*News Headlines from Business News Agencies :*

*Business Standard :*

📝 Execution delays in smart electricity meter projects to hit returns: Crisil

📝 Cash holdings of mutual funds dip in Sep amid decline in fresh inflows

📝 Ola Electric enters $12 billion energy storage market with home batteries

📝 BLS International wins 3-year contract to run visa centres in China

📝 Duroflex files DRHP for IPO, aims to raise ₹183-cr via fresh issue

📝 Rabi season: Farmers keen on gram, mustard sowing as wheat estimates fall

📝 Simple Energy announces strategic partnerships with Amazon, Flipkart

📝 Electric 2-wheeler maker Ultraviolette forays into Spain, Portugal markets

📝 Waaree Renewable secured order worth ₹157 crore

📝 Kaynes Semicon rolls out first Made-in-India chips module, sent to US firm

📝 Refiners likely to buy more US LPG in 2026, cut Middle East imports

📝 Fresh supply of industrial, warehousing spaces up 6% in Jan-Sep: Colliers


*Economic Times :*

📝 MahaRERA clears record 200 registrations in a day, 809 projects in fortnight

📝 Rolls-Royce partners with Bharat Forge to source Pearl 10X engine parts

📝 Allianz appoints Ritu Arora as India country head with immediate effect

📝 M3M India ties up with Jacob & Co for Rs 2,100 crore branded residences project in Noida

📝 GHCL gets land, clearances for Rs 6,500-cr soda ash plant; construction in 6-7 months

📝 Blue Energy signs pact with Maharashtra govt to set up facility with Rs 3,500 cr investment

📝 Ashok Leyland secures major Tamil Nadu order for 1,937 State Transport buses

📝 Gabriel India partners with South Korea's SK Enmove to diversify product range

📝 India's seeks cheaper oil amid US pressure, aims to continue Russian imports

📝 Critical mineral firms ramp up Washington lobbying to secure US government investments

📝 Indian retail REIT can become a Rs 60,000–Rs 80,000 crore market by 2030: Anarock


*Mint :*

📝 India, Australia step up clean energy ties amid emission reduction push

📝 StanChart, Bank of India seal $215 mn loan for Air India fleet expansion

📝 Kuku raises $85 million in Granite Asia-led Series C round

📝 Quarterly feedback mechanism may transform how India’s farmers get govt support

📝 South Indian Bank Q2 profit rises 8% YoY on higher non-interest income

📝 Intel, AMD Equity Giveaways Send Stocks Soaring Despite Dilution

📝 LIC launches 2 new insurance plans after GST cuts

📝 Indian Overseas Bank Q2 Results: Firm reports record profit of ₹1,226 crore

📝 Crude oil prices gain on reports India may scale back Russian crude imports

📝 Tanishq CEO says sky-high gold prices have not dampened festive demand

📝 Nestle Layoffs: FMCG giant plans to slash 16,000 jobs

📝 TSMC expects AI megatrend to strengthen, as profit blows past forecasts

First Tejas-Mk1A from Nashik completes maiden flight; induction to take time
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*17/10/2025*
BSE:+484(83952)
NSE:+124(25709)
MID:-198(46360)
SML:-262(53040)
FII :+308Cr
DII:+1526Cr
B.Crude: 61
Gold$:4306=INR: 130443
Silver: 165700
$/Rs: 87.97
7.10 : 2034 G-Sec: 6.54
NSE 100 PE: 22.78
Dollar Index : 98.42

*Based on recent trends, margin usage and leverage in stocks are perceived as riskier and tougher due to market volatility,* rising interest rates, and evolving regulatory environments. While margin trading can amplify profits, it also magnifies losses, making risk management critical.

*Why margin and leverage are getting riskier Increased market volatility*
In unpredictable markets, asset prices can swing dramatically. For investors using borrowed funds, these price swings amplify both potential gains and losses.
*For example, during significant market downturns like the one triggered by COVID-19,* many highly leveraged investors faced massive losses and margin calls.
*Rising interest rates To combat inflation, central banks often raise* *interest rates.* This makes borrowing more expensive for companies and, consequently, for investors trading on margin.
*High interest costs eat into potential profits* , making a profitable outcome more difficult to achieve.
*Potential for amplified losses*
The primary risk of leverage is that it magnifies losses.
A *small price drop can wipe out a significant portion of your initial investment,* and a major one can lead to losses exceeding your initial capital.

