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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
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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.
Some large private banks, unlike mid-sized banks, were allowed to participate in the government's businesses even after the RBI restricted the private lenders' participation in 2012
Reorganisation won't impact RIL's consolidated financials or shareholding. Analysts say the de-merger will be done at tax networth of O2C assets, making transaction tax neutral for RIL
Shares of firms in this space up 50-198% since November 2020; global demand for copper and aluminium outstrips supply, pushing spot prices higher than futures
The firm's m-cap is now more than that of Tata Motors, Shree Cement, and JSW Steel
Morgan Stanley has raised its one-year target price to Rs 600 apiece. In their bull-case, the target price is pegged at Rs 830, implying a 100 per cent upside from Wednesday's close
Analysts at Edelweiss Securities have 'Hold' rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 5,460 considering the core business's steep valuation
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The Nifty Bank index, which was the top performing index on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), jumped nearly 730 points, or 2 per cent, in the intra-day deals to hit a new 36,837 levels
On Thursday, the Ministry of Civil Aviation hiked the airfare price band on flights with 90 to 120 minutes of duration to Rs 3,900, up from Rs 3,500 earlier
Its consolidated net profit, attributable to the owners, however, came in at Rs 5,176.76 crore for the quarter under review, clocking an improvement of 35 per cent on year