India's trade deficit rises, Power Grid to raise Rs 3,800 cr, & more - Groww Digest
Monday, 17 November 2025
Markets opened above Friday’s closing point.
Nifty 50 gradually rose throughout the day and closed in the green.
All sectors’ stocks rose today. PSU bank stocks and auto stocks rose the most.
Global markets: US markets and Asian markets showed a mixed trend. European markets fell (as of 6 pm IST).
News
India’s merchandise exports fell 11.8% year-on-year in Oct, while imports rose 16.63%. Trade deficit rose to $41.68 billion (vs $32.15 billion in Sept).
India’s unemployment remained unchanged at 5.2% in Oct.
India’s passenger vehicle sales grew 17.2% year-on-year to 4.61 lakh units in Oct: SIAM
The central government approved the second batch of projects under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), with an investment of Rs 7,172 crore.
RBI announced relief for exporters hurt by US tariffs. It allowed banks and NBFCs to offer a moratorium (temporary pause on loan repayments), extend export credit and give exporters more time to bring back export proceeds.
Capillary Technologies IPO has been subscribed 0.52 times. Retail subscription: 1.05 times. IPO closes tomorrow (18 Nov).
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Stocks Updates
Power Grid: board approved raising up to Rs 3,800 crore through bonds via private placement.
Sun Pharma: partnered with AstraZeneca to co-market Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate (SZC) in India, to expand access to treatment for hyperkalaemia.
Power Finance Corp: company subsidiary, PFC Consulting Ltd, incorporated Raigad Power Transmission Ltd as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to develop a 765/400/220 kV transmission project in Raigad, Maharashtra.
Word of the Day
Demat Account
It is an account that holds your shares and other securities in digital (dematerialised) form
Just like a bank account holds money, a demat account holds investments such as shares, ETFs, bonds, government securities, and mutual fund units.
It makes buying, selling, and storing investments safer and easier.
To invest in the stock market, you need a demat account to store your securities (along with a trading account).
All demat accounts in India are maintained by NSDL and CDSL.
6 Day Course
Theme: different kinds of buyers/sellers in share market
Day 1: Monday
The stock markets have many different kinds of investors/traders.
Each have different characteristics. They operate differently and have different objectives from the markets.
Let’s dig deeper.
The first is the retail investor.
Retail investors are individual investors who invest their own money. Most retail investors’ income source is not from investing. Example: doctors, lawyers, engineers, salaried employees, etc.
They have relatively small amounts of money to invest. They also tend to be more reactive to news, panic, and euphoria.
Stocks that have a high level of retail investor-ownership tend to be a bit more volatile since such investors tend to sell/buy more frequently.
Since their investment value is less, they usually prefer stocks with a lower price.
So, they are more likely to invest in a company with a stock price of Rs 65 than of Rs 8000.
We explored the question “What if your investments followed RBI’s interest rate decisions?”
Check out the full report here.
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