Sundar Sethuraman

Sundar Sethuraman

Sundar Sethuraman covers equity markets and investment banking. Starting his career as a desk hand, he moved to a reporting role in 2016 and has worked in New Delhi, Mohali and Mumbai. He stumbled into journalism after wasting his prime in the bylanes of Trivandrum. He manages an Instagram page about his home town in memory of his flaneur days. He prefers political news over spectator sports and peppers his conversations with film references, and has read more blurbs than books. A keen explorer of Mumbai's food scene, he is the go-to resource for restaurant recommendations in Business Standard's Mumbai office.

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A sigh of relief for markets after Donald Trump U-turn on Greenland

Indian equities rose as global markets rebounded and Trump softened his tariff stance, with hopes of a US-India trade deal lifting the Sensex and Nifty by 0.5%

Updated On: 22 Jan 2026 | 11:31 PM IST

Rupee slips to new low vs US dollar, India mcap below $5 trillion

Nifty, Sensex fall to Oct levels as riskoff trade deepens

Updated On: 21 Jan 2026 | 11:27 PM IST

FPI outflows top $3 bn in January amid tepid earnings, global uncertainty

Tepid earnings, global uncertainty push FPI selling to highest since August

Updated On: 21 Jan 2026 | 11:24 PM IST

Greenland standoff pushes markets into red; Sensex falls 1,066 points

Equity benchmarks record sharpest fall since May 13, 2025

Updated On: 20 Jan 2026 | 11:37 PM IST

Retail investors getting modest returns from equity holdings: Report

Holdings have delivered barely positive returns amid a prolonged market correction, says KIE study

Updated On: 20 Jan 2026 | 10:39 PM IST

Bharat Coking Coal makes stellar stock market debut, shares soar 77%

The stellar debut follows an encouraging response to its Rs 1,071 crore IPO, the first on the mainboard during calendar 2026

Updated On: 19 Jan 2026 | 10:20 PM IST

Domestic mutual funds turn homeward in December, pare global exposure

Domestic mutual funds shifted focus to India-facing growth stocks in December, increasing bets on financials, consumption and aviation while trimming global-facing names

Updated On: 18 Jan 2026 | 11:37 PM IST

Capital market stocks rally on strong Q3 results, growth optimism

Shares of capital market-linked firms jumped on strong Q3 results and optimism around long-term growth driven by financialisation and rising retail participation

Updated On: 16 Jan 2026 | 11:05 PM IST

Elara pegs FY27 Nifty target at 30,000, sees earnings-driven gains

Elara Capital sees nearly 17 per cent upside in the Nifty by FY27, with the next phase of market gains expected to be driven by corporate earnings growth rather than valuation expansion

Updated On: 14 Jan 2026 | 11:07 PM IST

Signs of revival: Pre-IPO fundraising improved but fell short of 2023 peak

Pre-IPO fundraising more than doubled in 2025, but shrinking pricing gaps with IPOs and faster listings led many issuers to skip such deals, bankers say

Updated On: 14 Jan 2026 | 7:10 PM IST

IT, FMCG sectors bore the brunt of FPI outflows in tumultuous 2025

Foreign investors favoured telecom and oil stocks amid broad equity selloffs

Updated On: 14 Jan 2026 | 12:01 AM IST

Buoyed up by Gor's optimism on trade deal, markets end in green

Sensex rebounds 1,017 points from day's lows, ends 5-day losing streak

Updated On: 12 Jan 2026 | 11:44 PM IST

Worst week in over three months for indices amid new tariff fears

Sensex and Nifty logged their sharpest weekly fall in over three months as tariff fears, FPI selling and weakness in heavyweights weighed on market sentiment

Updated On: 10 Jan 2026 | 12:20 AM IST

Demat account growth halves in 2025 amid muted returns in equity markets

Indian equities were turbulent in 2025 as investors grappled with a decline in corporate earnings and uncertainty over the trade deal with the US

Updated On: 09 Jan 2026 | 10:56 PM IST

Nifty likely to end at 29,500 by December-end, says BNP Paribas

The note said Nifty earnings estimates have seen sharp cuts over the past year amid weaker-than-expected growth and margin pressure in certain sectors, such as consumer staples and autos

Updated On: 08 Jan 2026 | 11:28 PM IST

Equity benchmarks slide 1% as US tariff uncertainty rattles markets

Indian equities log steepest one-day fall in over four months as US tariff uncertainty rattles markets and wipes out ₹7.7 trillion in value

Updated On: 08 Jan 2026 | 11:21 PM IST

TPG revives 'strategic investment' talks with IIFL Capital for 20% stake

IIFL group firm plans to scale up wealth management, private credit businesses

Updated On: 07 Jan 2026 | 11:28 PM IST

RIL denies report on Russia oil purchase, share price tumbles over 4%

The stock of Reliance Industries declined 4.5 per cent and ended the session at ₹1,508.90, its biggest one-day decline since June 4, 2024

Updated On: 06 Jan 2026 | 10:53 PM IST

Equities decline amid renewed tariff threat, weakness in IT majors

Nifty slips after hitting fresh intraday high

Updated On: 05 Jan 2026 | 10:39 PM IST

₹1-trillion-mcap firms grew 14% in 2025 despite market turbulence

Despite market volatility, India's ₹1-trillion market-cap club expanded in 2025, driven by IPOs, largecap dominance and sectoral shifts

Updated On: 04 Jan 2026 | 11:09 PM IST