent premium over its issue price of Rs 346 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

Post listing, the stock moved higher to Rs 398.60, up 15 per cent over its issue price on the NSE.

The price of 24-carat gold fell Rs 550 in early trade on Wednesday, with ten grams of the precious metal selling for Rs 61,850, according to the GoodReturns website. The price of silver dipped Rs 300, with one kilogram of the precious metal selling at Rs 75,300.

The price of 22-carat gold declined Rs 500, with the yellow metal selling at Rs 56,700.

In Mumbai, the price of ten grams of 24-carat gold is in line with prices in Kolkata and Hyderabad, at Rs 61,850.

In October, Car manufacturers are expected to have broken all previous records of dispatches to dealers amid strong customer demand. According to The Economic Times, carmakers are likely to have shipped 380,000 to 385,000 cars in October.

This number is more than the previous record of 362,000 dispatches in September, according to industry estimates. If these sales turn out to be true, it will translate into a growth of 13.5-14.5 per cent from the previous year, which is the highest monthly increase in more than a year, the ET report said.

Global rice prices are not expected to cool down significantly before 2025 due to export curbs from major producing nations and a continuing threat of El Niño, the latest World Bank Global Commodity Outlook said.

The report, which was released recently, also said that global rice prices that averaged 28 per cent higher in 2023 than in 2022 are expected to increase by another 6 per cent in 2024. This is partly due to the threat of El Niño, policy response from significant exporters and importers, and the geographical and market concentration of rice production and exports.

Taking a bold call at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit, Raamdeo Agrawal, chairman and co-founder, Motilal Oswal Financial Services said on Tuesday that the benchmark Nifty50 index could double over the next five years, and may swell 4-times (4X) in 10 years.

"India is in a different cycle right now where we are seeing corporate upgrades. The aggregate earnings of India Inc, thus far in the July to September quarter (Q2FY24), have increased 32 per cent as against our expectation of 26 per cent.

India's second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth figure, in all probability, will surprise everyone on the upside, Shaktikanta Das, governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said on Tuesday at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2023.

In a fireside chat with Tamal Bandyopadhyay, Das said, "Looking at the momentum of economic activity, looking at few early indicators, I can say that the second quarter GDP number, as and when it is released, at the end of November, in all probability will surprise everyone on the upside."

In a serious data breach, personally identifiable information of 815 million Indians has been up on the dark web for sale, according to a report by US-based cybersecurity firm Resecurity. Details such as Aadhaar and passport information along with names, phone numbers and addresses are available for sale online, it has said.

Media reports suggested that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) database might have been compromised, given the extensive scope and sensitive nature of the information. Queries sent to ICMR were not answered at press time.

The death toll in the rear-end collision between two passenger trains in Andhra Pradesh rose to 14 and the number of injured stood at 50.

The Sunday evening accident was the third fatal railway mishap in the past four months.

Between the deadly triple-train crash in Balasore in June, the derailment in Buxar earlier this month, and the latest accident in Vizianagaram.

The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Monday set aside the order by the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) against Zee Entertainment Enterprises' promoter Punit Goenka, barring him from holding key positions in four Zee group firms and the merged entity with Sony Pictures Networks India.

With this, Goenka can now be appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of the merged entity.

The price of 24-carat gold declined by Rs 230 in early trade on Tuesday, with ten grams of the yellow metal selling at Rs 62,400, according to the GoodReturns website. Silver prices rose by Rs 1,000 per kilogram to Rs 75,600.

The price of 22-carat gold fell by Rs 210 and the precious metal is selling at Rs 57,200 per 10 grams.

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