 "A broker laughs while speaking to a colleague, as they trade on their computer terminals at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai")
Samvat 2076 proved to be a rollercoaster ride for investors. After dropping as much as 40 per cent during the Hindu calendar year, the Sensex witnessed an unprecedented rebound, helping investors earn respectable double-digit returns.
The benchmark Sensex ended at 43,443 on Friday, clocking gains of 11.2 per cent for the year. The broad-based Nifty50 ended at 12,720, rising 9.8 per cent. The near 10 per cent upswing seen in the markets this month — spurred by Joe Biden’s win in the US Presidential elections and progress in Covid-19 vaccine trails — helped improve the return scorecard for the year, which
