**Financial News**
Source: Leading Newspapers
Compiled by RUDRA SHARES
Vande Mataram
Friday, 31 October 2025
*Regulatory & Policy*
• Sebi sets timelines for derivatives rollout on Bankex, BankNifty, and FinNifty.
• Sebi extends timeline for QSBs to implement the optional T+0 settlement cycle.
• DoT to seek legal clarity on the scope of Vodafone Idea AGR relief.
*Corporate & Industry*
• Wipro to ring the NYSE bell on October 31, marking 25 years of its listing.
• L&T’s strong domestic orders and non-core divestments may drive a rerating.
• Reliance to replicate its ‘Campa’ strategy for its upcoming electronics business.
• Sterlite returns to Thoothukudi with its green copper project.
• NTPC confident of meeting capacity expansion targets; aims for an additional 10.5 GW by FY28.
• Dr Reddy’s Laboratories declines after receiving a non-compliance notice for semaglutide in Canada.
• Ford to invest $370 million in India, defying Trump’s local manufacturing push.
• China opens rare earth supplies to India, with strategic conditions attached.
*Banking & Finance*
• HDFC Bank reappoints Kaizad Bharucha as Deputy Managing Director for three years.
• Banks instructed to double micro card rollout to accelerate MSME credit flow.
• Banks frontload provisions in preparation for Expected Credit Loss (ECL) norms.
• Banks strengthen reserves to future-proof balance sheets.
• FIIs net sold shares worth Rs 3,078 crore, while DIIs were net buyers at Rs 2,469 crore on October 30.
*IPO & Markets*
• Lenskart IPO worth Rs 7,200 crore opens today.
• Lenskart raises Rs 3,268 crore from 147 anchor investors.
• Orkla India IPO subscribed nearly three times on Day 2 despite a fall in GMP.
• Studds Accessories IPO subscribed 1.5 times on Day 1.
• Carlyle-backed Katsura Investments transfers 1.21% stake to promoter, valuing IPO-bound Varmora Granito at Rs 4,500 crore.
• Porinju Veliyath’s Equity Intelligence India acquires a 0.52% stake in Associated Alcohols & Breweries.
• Blockbuster November ahead for India’s IPO market with over Rs 76,000 crore worth of issues lined up.
*Economy & Trade*
• GST collection remains robust despite wholesale cuts; government expects only a marginal shortfall from budget estimates and is optimistic about October numbers.
• Engineering goods exports grew in September despite a 9.4% drop in shipments to the US, according to EEPC.
• LGT’s Stefan Hofer expects an India–US trade deal before Christmas, projecting a sharp decline in US tariffs on Indian exports.
• US biosimilar regulations expected to support Indian pharmaceutical companies.
• BS BFSI Summit: Industry leaders highlight that private equity is becoming mainstream in India.
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