HDFC Securities stated that the revised UPI Merchant Discount Rate framework, taking effect on 15 October, would leave more than 98 per cent of digital broking activity across its InvestRight and HDFC SKY platforms unaffected. From January through August 2026, the two platforms recorded more than 52.3 million combined transactions, with approximately 51.4 million of those processed via the 3-in-1 linked HDFC Bank mandate and net banking channels. Approximately 9.6 lakh transactions were processed through UPI, representing under two per cent of the overall volume. On Monday, Platinum Jasmine A 2018 Trust offloaded a 2 per cent holding in Lenskart Solutions via a block deal, valued at approximately ₹2,391 crore. The identities of the purchasers were not made public. Shares fell 3.3 per cent on the NSE by the close of trading. This deal comes on the heels of two additional large block transactions in Lenskart during August. The fintech firm Moneyview has set an IPO share price band of ₹32 to ₹34. The submission window runs from Thursday, 24 September, through to Monday, 28 September. The offering consists of a new share issuance valued at ₹750 crore, reduced by half from the ₹1,500 crore target set in March, alongside an offer for sale covering 100.5 million shares, bringing the total offering to ₹1,092 crore at the upper end of the price band. Of the funds raised through the new share issuance, ₹325 crore is earmarked for loan disbursements under default guarantee schemes, ₹250 crore is designated to strengthen the capital base of subsidiary WhizDM Finance, and the remainder will be directed toward general corporate requirements. Shares of Manika Plastech ended their first day of trading at ₹43 on Monday, matching the IPO issue price from the company's ₹125 crore public offering, with the stock touching a session high of ₹43.10 and dipping to ₹40.86 at its lowest point during the day. At the close of trading, the firm's free-float market capitalisation stood at ₹87.85 crore. Shares of textile firm Sonaselection India attracted twice the available allocation during the closing day of its stock market listing process on Monday. NSE figures show the ₹141.6 crore offering drew subscription bids totalling 2,01,04,050 shares, nearly double the 1,00,10,000 shares made available to investors. Demand from retail investors reached 2.50 times the available allotment, while the non-institutional investor tranche drew subscriptions of 1.99 times its offered size. Demand from qualified institutional buyers reached 1.16 times the available allotment. Sonaselection India has set a price band of ₹94 to ₹99 per equity share for its ₹141.6 crore IPO, which opened for bidding on 17 September.
