The logo of the Adani Group.
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Stocks of Gautam Adani’s seven listed companies on the bourses crashed on opening after the New York Eastern district court indicted Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani, Vineet S. Jain and their associates and bribery and securities fraud on Thursday (November 21, 2024).

Adani Energy Solutionns fell 20% to ₹687.5 apiece the most on Thursday’s open. Adani Enterprises crashed 10% opening at ₹2539.35 a share on Thursday. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones crashed 10% to ₹1670 per stock. Adani Power Limited stocks fell nealry 11% to ₹467.4 apiece.

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Adani Green Energy fell 16% to ₹1184.25 a share and Adani Total Gas dipped 12% to ₹589.9 per share.

The apple to airports conglomerate’s FMCG stock Adani Wilmar too took a beating opening ₹310, 8% below previous close.

Sensex, Nifty tumble in early trade

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on Thursday amid sharp fall in Adani group stocks and unabated foreign fund outflows. In the equity market, the BSE benchmark Sensex traded 536.89 points lower at 77,041.49 and the NSE Nifty quoted 186.75 points down at 23,331.75.

From the 30-share Sensex pack, Adani Ports tumbled 10% as billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged by U.S. prosecutors over his role in an alleged years-long scheme to pay $250 million bribe to Indian officials in exchange for favourable terms for solar power contracts.

Adani group stocks’ combined mcap erodes by ₹2.45 lakh crore

Adani group stocks faced heavy drubbing during the morning trade on Thursday, with the combined market valuation of all the listed firms getting eroded by ₹2.45 lakh crore.

The stock of the group’s flagship firm Adani Enterprises plunged 22.99%, Adani Ports dived 20%, Adani Energy Solutions tanked 20%, Adani Green Energy plummeted 19.53% and Adani Total Gas tumbled 18.14% on the BSE.

Some of the group firms also hit their lowest trading permissible limit for the day.

(With inputs from PTI, Reuters)

All the 30 Sensex companies were trading in the green. Power Grid, NTPC, State Bank of India, Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra & Mahindra, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank were the biggest gainers from the Sensex pack.
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Investors’ wealth jumped ₹12.48 lakh crore in morning trade on June 3 as the benchmark equity index Sensex hit its lifetime high after exit polls predicted a massive win for the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha polls.

The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 2,777.58 points or 3.75% to hit a record peak of 76,738.89 in early trade.

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Following the huge rally in equities, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies climbed ₹12,48,952.68 crore to hit an all-time peak of ₹4,24,61,833.82 crore ($5.10 trillion) during the morning trade.

Exit polls on June 1 predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain power for a third straight term, with the BJP-led NDA expected to win a big majority in the Lok Sabha polls. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.

“The exit poll numbers are very strong for the incumbent government,” Narendra Solanki, Head Fundamental Research – Investment Services, Anand Rathi Shares and Stock Brokers, said.

“Overall it’s positive for the markets in short as well as long term. Also, the recent released good GDP growth data should provide support to existing positive momentum,” he added.

India’s economy grew by 8.2% in the fiscal year that ended in March, cementing the country’s position as the fastest-growing major economy in the world.

“The GDP numbers which came on Friday were better-than-expected with 8.2% growth. This will provide fundamental support to the market,” said V. K. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services.

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All the 30 Sensex companies were trading in the green. Power Grid, NTPC, State Bank of India, Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra & Mahindra, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank were the biggest gainers from the Sensex pack.

In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong were quoting with gains while Shanghai traded lower. The U.S. markets ended mostly higher on May 31. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought equities worth ₹1,613.24 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.