Indian Equity Markets

Retreat from AI-linked stocks prompts investors to look towards undervalued markets such as India and China, while easing inflation and trade tensions add to their appeal

Digital payments and fintech major PhonePe sees an opportunity to bring millions of Indians who save through gold, fixed deposits and mutual funds into the equity market, with its rebranded 'PhonePe Invest' platform serving as a "bridge" for first-time investors, according to Founder & CPTO Rahul Chari. PhonePe on Monday rebranded its investing and trading platform Share.Market as PhonePe Invest, bringing it into its broader financial ecosystem. The platform combines stocks, IPOs, mutual funds and F&O offerings with a newly launched Portfolio Optimiser, a proprietary tool to help users build, review and optimise their portfolios. Chari, who is PhonePe's Founder & Chief Product and Technology Officer, told PTI that the rebranding reflects a broader shift in the company's approach, from serving active investors and traders to also addressing those who have begun saving through smaller, regular investments and may now want to enter the equity market. "When we started ...

Going ahead, crude oil prices, food inflation, the rupee and global monetary conditions will be the key variables to watch.

Kotak Mahindra Capital Co. reclaimed the top position after working on 45 deals through the end of September, capturing a 9.5% market share

Almost $10 billion of deals have been priced in August, led by the government's blockbuster $3.2 billion sale of shares in LIC

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights, Wednesday: In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap and the Nifty SmallCap settled 0.10 per cent and 0.39 per cent higher, respectively

The milestone was achieved for the first time since May 8 as falling crude oil prices and optimism over easing West Asia tensions boosted investor sentiment

Mutual funds ramped up equity purchases in May, deploying fresh inflows and capitalising on a market pullback after a cautious April

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Most active equity schemes managed to outperform benchmarks over the past year amid heightened volatility

UBS flags elevated valuations as global investors stay cautious on India, favouring other EMs amid stronger AI-driven growth opportunities

For the first time since the pandemic, individual investors were net sellers in the secondary market in the first 11 months of the financial year that ended in March

Elevated oil prices and prolonged West Asia crisis may hit earnings, but staggered investing offers opportunity for long-term investors, says Nippon MF CIO

From the US Supreme Court's ruling on Trump's tariffs to India's AI ambitions and the paradox in small-cap stocks, here are the key takeaways from today's Opinion page

The Indian equity markets have underperformed most global markets since the peak in September 2024, after an 18-month bull run

FY27 earnings growth could be broader, with mid and smallcaps leading the upside, while AI fears around IT stocks are overdone, says Centrum Broking's Jignesh Desai

EM flows gathering pace as investors double down on de-dollarisation trade

GRSE share price today: GRSE shares advanced following a strong Q3FY26 performance. Total income rose 46 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to ₹1,958 crore in Q3FY26 from ₹1,343 crore in Q3FY25.

While most analysts accept that Vodafone Idea needs to spend heavily to stay relevant, few are willing to fully buy into management's projections.

Motilal Oswal said the bank's operating performance is "turning around", supported by stabilising margins, improving asset quality and a gradual recovery in return ratios.