*For instance, an investor who borrows 50% to buy* a stock could lose their entire investment if the stock's price drops by 50%.
The threat of margin calls When your account's equity falls below a certain level (the maintenance margin), *your broker will issue a margin call, demanding you deposit more cash* or securities.
*Failure to meet a margin* call can result in the broker forcibly liquidating your positions, often at a loss, to cover the loan.
Increased volatility makes margin calls more likely, adding stress for investors.
*Tighter regulations Market regulators,* such as SEBI in India, have implemented stricter rules for margin trading to increase transparency and protect investors.

*This includes imposing upfront margin requirements and requiring brokers* to report margins more frequently.
*Some regulators are also placing limits on leverage for certain products, like leveraged single-stock ETFs* , to prevent excessive risk-taking.


All members who are playing blindly with these concepts take your precautions or avoid for coming NXT 12-18 mths minimize the usage else chance of destruction is without warning ⚠️⚠️

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Mkt. Updates :

*GIFT NIFTY +200 (25951) from last trade 25751*

*Nikkei +1188 pts ,*
*Hangseng +637 pts ,*


Dow +238.37 pts ,Nsdq +117.43 pts, S&P +34.94 pts , Bovespa +1198 pts , Ftse -81 pts , Dax -441 pts , Cac -14 pts , Crude @ $57.35 brl (-0.19) Brent @ $61.06 brl (-0.02) , Gold @ 4246.60 (+33.50), Silver @ $50.22 (+0.11), Euro @ $1.1659 , JPY @ $150.89 , INR @ 87.975


*US GOVT. 10-YR YIELD : 4.02%*


*Today's Corporate Action, 20.10.Ex Date :*

RAMAPHO
Interim Dividend


*Today's Board Meetings, 20-Oct-25 :*

CANDOUR
Increase in Authorised Capital;Preferential Issue of shares
GEOJITFSL
General;Quarterly Results      
TIMESGREEN
General        


*SEC. IN F&O BAN FOR, 20-Oct-25 :*

*1. RBLBANK 2. SAMMAANCAP*


*Today's Alert :*

*RBI to Conduct Auction of SDLS BONDS for INR 170 BILLION*

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Mkt.. updates :

*GIFT NIFTY +345 (26260) from Tuesday's average closing 25915*

*Nikkei -666 pts ,*
*Hangseng -63 pts ,*

Dow -334.33 pts ,Nsdq -213.27 pts, S&P -35.95 pts , Bovespa +797 pts , Ftse +88 pts , Dax -178 pts , Cac -51 pts , Crude @ $60.06 brl (+1.16) Brent @ $62.59 brl (-0.00) , Gold @ 4104.50 (+39.10), Silver @ $47.97 (+0.28), Euro @ $1.16 , JPY @ $152.14 , INR @ 87.725


*US GOVT. 10-YR YIELD : 3.95%*


*Today's Corporate Action, 23-10 Ex Date :*

ICICIGI
Interim Dividend


*Today's Board Meetings, 23-Oct-25 :*

ACL
Quarterly Results        
AGIIL
General;Increase in Authorised Capital  
AVASARA
Right Issue of Equity Shares      
COLPAL
Interim Dividend;Quarterly Results    
FABTECH
Quarterly Results        
HIMATSEIDE
General        
HINDUNILVR
Interim Dividend;Quarterly Results    
JUMBO
Quarterly Results        
LAURUSLABS
Interim Dividend;Quarterly Results    
MUFIN
General        
PFS
Quarterly Results        
SAGCEM
Quarterly Results        
SPICELOUNG
General        
STHINPA
Quarterly Results        
TTML
Quarterly Results        
VINEETLAB
Quarterly Results        
VTL
Quarterly Results
   

*SEC. IN F&O BAN FOR, 23-Oct-25 :*

1. SAMMAANCAP*

.INSTL. INVESTORS EQUITY DERIVAT. TRADES AS ON 23-10-2025 :

*FIIS F & O : RS. CRS. :*

*TOTAL NET BUY : +22,883* 😃😃

*INDEX FUT. : +4,652*

*INDEX OPT. : +8,451*

*STOCK FUT. : +8,139*

*STOCK OPT. : +1,641*

INSTL. INVEST. EQUITY CASH PROV. TRADES AS ON : 23-10-2025 :

