The domestic benchmarks traded in a narrow range with substantial losses in early afternoon trade. The Nifty traded below the 24,800 level. Media shares extended losses for the second consecutive trading session. Trading was volatile due to weekly F&O series expiry today. At 12:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, slipped 451.98 points or 0.55% to 81,056.02. The Nifty 50 index declined 181.10 points or 0.73% to 24,790.20. The broader market underperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 1.26% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index declined 1.09%. The market breadth was weak. On the BSE, 1,271shares rose and 2,562 shares fell. A total of 124 shares were unchanged. Economy: The Union Cabinet has approved an additional installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 1 July 2024 representing an increase of 3% over the existing rate of 50% of the basic pay/pension, to compensate against price rise. This increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission. The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be Rs.9,448.35 crore per annum. This will benefit about 49.18 lakh central government employees and 64.89 lakh pensioners. Derivatives: The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, gained 2.03% to 13.32. The Nifty 31 October 2024 futures were trading at 24,872.70, at a premium of 82.50 points as compared with the spot at 24,790.20. The Nifty option chain for the 31 October 2024 expiry showed maximum Call OI of 61.7 lakh contracts at the 26,000 strike price. Maximum Put OI of 44.8 lakh contracts were seen at 24,500 strike price. Buzzing Index: The Nifty Media index slipped 1.64% to 2,025.60. The index fell 2.11% in two consecutive trading sessions. Network 18 Media & Investments (down 3.52%), Saregama India (down 3.49%), Dish TV India (down 2.08%), Hathway Cable & Datacom (down 1.9%), Sun TV Network (down 1.31%), Nazara Technologies (down 1.29%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises (down 1.16%), Tips Music (down 0.86%) and PVR Inox (down 0.59%) declined. Stocks in Spotlight : Reliance Industries (RIL) gained 0.58%. The company set Monday, 28 October 2024, as the record date for the proposed 1:1 bonus share issue. Aditya Birla Money was locked in an upper circuit of 2% after the company reported 123.90% surge in net profit to Rs 26.69 crore in Q2 FY25 as compared with Rs 11.92 crore posted in Q2 FY24. Revenue from operations jumped 30.39% year on year (YoY) to Rs 125.66 crore in the quarter ended 30 September 2024. Kolte-Patil Developers rallied 8% after the company's sales value jumped 21.84% to Rs 770 crore in Q2 FY25 as compared with Rs 632 crore in Q2 FY24.Powered by Capital Market - Live

Revenue from operations jumped 30.39% year on year (YoY) to Rs 125.66 crore in the quarter ended 30 September 2024. Profit before tax stood at Rs 36.21 crore in the September quarter, up 115.40% from Rs 16.81 crore recorded in the same period a year ago. Total expenses rose 12.85% YoY to Rs 91.12 crore during the quarter. Fees and commission expenses stood at Rs 23.97 crore( up 9.2% YoY), employee benefit expenses stood at Rs 22.07 crore (up 0.18% YoY) during the period under review. The company's revenue from broking business was at Rs 102.06 crore (up 21.99% YoY) while income from wholesale debt market business stood at Rs 22.87 crore (up 91.45% YoY) during the period under review. On half-year basis, the company's net profit surged 101.54% to Rs 43.05 crore on 39.29% increase in revenue to Rs 243.51 crore in H1 FY25 over H1 FY24. Aditya Birla Money (ABML) is a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital. The company is a stock broking and capital market products distributor, offering equity and derivative trading through NSE and BSE and currency derivative on MCX-SX and commodities trading through MCX and NCDEX.Powered by Capital Market - Live

Net profit of Aditya Birla Money rose 123.91% to Rs 26.69 crore in the quarter ended September 2024 as against Rs 11.92 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2023. Sales rose 30.39% to Rs 125.66 crore in the quarter ended September 2024 as against Rs 96.37 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2023. ParticularsQuarter EndedSep. 2024Sep. 2023% Var. Sales125.6696.37 30 OPM %53.0240.35 - PBDT38.6718.94 104 PBT36.2116.81 115 NP26.6911.92 124 Powered by Capital Market - Live

Aditya Birla Money will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 16 October 2024.Powered by Capital Market - Live