Hans Timmer, World Bank Chief Economist for the South Asia Region, in an interview to PTI also emphasised that in the long-term, India needs to really work hard to reduce its dependence on fossil fuel, shift towards renewable energy and increase the participation of women in the workforce, which at present is quite low at 20 per cent.

In another transaction, SBI Mutual Fund bought 33 lakh shares of Mrs Bectors Food at Rs 303 per share. Shares were sold by GW Crown Pte among others.

​​ The case pertains to Unisys giving financial assistance to preferential allottees and enabling those allottees to subscribe to and buy its own shares allotted to them on a preferential basis in March 2011.

The firm’s revenue rose by 49 per cent to Rs 115 crore in the quarter under review compared to Rs 77 crore in the year-ago period.

​​The S&P 500 has dropped in five of the last six days while yields on 10-year Treasury notes is set to break a streak of seven straight increases.

On the technical charts, the RSI of the stock stood at 63.56.

As per the latest data by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), two-wheeler sales also fell 21 per cent to 11,84,210 units as compared with 14,96,806 vehicles in March 2021. Motorcycle sales declined 21 per cent to 7,86,479 units as against 9,93,996 units in March 2021.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 53.7 points, or 0.16%, at the open to 34166.64.

Shares of CSK are holding the fort at Rs 210-215 range in the pre-IPO market, with some solid expectations of more upside in the near term.

However, its total income was down 7.29 per cent to Rs 329.59 crore during the quarter under review. In the year-ago period, the same stood at Rs 355.52 crore.