*FIIS : SELL -1,166 (20,478-21,644)* 😥

*DIIS : BUY +3,894 (19,248-15,354)* 😃

*BSE SENSEX : +130 (84,556)🔼*

*NSE NIFTY : +23 (25,891)🔼*

*BSE MIDCAP. : -71 (46,716)🔽*

*BSE SMLCAP. : -226 (53,617)*🔽

*B. CRUDE : $ 65.51 🔼😭😭*

*GOLD : $ 4,150=INR 1,30,000(10gr)*🔽😭

*SILVER : RS. 1,68,000 (kg)🔽😭*

*FOREX : RS. $ 87.84 🔼 🙂*

*6.33% GS '35: 6.5357%(98.5550)🔼😩*

*6.48% NEW '35: 6.4628%(100.12)🔼☺️*

*6.79% GS '34: 6.5799%(101.40)🔼😩*

*6.68% GS '40: 6.8485% (98.44)🔼😩*

*News Headlines from Business News Agencies :*

*Business Standard :*

📝 Indian leather exports to fall 10-12% in FY26 amid high US tariff: Crisil

📝 RBI flags geopolitical risks to cross-border payments, warns of impact

📝 New launch pipeline, rental portfolio to boost Oberoi Realty's FY26 growth

📝 Hyundai India names Sunil Moolchandani as new national sales head

📝 Only 1.8% of registered investors trade exclusively in derivatives: NSE

📝 TVS unveils Norton superbike sketch; JLR's McGovern joins design team

📝 Colgate Q2FY26 results: Profit drops 17% to ₹327.5 cr, dividend declared

📝 Chennai emerges as most confident real estate market: Magicbricks report

📝 Capital raised by Indian real estate highest in past 7 yrs: Equirus Capital

📝 Oberoi Realty Q2 sales bookings fall 10% to ₹1,299 crore on lower volumes

📝 EU imposes new sanctions on Russian energy, joins US in pressure campaign


*Economic Times :*

📝 Eli Lilly allows Cipla to sell weight loss drug under new brand in India

📝 India Inc revenue expands modestly, profitability dips over 0.50 pc in Q2: Report

📝 Hero MotoCorp enters UK market with MotoGB partnership

📝 Digital payments comprise 99.8% of total transactions volume in H1 2025: RBI

📝 Premier Energies forays into transformer manufacturing by acquiring 51% stake in Transcon

📝 Unilever CEO says US shutdown hasn't dented consumer sentiment for now

📝 Allcargo Group appoints Punit Misra as President Chairman Office & Chief Business Officer

📝 World Diamond Council head says lab-grown gems losing their sparkle

📝 Adani Green Energy issues LOI to Bondada Engineering for Rs 1,050 cr project at Khavda Renewable Energy Park

📝 Coal India arm SECL's 12 mining projects running behind schedule

📝 SBI General Insurance surpasses industry growth with 11% rise in H1FY26, GWP at Rs 7,376 cr


*Mint :*

📝 Deloitte pegs India’s FY26 growth at 6.7–6.9% on strong demand, policy reforms

📝 Tesla recalls over 63,000 Cybertrucks over excessive headlamp brightness

📝 China vows to double down on tech self-reliance as US rivalry heats up

📝 Centre on track to top ₹50,000 crore from stake sales, IPO push in FY26

📝 Global funds buy $631 million Indian bonds after RBI's rupee defence

📝 Reliance's oil imports from Russia to take a hit after US sanctions on top firms

📝 Oversupply pulls down steel prices in India, recovery uncertain

📝 Srinivasan as permanent trustee a formality, say four Tata trustees

📝 Perplexity responds to Reddit's lawsuit, denies ‘data theft’ allegations

📝 Karthik Narain joins Google Cloud as Chief Product and Business Officer

📝 Uniphore raises $260 million from Nvidia, AMD, Snowflake and Databricks

🇮🇳 India Daybook Stocks in News


*ARSS Infra:* Company secures multiple orders aggregating to Rs 164 crore from Shivam Condev. (Positive)

*Hero MotoCorp:* Company enters the UK market with MotoGB, expanding presence to 51 countries. (Positive)

*Cochin Ship/Mazdock/BEML/GRSE/BDL:* Defence Acquisition Council clears proposals worth about ₹79,000 cr to enhance capability of Armed Forces. (Positive)

*Cipla:* Company to market second tirzepatide brand Yurpeak in India (Positive)

*Highway Infrastructure:* Company announces receipt of LOA from NHAI worth ₹11.76 Cr for a toll operations contract. (Positive)

*Biocon:* Subsidiary Biocon Biologics gets Canadian regulator nod for immunology biosimilar Yesintek' (Positive)

