Sensex, Nifty Highlights on Budget day, February 1: Almost all the sectors closed in green territory today, rising in the range of 3-6%, except for pharma index

These bonds will mature in three years and carry a coupon rate of 7.45 per cent per annum

The decision was taken at the meeting of the financial resources and management committee of the board of directors held today, Manappuram Finance said in a regulatory filing

Stock Market LIVE Updates on June 24: HCL Tech, IndusInd Bank, PowerGrid and Infosys were among the laggards. On the other hand, ITC, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, NTPC and Titan were among the top gainers

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Kotak Bank, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank, HDFC, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries were among the top gainer in the Sensex pack. Cipla, JSW Steel, IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries, Maruti were trading as top performers on Nifty. Power Grid and NTPC were the only losers on both Sensex and Nifty today.

Stocks to watch today on April 27: Mindtree, JK Paper, ICICI Prudential, Future Lifestyle, Tata Steel, Bank of Baroda among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Monday's trading session. Adani Power, Sasken, HDFC Life, Ambuja Cement, IndusInd Bank are the companies that will be reporting their March quarterly results today.

Four of the biggest NBFCs papers- Indiabulls Consumer Finance, JM Financial Credit Solutions, Manappuram Finance and Srei Infrastructure were under-subscribed by 73-80% between September 2018 and June 2019.

The Budget will lower to a large extent the liquidity stress in the financial sector

Market breadth was negative with 763 stocks rising against 1950 falling on the BSE. Lupin (17.30 percent), Cipla (6.47 percent), State Bank of India (3.19 percent) were among the other top losers.

These firms provide money to social entrepreneurs who, with their projects, meet the critical needs of people.

Most of the funds were raised by the listed companies to support working capital requirements and for general corporate purposes.

The share sale plans of SKS Microfinance, India's biggest microlender, will not just boost its cash reserves. The IPO, one way or the other, will echo in India for decades to follow.

The crash of the stock markets, coupled with the liquidity crisis, may have put paid to the plans of many entrepreneurs. But venture capitalists believe that the present times of adversity will lead to opportunities as also a brutal Darwinian selection of the most robust new businesses. Kushan Mitra and Shalini S. Dagar report.