In London business, Macrotech Developers achieved a sales booking of Rs 1,450 crore in the September quarter.

In another transaction, Chhattisgarh Investments bought 1.8 million shares of Mercator at Rs. 1.7 apiece through a bulk deal on the NSE.

The markets have once again added massive shorts in the system. Wednesday’s decline has added fresh shorts; this is evident from the Nifty futures data. The October series of Nifty futures have added over 7.72 lakh shares or 6.40 per cent net Open Interest.

The amount of the GSAP for Q3 could be reduced with the provision that it could be revised up when required. Moreover, the RBI could continue to sterilise its GSAP purchases going forward to keep the impact of its yield management tools liquidity neutral.

In September, the regulator had notified corporate governance rules for listed entities which have listed their debt securities.

The Nasdaq Composite dropped 144.38 points, or 1.00 per cent, to 14,289.45 at the opening bell.

Nazara Technologies issued 1.42 million shares to Gamnat Pte and Plutus Wealth Management at Rs 2,202 per share, a discount of 16 per cent to the company’s current stock price.

“We will have to be a little watchful as typically rising yields, rising crude prices and DXY being high have not been favourable in the near term for us.”

Nifty50 opened in the green but soon lost momentum under pressure due to a rising dollar and spike in energy prices. Nifty50 registered a perfect reversal formation with a lower top at the intraday high of 17,885 level.

IRCTC’s shares surged 7 per cent and are up nearly 20 per cent in the week already as investors continue to chase the swift upward momentum in the platform company. The company is benefitting from an improved outlook for the travel and tourism sector on the back of reopening of the economy.