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** Shares of India's IIFL Capital Services IIFS.NS rose as much as 6.2% to close at 330 rupees

** Fairfax Financial FFH.TO in final stages to acquire an additional stake of about 10% in IIFS via preferential allotment, NDTV Profit reported on Tuesday

** Deal is valued at about 10 billion rupees ($106.95 million) at current market price, as per report

** FFH holds a 27.18% stake in IIFL as of December 31, 2025, according to LSEG data

** YTD stock down 14.45%

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March 11 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• 5PAISA CAPITAL - RIGHTS ISSUE PRICE SET AT 300 RUPEES PER SHARE

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Feb 24 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• TO RAISE FUNDS UP TO 4.75 BILLION RUPEES VIA RIGHTS ISSUE

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Jan 21 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• BOARD APPROVES FUND RAISING

• AGGREGATE AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING 5 BILLION RUPEES

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Jan 16 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• 5PAISA CAPITAL - TO CONSIDER TO RAISE FUNDS

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** Shares of India's 5paisa Capital PAIS.NS drop nearly 5% to 340 rupees

** Financial services co's third-quarter consol profit after tax drops 24% y/y to 123 mln rupees ($1.4 mln), income slips 7%

** Trading vols 433,236 shares vs 30-day avg of 289,144 shares

** Stock lost ~29% in 2025

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** Shares of India's IIFL Capital Services IIFS.NS up 2% to 398 rupees

** Stock saw choppy trade earlier in the day, swung between as much as 5.3% gains and 2.4% declines

** TPG Capital is in talks to buy a stake of up to 20% in co, two sources familiar with the deal told Reuters

** IIFS has jumped nearly 20% between Dec 29 and Jan 6

** Trading vols 2.4 mln shares vs 30-day avg of about 979k shares

** TPG declined comment, IIFL Capital did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment

** In 2025, IIFS had risen about 11%

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** Shares of 5paisa Capital PAIS.NS fall 4.5% to 398 rupees, their biggest intraday pct loss in over three months

** Online stock broking firm's Q1 profit falls 74% Y/Y, hurt by lower number of orders in the quarter; rev down 31.6%

** More than 129,000 shares traded; 3.5x the 30-day avg

** Stock down 14.8% YTD

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June 18 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• LAUNCHES MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL FOR AI-POWERED TRADING INTEGRATION

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May 1 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• 5PAISA CAPITAL - ISSUANCE OF NCDS VIA PRIVATE PLACEMENT UPTO 2.5 BILLION RUPEES

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April 16 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• 5PAISA CAPITAL LTD - TO CONSIDER ISSUANCE OF NON-CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES THROUGH PRIVATE PLACEMENT

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March 21 (Reuters) - ** Afcons Infrastructure AFCN.NS rises 2.3% to seven-week high of 480.85 rupees; set for third day of gains

** IIFL Capital starts with "buy", PT of 554 rupees

** Says co's existing 486 bln-rupee order book (including L1 position) and stable government infra spends provide strong growth visibility

** Expects revenue and profit to grow at compounded annual rate of 20% and 24%, respectively, over FY25-FY27

** Adds margins rose steadily due to larger size, complexity of projects and will sustain going ahead

** Stock rated "strong buy" on avg; median PT is 570.50 rupees, per data compiled by LSEG

** AFCN up 4% from IPO price of 463 rupees when it debuted on November 4, 2024, but down 12% YTD

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** IIFL Finance IIFL.NS rises 3.3%; wealth management firms 360 One Wam ONEW.NS and 5paisa Capital PAIS.NS gain 4.7% and 3.4%, respectively

** Income tax authorities have concluded searches at their premises, IIFL Finance, 360 One Wam and 5paisa Capital say

** IIFL rated "strong buy", ONEW rated "buy" on avg; PAIS not rated - LSEG

** YTD, ONEW's ~18% loss steepest among three; IIFL and PAIS down ~12% and ~15%, respectively

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Feb 4 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT CONCLUDES SEARCH AT 5PAISA PREMISES

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Jan 29 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• 5PAISA CAPITAL LTD - INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT INITIATES SEARCH AT 5PAISA CAPITAL PREMISES

• 5PAISA CAPITAL LTD - BUSINESS OPERATIONS CONTINUE NORMALLY

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Jan 17 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• GAURAV SETH APPOINTED AS MANAGING DIRECTOR

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Jan 14 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• 5PAISA CAPITAL - NAMES GAURAV SETH AS CEO

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Oct 3 (Reuters) - Shares of Indian brokerages fell on Thursday after the markets regulator tightened rules for trading in derivatives.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Tuesday lowered the number of weekly options contracts available to trade for investors to one per exchange and raised the minimum trading amount by nearly three times. The changes will be implemented on Nov. 20.

