Stock market update: Stocks that hit 52-week highs on NSE

The Wadia Group, which owns Go First Airlines, could seek a waiver from the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) rules that bar promoters from bidding for their own companies because the cash-strapped carrier’s account with banks is still marked as standard, said people with knowledge of the matter.

The newly inducted chief of Cognizant Ravi Kumar S has a clear brief. The 48-year-old has been tasked with reviving the fortunes of the US-based software exporter that has grown slower than peers and seen an exodus of senior leaders. It is a challenge that Kumar is betting the firm can overcome with its “entrepreneurial spirit”.

India’s primary equity gauges surged nearly 1% Thursday to their highest this year, and to within a touching distance of all-time records, as Mumbai shrugged off the weakness evident in Europe and parts of Asia over continued uncertainty surrounding the US Federal Reserve's future interest-rate trajectory.