Equity markets witnessed some sharp upmove in the first half of the calendar year 2019 (CY19), first on the anticipation of the return of the Narendra Modi-led government to the power and then, hopes of desired reforms from the continuing government. The period did see benchmarks, S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50, touching their all-time highs of 40,312 and 12,103.05, respectively on June 4, 2019. However, the rally was short-lived as a couple of market unfriendly Budget proposals on July 5 triggered downward trajectory in the stocks.
That said, for the quarter ended June 30, 2019 (Q1FY20), the Nifty50 index

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