Discount brokers 5Paisa Capital PAIS.NS and larger peer Angel One ANGO.NS were among the biggest losers, dropping 2.7% and 3.3%, respectively.

Indian stock exchanges were closed on Wednesday for a local holiday.

The measures will hit discount brokers that have a large clientele of retail traders the most, as well as exchanges, Jefferies said in a note.

(Reporting by Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)

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Adds impact on high frequency traders, quant funds, updates share prices

By Jayshree P Upadhyay and Sethuraman N R

BENGALURU, July 31 (Reuters) - The Indian market regulator's proposed measures to curb the trading frenzy in options will impact high-frequency traders and quant funds as well as brokerage firms that have gained from increased retail investor interest in the segment, traders said.

On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) proposed raising the minimum trading amount for index options by more than three times, reducing the number of contracts expiring each week and hiking margins.

The regulator also suggested bringing down the range of prices at which option owners can buy or sell the underlying stock, called strikes.

HEDGING VS VOLUMES

For high-frequency traders and quant funds, which trade in futures and options, these measures will limit their ability to hedge, according to Rishi Kohli, chief investment officer for hedge fund strategies at asset management firm InCred.

These entities "need some of these products for cheaper hedging. With reduced expiries, the advantage of the cheaper hedge will reduce," he told Reuters on Wednesday.

A lobby body for India's quant funds will send a representation to the regulator to review some of its proposals, said two hedge fund managers who declined to be named.

Stock exchanges and retail-focussed brokerages will also take a hit to their volumes, according to brokerage Jefferies.

Investec expects a 30% drop in the number of derivative orders per client for Angel One and sees the brokerage raising prices to 25 rupees per order from 20 rupees.

Earlier in the day, shares of SMC Global Securities SMCG.NS Geojit Financial GEOJ.NSand IIFL Securities IIFS.NS fell between 1%-5%.

MORE ACTIVITY

Larger non-individual players such as high-frequency algorithm-based traders and foreign investors in general made profits while individual investors incurred losses, SEBI said in a discussion paper uploaded on its website on Tuesday.

The options segment has been experiencing more activity as India's two leading exchanges offer multiple options contracts each week, leading to such contracts expiring nearly every day of the week.

The notional value of index options traded more than doubled in 2023-24 to $907.09 trillion from $447.69 trillion a year ago, according to regulatory data.

Over 9 million individuals and firms dabbled in index derivatives in fiscal 2024, incurring a loss of 516.89 billion rupees ($6.18 billion), the SEBI paper added.

LIMITED IMPACT

India's largest discount brokerage Zerodha, however, is not likely to record a large impact on options trading volumes, its CEO Nithin Kamath said on social media platform X, as these changes would "incentivise futures traders to move to options" due to caps on leverages in futures.

Also likely to offset the impact is exchange operator BSE BSEL.NS, according to Jefferies. The exchange may "even gain if volumes spill over from discontinued products to those which are continued," Jefferies said.

BSE BSEL.NS closed 6% higher on Wednesday.

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Repeats story published on July 19 with no changes to text

By Bharath Rajeswaran

BENGALURU, July 19 (Reuters) - India unveils its budget on July 23 in the first major policy announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third five-year term, which could usher in changes to economic priorities.

After a shock election result saw Modi's party returned to power relying on allies, the government is expected to boost consumption in Asia's third-largest economy by lowering personal taxes or increasing spending on consumer-focused areas.

While that could benefit consumer goods makers, real estate and housing finance firms as well as infrastructure and auto companies, some sectors could also stand to lose, said brokerages.

Here are some of their winners and losers.

RURAL-LINKED SECTORS

The government is expected to allocate more funds for rural schemes to stimulate consumption, aiding consumer goods makers like Hindustan Unilever HLL.NS and two-wheeler makers like TVS Motor TVSM.NS and Hero MotoCorp HROM.NS, according to Citi.

