Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation stock near 1 year high: 4 key strategic initiatives driving prospects

HP on Thursday announced a new software platform, HP AI Studio which is designed to help data scientists and AI practitioners accelerate and scale AI model development and will be available next year. The company also introduced a new AI workstation solution that simplifies building and customizing private AI models and applications.

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Apple shares fell 0.4% Friday to close at about $181 after the New York Times reported that the Justice Department is closer to filing an antitrust case against the company. The decline notched the fifth consecutive negative day for Apple, its longest losing streak since October.

FPI net inflows into Indian equities and debt in 2023-24 have reached a nine-year high. At ₹2.68 trillion, this is just ₹9,625 crore away from 2014-15’s record net inflows of ₹2.77 trillion.

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London-based BAT has seen a sell-off in its shares in the past week, rendering its market cap below ITC to $64 billion. ​The stock fell sharply after the company said it would take a hit of around $31.5 billion as it wrote down the value of some US cigarette brands, acknowledging that its traditional combustible market has no long-term future.

Reliance Industries is a conglomerate company with interests in oil and gas, telecom, retail, and chemicals. The company has been facing some challenges recently, including a slowdown in its newer businesses and weak consumption demand. However, the company's core businesses are still doing well, and there are indications that the slowdown may be temporary, says Siddhartha Khemka of MOFSL.

Varun Beverages, Pepsicos second-largest franchise outside of the US, has seen a significant increase in share prices. The company is the only one belonging to the Nifty FMCG index that has garnered multibagger returns in just one year. Such strong figures have been attributed to consistent earnings growth upgrades, near-monopoly positions in the beverages industry, the expansion of distribution reach and executing capabilities. The company has recently commissioned a manufacturing unit in Bihar and has incorporated a subsidiary in South Africa to expand its reach further. Despite the bullish sentiment, some analysts remain cautious.

“If the spending on elections allows the two-wheeler segment to revive, all the three large two-wheeler companies, and then Eicher, which is relatively more niche, will see some kind of uptick in terms of sales. The stock prices have already started to go up so maybe people know much more than what I am talking about.”