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Nikita Vashisht is a business journalist tracking equity markets for Business Standard. She writes stories based on fundamental analysis of stocks of banking, aviation, FMCG, infrastructure, real estate, and new-age companies. Occasionally, she also writes on investment strategies for mutual fund investors. Nikita holds a degree in journalism, and business management, and is a certified fundamental and technical analyst for stocks and commodities.
Nikita Vashisht is a business journalist tracking equity markets for Business Standard. She writes stories based on fundamental analysis of stocks of banking, aviation, FMCG, infrastructure, real estate, and new-age companies. Occasionally, she also writes on investment strategies for mutual fund investors. Nikita holds a degree in journalism, and business management, and is a certified fundamental and technical analyst for stocks and commodities.
A rally in the stock market tends to raise bond yields as money moves from the relative safer investment bet to riskier equity stock markets
Index heavyweights such as Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, HDFC, ICICI Bank, SBI, Bajaj Finance, TCS, and L&T declined up to 7 per cent.
Rupee vs Dollar: Over the short-term, currency watchers expect the rupee to fall on the back of the RBI's plan to buy government bonds worth Rs 1 trillion from the secondary market
RBI monetary policy 2021: The recent surge in Covid-19 infections, however, imparts greater uncertainty to the outlook, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said today
India is battling a second Covid wave as its economy recovers from last year's devastation. And the RBI is unlikely to change lending rates. How will these factors influence stock markets in FY22?
Despite the economy slipping into a technical recession with all the economic activity coming to a standstill for months together, markets registered their best financial year performance in a decade
In FY21, the S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty50 have rallied 68 per cent and 71 per cent, respectively
According to a March 19 note by BofA Securities, US 10-year Treasury yields could rise to 2.15 per cent by the end of calendar year 2021
India Ratings believes increasing data usage and rising proportion of higher ARPU data customers in the overall subscriber mix hint that even without tariff hikes, the sector is structurally strong
Strong product demand is expected to drive loan book of lenders
Liability seen at Rs 8,000 cr if govt does not foot the bill; more transparency expected, loan recoveries to start
Loan moratorium case: The Supreme Court said that the waiver of complete interest is not possible as it affects depositors
Amid second wave of Covid-19 in India, analysts believe investors will be better off if they avoid QSR, multiplex, or travel-related stocks till the situation improves
While gold experts remain bullish on the yellow metal, analysts tracking the two non-bank finance companies (NBFCs) believe near-term headwinds continue to dampen outlook for the stocks
What do the Budget proposals, as well as the proposed LIC IPO and privatisation of one general insurance company mean for the sector? Nikita Vashisht explains
Low home loan rates by banks could put large players in an advantageous position over smaller non-bank players, believe analysts
Shares of BPCL hit fresh 52-week high of Rs 482.4 apiece, up 6 per cent on the BSE, as its Board approved to offload the firm's holding in the Numaligarh Refinery unit for Rs 9,878 crore
The Nifty Pharma index was down 1.76 per cent on Friday compared to a 568-point or nearly 3.8 per cent slide in the Nifty50 on weak global cues
A rise in commodity prices has fanned inflation risks, pushing bond yields higher. That apart, the US launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, which further dented global mood
Among individual stocks, Lupin zoomed 3.4 per cent in the intra-day trade and hit a high of Rs 1,060, Sun Pharmaceuticals advanced 2 per cent, and Dr Reddy's Labs gained 1.7 per cent.