A less than 5%-7% increase in tobacco taxes could be a positive for ITC ITC.NS, the country's largest cigarette maker, according to Jefferies.

REAL ESTATE

The government is likely to allocate more funds for affordable housing, benefitting developers such as Macrotech Developers MACE.NS and Sunteck Realty SUNT.NS, Citi said.

Moreover, the introduction of an interest subsidy scheme for urban housing would boost financiers like Aavas Financiers AVAS.NS and Home First Finance HOME.NS, said Jefferies.

AUTOMAKERS

India doled out subsidies worth 115 billion rupees ($1.38 billion) over five years to drive the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and Macquarie expects the government to retain both the quantum and tenure in its latest scheme.

That could benefit Tata Motors TAMO.NS, India's top e-car maker, as well as IPO-bound e-scooter maker Ola Electric and e-bus makers Olectra Greentech OLEC.NS and JBM Auto JBMA.NS.

Conversely, lesser-than-expected EV subsidies could benefit Maruti Suzuki MRTI.NS, India's highest-selling car maker and one that has chosen to make hybrid cars over pure EVs.

MANUFACTURING

The push on production-linked incentive schemes, which incentivises local manufacturing and creates jobs, is expected to continue, according to HSBC.

That will help manufacturers of technology hardware, telecom equipment, electronics and medical devices among others, like Dixon Technologies DIXO.NS, Ideaforge Technology IDEF.NS, Biocon BION.NS.

Capital goods companies like Larsen & Toubro LART.NS and infrastructure firms could benefit from the likely rise in capital expenditure in the budget, according to Jefferies.

TRADING

Any change in capital gains tax -- either by raising the holding period or tax rate -- could be a dampener for equities, Morgan Stanley said, though it says such moves are unlikely.

But, if enacted, they would increase the tax burden on equity and mutual fund investors, eroding the tax advantage they enjoy over investors in other asset classes.

It could also lead to lower trading volumes, weighing on brokerages Motilal Oswal MOFS.NS, ICICI Securities ICCI.NS, Angel One ANGO.NS, 5 Paisa PAIS.NS among others.

The country's mutual fund association has petitioned that mutual fund units be exempted from long-term capital gains tax.

The government and regulators also want to rein derivatives trading -- which has largely powered the stock market's rally since the COVID-19 pandemic -- calling it risky and speculative.

Any move to do so, such as through higher taxes, will not only weigh on the market but also reduce trading volumes and in turn, affect brokerages and trading platforms, Jefferies said.

(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)

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Updates with comments from India IT minister, details

By Jayshree P Upadhyay and Jaspreet Kalra

MUMBAI, July 19 (Reuters) - Several Indian airlines and airports and traders at some brokerages said they faced technical and operational disruptions on Friday amid a global IT outage.

India's minister for information technology in a post on X said the ministry was in touch with Microsoft and its associates regarding the global outage.

An update to a product offered by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike CRWD.O appeared to be the trigger, affecting customers using Microsoft's MSFT.O Windows Operating System. Microsoft said later on Friday the issue had been fixed.

"The reason for this outage has been identified and updates have been released to resolve the issue," India's minister for information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

"We are currently experiencing technical challenges with our service provider, affecting online services including booking, check-in, and manage booking functionalities," Indian airline SpiceJet SPJT.BO said on social media platform X.

Indigo, Akasa Air, Vistara, Air India and Air India Express also posted messages on X saying they were facing issues.

New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai airports said they too faced some IT issues and some services were temporarily affected.

While India's brokerage firms faced technical issues, stock exchanges were not impacted. NSE and BSE said that their operations were running normally.

Among the brokerages in India, Nuvama Wealth Management NUVA.NS, Edelweiss Mutual Fund, Motilal Oswal, IIFL Securities IIFS.NS, 5Paisa Capital PAIS.NS and Angel Broking are facing technical difficulties, traders at the brokerages told Reuters.

Edelweiss Mutual Fund posted on X that its systems were facing login issues which it was working to resolve. Nuvama in a statement to Reuters said it had seen a limited impact due to the global outage.

Other brokerage firms did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

India's interbank trading platforms were functioning, however, and banks said they were able to execute bonds and foreign exchange transactions without any issues.

Banking sources said that the major banks have not faced any technical issues.

A source at the country's central bank said they were aware of the global outage but their systems were functional.

