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BSE Sensex has touched 80,000 mark on Wednesday’s early trade. Sensex traded at 79,983.23, higher by 541.78 pts or 0.68 per cent as at 10.32 a.m, and Nifty 50 traded at 24,277.20, up by 153.35 pts or 0.64 per cent.

IT major Infosys has been fined $3,142.02 (around ₹2.60 lakh) by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, US. The penalty was imposed due to non-payment of sales tax for the period of April 2024, according to a regulatory filing.

Eight of the top-10 most valued firms added ₹1,47,935.19 crore in market valuation last week, with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and Reliance Industries emerging as the biggest gainers.

Two top executives of PB Fintech are planning to sell some portion of their stake in the company for ₹1,053 crore through block deals with a floor price of ₹1,258 per share, a 6 per cent discount to the closing share price on Thursday. According to the term-sheet seen by businessline, Yashish Dahiya and Alok Bansal will be selling 54 lakh shares and 29.7 lakh shares respectively, cumulatively representing 1.86 per cent equity of the fintech. According to the shareholding pattern at the end of March 2024, Dahiya held 4.63 per cent stake or 2.1 crore shares in the company, while Bansal held 75.4 lakh shares or 1.67 per cent stake

The combined market valuation of six of the top-10 most valued firms eroded by ₹1,73,097.59 crore last week, with HDFC Bank and Life Insurance Corporation of India taking the maximum hit in line with weak equities.

State-owned NBCC has bagged contracts worth ₹450 crore in Chhattisgarh and Kerala. The project management consultancy and real estate company said it has got ₹450 crore worth of contracts from the Court Receiver of the Supreme Court of India, and a ₹250-crore contract in Amrapali Vananchal City, Bhilai district, Chhattisgarh.

A Reuters report quoting unnamed sources said the markets regulator has found a dozen offshore funds invested in Adani group companies are in violation of disclosure rules and in breach of investment limits.