HYDERABAD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2024 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER & FACEBOOK. APP AVAILABLE ON APP STORE & PLAYSTORE WWW.FINANCIALEXPRESS.COM READ TO LEAD VOL. NO. XXI 177, 22 PAGES, `12.00 P U B L I S H E D F R O M : A H M E D A B A D , B E N G A L U R U , C H A N D I G A R H , C H E N N A I , H Y D E R A B A D , K O C H I , K O L K ATA , L U C K N O W, M U M B A I , N E W D E L H I , P U N E SENSEX: 80,109.85 ▲ 992.74 NIFTY: 24,221.90 ▲ 314.65 NIKKEI 225: 38,780.14 ▲ 496.29 HANG SENG: 19,150.99 ▼ 78.98 `/$: 84.29 ▲ 0.17 `/€: 88.41 ▼ 0.55 BRENT: $73.23 ▼ $1.94 GOLD: `76,487 ▼ `1,031 UNAWARE OFUS INVESTIGATION,SAYS FRENCH ENERGYFIRM Total halts fresh funding inAdani Group projects RAGHAVENDRA KAMATH Mumbai, November 25 FRENCH OIL MAJOR TotalEnergies on Monday said that it will not make any fresh investments in Adani Group entities untilthebriberychargesagainst theindividualsandtheirconsequences have been clarified. Gautam Adani, his nephew SagarAdani and six others have been indicted by the US auhorities on bribery charges,which weretermedas“baseless”bythe group. Meanwhile, CFO Jugeshinder‘Robbie’ Singh has said the groupwould respond to the USchargesafteradvicefromthe company’s counsel. Total added that it was not made aware of the existence of the probe into an alleged cor- CHAIN OF EVENTS THE RELIEF RALLY in domestic equities strengthened further on Monday as the BJP-led alliance secured a decisive victory in the Maharashtra state elections. Fund flows on account of MSCI index review adjustments further boosted investor sentiments. Continued on Page 7 »PAGE 6« REGULATORYWOES CLOUD SME IPO OF C2C ADVANCED Nov 22 (close) January 2021: 1,052.4 ▼ 8.05% Total acquires a minority stake inAdani Green Energy 19.75% Two TotalEnergies’ current shareholding in Adani Green 50% stakewas bought byTotal in three Adani Green renewableJVs between 2020-2024 ruption scheme linked toAdani GreenEnergy(AGEL),inwhichit holds a 19.75% stake. “The investments in Adani’s entities wereundertakeninfullcompli- Maha results,MSCI rejig propel stocks VIVEK KUMAR M Mumbai, November 25 Adani Green Energy RELIEF RALLY 80,109.85 Close: Nov 25 SENSEX SENSEX 79,117.11 Previous close 992.74 points 1.25% 24,221.90 Close: Nov 25 NIFTY 23,907.25 Previous close 314.65 points 1.32% Nov 25 (close) 967.65 of the three JVs were entered into after FBI served search warrants on Sagar Adani Around `30,273 cr is thevalue ofTotalEnergies' stake inAdani Green,which has a market cap of`1.53 lakh crore ance with applicable laws, and with our own internal governance processes,” it said. 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