Major U.S. airlines also issued ground stops citing communications issues while some other airlines, banks, media and hospitals around the world were also among those affected by the outage.

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said on X that the company was "actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts" and that a fix was being deployed.

"This is not a security incident or cyberattack," Kurtz said in the post.

(Reporting by Jayshree P Upadhyay and Jaspreet Kalra; Writing by Swati Bhat; Editing by Tom Hogue and Susan Fenton)

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July 12 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• Q1 CONSOL PROFIT 200.9 MILLION RUPEES

• Q1 CONSOL TOTAL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 1.02 BILLION RUPEES

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BENGALURU, July 2 (Reuters) - Shares of Indian brokers fell on Tuesday, a day after India's markets regulators asked market institutions like exchanges to levy uniform charges on brokers that are not based on volumes.

Brokerages like Angel One ANGO.NS, 5Paisa Capital PAIS.NS, SMC Global Securities SMCG.NS and Motilal Oswal MOFS.NS fell between 6%-2% in early trade.

Exchange operator BSE BSEL.NS was down 1%.

Exchanges often charge a lower fee to brokers if they generate high volumes, contributing to a surge in trading across segments like derivatives, which the regulator wants to curb.

While retail customers are charged the standard slab rate, brokers were benefiting from a lower fee due to high turnover, Tejas Khoday, cofounder and CEO of FYERS, a discount broking firm said.

The exchange transaction charge revenue stream, which constitutes between 15%-30% of large brokers' revenues and more than 50% of discount brokers', is crucial for their sustainability, Khoday said.

(Reporting by Sethuraman NR in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)

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** Shares of 5Paisa Capital PAIS.NS down 6.4% at 538.40 rupees

** Online stock broking firm's March-qtr consolidated profit tumbles ~60% y-o-y as total expenses climb 45.7%; interest income up 42.4%

** PAIS down after two straight sessions of gains

** More than 557,900 shares trade in stock's second-busiest session so far this month

** Stock down 4.9% YTD, after 84.1% rise in 2023

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March 15 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• MULTI COMMODITY EXCHANGE OF INDIA IMPOSED RESTRICTION ON CO WITH REGARD TO ONBOARDING OF NEW CLIENTS

• MCX ORDER TO RESTRICT ONBOARDING OF NEW CLIENTS ACROSS ALL SEGMENTS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

• RESTRAIN SHALL CONTINUE TILL CO SUBMITS COMPLETE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS ALONG WITH DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE

• COMPANY FILED WRIT PETITION BEFORE BOMBAY HIGH COURT CHALLENGING THE ONBOARDING RESTRICTION OF NEW CLIENTS

• COURT WAS APPRAISED BY COUNSEL REPRESENTING MCX THAT ONBOARDING ORDER WILL NOT BE ACTED UPON BY MCX

• ACCORDINGLY, THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON THE COMPANY TO ONBOARD NEW CLIENTS

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Jan 22 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• TO WITHDRAW SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN CO, IIFL SECURITIES

• SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT SOUGHT TO DEMERGE IIFL'S ONLINE RETAIL TRADING BUSINESS INTO CO

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Jan 11 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• DEC-QUARTER CONSOL PROFIT 150.9 MILLION RUPEES VERSUS PROFIT 110.2 MILLION RUPEES

• DEC-QUARTER CONSOL TOTAL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 1 BILLION RUPEES VERSUS 837.6 MILLION RUPEES

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** Shares of 5paisa Capital PAIS.NS up as much as 4.97% to 495.25 rupees, their highest since Oct. 19, 2021

** Stock most active since July 26

** Online financial services provider says its consolidated profit after tax for July-Sept quarter rose nearly 80% to 190.4 mln rupees ($2.29 mn)

** About 539,862 shares change hands as of 12:31 p.m. IST, 7.3x the 30-day average

** Stock last up 2.6%, extending YTD gains to 57.3%

($1 = 83.2485 Indian rupees)

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Oct 18 (Reuters) - 5Paisa Capital Ltd PAIS.NS:

• INDIA'S 5PAISA CAPITAL SEPT-QUARTER CONSOL PROFIT 190.4 MILLION RUPEES VERSUS 107.5 MILLION RUPEES

• 5PAISA CAPITAL LTD SEPT-QUARTER CONSOL TOTAL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 969 MILLION RUPEES VERSUS 795.5 MILLION RUPEES

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