Buch is no stranger to Sebi and market participants. As a whole-time member of the capital-markets watchdog for nearly five years to October, 2021, she drove several changes in the mutual fund and stock broking industries that are recognised to have made investing in debt schemes and stock trading safer.

Fall in valuations has encouraged promoters and insiders to buy shares in companies such as HCL Technologies, Chambal Fertilisers, Metropolis Healthcare, KRBL, Bajaj Auto, Westlife Development, Hatsun Agro Product, Maharashtra Seamless and Quess Corp among others, showed data compiled from the BSE.

Commodity markets will be closed for the morning session but will open in the evening.

Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) and Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) are among some of the local companies seeking to raise global money via loans or bonds in the range of $500-$1 billion each, sources said.

Foreign portfolio investors sold shares worth a net ₹3,948.47 crore; their domestic peers were buyers to the tune of ₹4,142.82 crore on Monday.

The global cryptocurrency market cap today hit the $1.9 trillion mark, after rising about 12 per cent in the last 24 hours. Total cryptocurrency trading volume jumped 34 per cent to $109.19 billion.

The Nasdaq-listed stocks halted were Nexters Inc, HeadHunter Group PLC, Ozon Holdings PLC, Qiwi PLC, and Yandex. The NYSE-listed stocks halted were Cian PLC, Mechel PAO and Mobile TeleSystems PAO.

​​The mandatory open offer under the takeover regulations of SEBI was made as the Burmans acquired an additional 5.26 per cent stake of Eveready from the open market taking its total shareholding to 25.11 per cent.

Commodity markets will be closed for the morning session but will open in the evening.

The transaction happened at Rs 275 per share. This values the deal at Rs 16.5 crore. The stock jumped nearly 5 per cent earlier in the day.