*SBI:* Bank wins World's Best Consumer Bank 2025 and Best Bank in India 2025 awards from Global Finance, New York. (Positive)

*Zaggle:* Company entered into an agreement with Megha City Gas Distribution Private Limited. (Positive)

*Insolation Energy:* Board approved migrating equity share listing from BSE SME to BSE main board & direct listing on NSE. (Positive)

*Tata Elxsi:* e2E Rail, Tata Elxsi to co-develop Kavach 4.0. (Positive)

*Hexaware:* Company announced the appointment of Eravi Gopan as President & Global Head – High Tech, Products, & Platforms. (Positive)

*Sagar Cement:* Revenue at Rs 602 crore versus Rs 475 crore. Ebitda at Rs 51.3 crore versus Rs 19.9 crore. (Positive)

*NTPC Green:* Company declares commercial operations of 9.9 MW out of its 92.4 MW wind project in Bhuj, raising NTPC Green Energy Group’s total installed capacity to 7,563.57 MW. (Positive)

*EPack Prefab:* Bofa Securities Europe bought 5.6 lakh shares at Rs 233.82 per share. (Positive)

*Tourism Finance Corp:* Unity Associates bought 24.06 lakh shares at Rs 71.08 per share. (Positive)

*Popular Vehicles:* CRISIL re-affirmed its ratings for the company. (Neutral)

*Aptus Value:* Company has received a request from Westbridge Crossover Fund, LLC to reclassify its status from 'Promoter/Promoter Group' to 'Public'. (Neutral)

*Syrma SGS:* Company announced the acquisition of KSolare Energy Private Limited, a solar inverter manufacturer. (Neutral)

*Colgate-Palmolive:* Company announced a first interim dividend of ₹24 per share for FY25-26 (Neutral)

*GTV Engineering:* Promoter Mahesh Agrawal sold 5,50,000 equity shares of the co. on Oct 20, 2025 via open market transaction. (Neutral)

*Premier Energies:* Company is acquiring 51% stake in KSolare Energy, a solar inverter manufacturer, for ₹86.7 Cr. (Neutral)

*Colgate:* Net profit down 17.1% at ₹327.5 Cr Vs ₹395.1 Cr, Revenue down 6.2% At ₹1,519.5 Cr Vs ₹1,619 Cr (YoY). (Neutral)

*Bharat Forge:* Company issues clarification on media report suggesting ‘Co gets ₹2,770 cr order win from Indian Army.’ (Neutral)

*Kaynes Tech:* Company announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kaynes Holding Pte Ltd, has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Frauscher Sensor Technology Group GmbH. (Neutral)

*Syngene:* Company confirms news on expansion of its Biologics facility with new ADC bioconjugation capability, stating the investment is part of its ordinary business. (Neutral)

List of stocks included in Short - Term ASM Framework Stage – I: GK Energy, Tatva Chintan (Neutral)

List of stocks excluded from ASM Framework Stage – I: Knowledge Marine (Neutral)

Circuit filter changed from 10% to 5%: GK Energy (Neutral)

*360 ONE* Ex-Date Monday, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 6.0 (Neutral)

*CESC Ltd* Ex-Date Monday, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 6.0 (Neutral)

*CRISIL Ltd* Ex-Date Monday, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 16.0 (Neutral)

*Infosys Ltd* Ex-Date Monday, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 23.0 (Neutral)

*L&T Technology Services Ltd* Ex-Date Monday, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 18.0 (Neutral)

*PCBL Chemical Ltd* Ex-Date Monday, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 6.0 (Neutral)

*REC Ltd* Ex-Date Monday, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 4.6 (Neutral)

*Tanla Platforms Ltd* Ex-Date Monday, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 6.0 (Neutral)

*Accelya Solutions India Ltd* Ex-Date Today, Final Dividend - Rs. - 40.0 (Neutral)

*Covidh Technologies Ltd* Ex-Date Today, Right Issue of Equity Shares (Neutral)

*Cyient Ltd* Ex-Date Today, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 16.0 (Neutral)

*HDB Financial Services Ltd* Ex-Date Today, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 2.0 (Neutral)

*Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd* Ex-Date Today, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 1.05 (Neutral)

*Kajaria Ceramics Ltd* Ex-Date Today, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 8.0 (Neutral)

*LTIMindtree Ltd* Ex-Date Today, Interim Dividend- Rs. - 22.0 (Neutral)

*Thyrocare Technologies Ltd* Ex-Date Today, Interim Dividend - Rs. - 7.0 (Neutral)