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Move is the latest in a string of top exits from the food aggregator; comes a week after Feigan stepped down from the board of Paytm parent One97 Communications
Zomato's quick commerce arm Blinkit saw its gross order value (GOV) increase by 18 per cent QoQ
CLOSING BELL: HCL Tech (down 2.7 per cent), Tata Steel, Reliance Industries, Wipro, ITC, ICICI Bank, Infosys, and HUL were top Sensex losers
Global brokerage Jefferies believes outlook seems positive as break-even target stays, as early as Q4FY23 - another positive in the context of Zomato Gold
Stocks to Watch: As per reports, MSCI on Thursday evening said it had cut its determined free float for four companies in the Adani Group: Adani Enterprises, Adani Total Gas, Adani Transmission & ACC
For the Q3FY23 the company's losses widened over five times at Rs 346.6 crore. Loss for the same quarter last fiscal was at Rs 63.2 crore
Revenue for the food delivery company, however, surged 75 per cent to Rs 1,948.2 crore, compared with Rs 1,112 crore in the year-ago period
In the past one year, these stocks have underperformed the market by falling between 31 per cent and 53 per cent, as against 5 per cent rise in the Sensex
Closing Bell: Broader markets trailed gains in benchmark indices. The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices closed up to 0.2 per cent lower
Stocks to watch today: In a 413-page document, Adani retaliated against the American short-seller, saying the document was a "malicious combination of selective misinformation and concealed facts"
In the past three months, the stock price of Zomato has tanked 31 per cent, as compared to 1.5 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex
Zomato is rebranding Instant, its ten-minute food delivery service, and not shutting it down, a company spokesperson said. The statement has come amid reports claiming that the company was planning to close Instant, launched less than a year ago, owing to tough market conditions. However, the spokesperson clarified that it was working on a new menu for the service. "Instant is not shutting down. We are working on a new menu with our partners and rebranding the business. All finishing stations remain intact, and no people are impacted by this decision," the spokesperson said. The food aggregator had launched Instant in March 2022.
Stocks to Watch: Delta Corp, L&T Finance Holdings and PVR are the three stocks in F&O ban period on Tuesday.
Media reports say 10-minute biz struggling; company denies, says it is just being rebranded
After an entrepreneur complained in a LinkedIn post that a Zomato delivery agent the company's Founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal said he is "aware" of this fraud and is "working to plug the loopholes"
Market players said the selling could be because of fears around further sell-downs by existing investors
Funds managed by Franklin Templeton bought at least 3.3 million shares of e-commerce logistics provider Delhivery Ltd. and more than 2 million shares of PB Fintech Ltd
CLOSING BELL: Broader markets, meanwhile, outperformed benchmark indices as Nifty MidCap 100 and Nifty SmallCap 100 indices surged up to 0.2 per cent
Gunjan Patidar is the fourth co-founder to exit the company since 2018 and also the fourth top level exit in the company in past two months.