The price of 10 gram of 24-carat gold decreased by 280 on Tuesday to Rs 52,310, while silver became cheaper by Rs 500 per kg to Rs 68,400.

Ten gram of 22-carat gold is trading at Rs 47,950 after a decrease in price by Rs 250.

The price of 10 gram of 24-carat gold in Delhi stood at Rs 52,550 while in Mumbai, gold is selling at Rs 52,310.

The country's oldest stock exchange BSE has also embarked on a search for a chief executive and managing director as the incumbent Ashish Kumar Chauhan's term has ended.

The move comes at a time when its bigger rival NSE, which controls a large part of trade volumes in the country, has also initiated a similar process for its chief.

Ruchi Soya Industries' follow-on share sale (FPO) has seen withdrawal of bids in all four categories, latest data provided by stock exchanges shows.

The qualified institutional buyer (QIB) category is now subscribed 1.6 times down from 2.2 times yesterday. The high networth individual (HNI) category is subscribed 9 times, down from nearly 12 times a day ago.

Shares of Adani Power surged 12 per cent and claimed a fresh 52-week high of Rs 170 per share on the BSE on Tuesday. The shares extended their rally into sixth consecutive session, after the company approved an amalgamation scheme for the merger of its six wholly-owned subsidiaries with itself.

At 11:55 AM, shares of the Adani Group company was trading 8 per cent higher at Rs 165 per share, as against a 0.18 per cent gain in the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex.

Fintech major Paytm has appointed Anuj Mittal as Vice President, Investor Relations, according to a source close to the developments. Mittal would be reporting directly to Paytm President and Group CFO Madhur Deora.

This comes at a time when Paytm's stock has been pummelled, in line with the fate of many other technology stocks globally. The fintech company's shares were trading at Rs 538 at the time of publishing on Tuesday, losing around three-fourths of the value after a blockbuster initial public offering at Rs 2,150 apiece in November last year.

India's ONGC Videsh Ltd has sold at least one cargo of Russian Sokol oil to India refiners Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Bharat Petroleum Corp after failing to draw interest in a tender earlier this month, sources familiar with the matter said.

Indian companies are snapping up Russian oil as it is available at a deep discounts after some companies and countries shunned purchases from Moscow due to sanctions against Russia for its Ukraine invasion.

The Tata Steel board on Monday approved the appointment of Noel Naval Tata as an additional director and designated him as vice-chairman.

In a stock exchange filing, the company said based on the recommendations of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the board of directors at its meeting held on Monday, considered and unanimously approved the appointment of Noel Naval Tata as an additional director (non-executive, non-independent) effective March 28, 2022.

Singapore-based e-commerce platform Shopee — that launched in India only in December 2021 — has decided to close operations in the country.

The official reason given by Shopee, which is controlled by NYSE-listed Sea Ltd, is changing global sentiments.

In a statement, it said, In view of the global market uncertainties, we have decided to close risks of our early-stage Shopee India initiative.

Referring to Opposition leaders Fazal-ur-Rehman of Pakistan Democratic Movement, Shahbaz Sharif of PML-N and Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday, called them rats for jointly sucking the blood of the country in the garb of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).

He added that the country was facing the burden of loans because of Musharraf's decision to grant an NRO to the Opposition "to save his government."

Three-time MLA Pramod Sawant, who led the BJP to win 20 seats in the recently concluded elections to the 40-member Goa Assembly, was sworn in as the state's chief minister for the second time on Monday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries.

Goa Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai administered the oath to Sawant (48) and eight other BJP MLAs as cabinet ministers in a ceremony held at Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee stadium at Bambolim near the state capital Panaji in the presence of a large number of people.

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