Iran Hits the Middle East. L&T Shareholders Got Hit Too. Now What?

Rs64,000 crore erased in two days. An all-time high just last week. India’s biggest engineering company got caught in a conflict it didn’t start — but the fundamentals haven’t changed. Here’s what the numbers say. On February 24, Larsen & Toubro touched an all-time high of Rs4,440. Four days later, US and Israeli strikes on … Read more

March IPO Calendar: Steel, Logistics, Manpower and a Rs 6,000 Crore Highway Trust — Here Is What Is Coming Up

Three upcoming equity issues are expected to collectively raise in the region of Rs 2,000 crore, while an InvIT is targeting Rs 6,000 crore — among the largest infrastructure trust offerings India’s primary market has seen. Four upcoming mainboard initial public offerings — Rajputana Stainless, Innovision, Skyways Air Services and Raajmarg Infra InvIT — are … Read more

Sedemac Mechatronics IPO: What You Should Know?

Born in an IIT Bombay lab, built into a 35% market share business — Sedemac is a technology India’s Deeptech Auto-Electronics Pioneer that Comes to Market Sedemac Mechatronics is not a conventional auto ancillary story. It began as a college project at IIT Bombay in 2004, when Manish Sharma and two seniors started working on … Read more

Hormuz Grinds, Sends Brent Past $82, Rupee Slides

Washington steps in as private insurers abandon the strait — but with cover cancelled from March 5 and oil up 17% in days, India faces a mounting crisis at the pump US President Donald Trump has ordered the federal government to provide political risk insurance for all commercial shipping through the Persian Gulf and warned … Read more

Nifty Recovers From Day’s Low as Investors Buy Select Dips; Analysts Urge Caution

Indian equity markets ended Monday’s bruising session well off their lows, with the Nifty 50 recovering sharply from an intraday bottom of 24,600 to close at 24,865 which is a sign that buying interest emerged at lower levels even as the broader sentiment remained deeply cautious following a geopolitical shock that rattled global financial markets. … Read more

Howard Marks Says AI Is ‘Very Real,’ Warns Against All-In Bets As Bubble Question Persists

Oaktree Capital chief calls AI advancement “unlike anything we’ve seen before,” flags job displacement fears while urging moderate, selective investing approach Howard Marks, co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, has released his latest client memo titled “AI Hurtles Ahead,” a follow-up to his December 2025 piece “Is It a Bubble?” — and the tone … Read more