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Editor's note: This is important, so we decided to disrupt our normal schedule to bring you this note. The Adani group saw its market capitalization crash by Rs 1 lakh crore in one fell swoop today, bringing the dream run of its stocks to an abrupt halt. With this drop in market capitalization, the gap between India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani and the second richest Gautam Adani became wider, with Adani’s net worth slipping by $7.6 billion. All six stocks of the group did manage to recover from the day’s lows before markets closed for the day, but the intraday movement was upwards of 40%. Quite a ride. The stocks hit the lower circuit in the morning trades after The Economic Times reported that three of its foreign public shareholders’ accounts had been frozen as of 31 May by the National Securities Depository Ltd. The reason cited was deficiencies in disclosure of information. The impact was such that in the morning the stocks shed anywhere between 5% and 25% of their value. However, later in the day, the stocks recovered on the …
A regulatory easing could see the billionaire’s conglomerate move from running airports to owning an airline—an idea he is warming up to, with multiple options open.
FY26 numbers show that Airtel is stealing a march on its larger rival on most counts and is unrelenting in its ambition, casting a cloud on Jio’s valuation.
Telecom and retail both continue with their ‘hit and miss’, while O2C delivers an unsurprisingly poor performance in Q4. This is a year RIL will be glad to see the back of.
