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Barclays pegs economic cost of lockdown at $234 bn; sees no growth in 2020

Barclays has revised down their GDP growth forecast further to 0 per cent for calendar year 2020 (CY20) from 2.5 per cent earlier

Market expects gradual withdrawal of lockdown measures, say analysts

Analysts at Nomura say the experience of countries that have successfully flattened the curve suggests that the duration of the lockdowns could be longer

Diversified global, US and Europe funds saw biggest outflow: Cameron Brandt

Foreign portfolio investors pulled out Rs 62,000 crore from Indian equities in March

Investors opting to sit back till things get clearer: Kenneth Andrade

The market sell-off has already captured a lot of bad news in the price. Businesses now trade at book value (BV) or significantly lower, which limits their downside

Gold-backed ETFs see $23 billion inflow during March 2020 quarter: WGC

The sharp rise, according to the WGC, was triggered by a flight to safety amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic that hit world economy hard, and plunged most global equity markets into a bear phase

Amid market weakness, delivery-based trades hit an 11-month high in March

Among sectors, stocks of banks, cement, chemicals, engineering, agro chemicals, automobiles, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), sugar, aviation have seen increase in delivery-based trades.

Investing strategies: Is it a good time to buy stocks for the long term?

The Jefferies report said that within the Nifty 100 several PSUs such as State Bank of India, GAIL, ONGC, NTPC, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank & Power Finance Corporation slipped below GFC lows.

Goldman Sachs slashes India's FY21 real GDP growth forecast to 1.6%

While the fiscal easing so far has been limited, they do expect more fiscal measures by the central and the state governments.

India may get $1.3-bn passive flow; MSCI EM weight may rise: Morgan Stanley

In October, the Indian government had issued a circular raising statutory FPI limit of Indian companies to the sectoral foreign investment limit

Moody's cuts India 2020 GDP forecast to 2.5%; global growth to dip to -0.5%

Over the next few months, Moody's expects job losses across countries to accelerate

Will the RBI cut interest rates today? Here's what top brokerages expect

While the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI originally was slated to meet in the first week of April, the central bank in a surprise move is holding a briefing today

Nifty tanks 26% in March series; worst expiry since October 2008

Of the 143 stocks from the F&O segment, 10 have seen their market price more than halve in the March F&O series.

With 75% economy under lockdown, analysts see sharp fall in GDP

Even when the lockdown period ends, it will take time for the economy to be fully up and running. The public fear factor, analysts feel, will still result in below-normal activity for a few months

Markets will be choppy amid 21-day lockdown; recovery to be slow, painful

From the peak in January 2020, the S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 have tanked around 37 per cent each, while the carnage in the mid-and small-caps has been even more brutal

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's portfolio hit 36%; Ashish Dhawan, Dolly Khanna suffer

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and family, the big bull of the equity markets, have lost Rs 4,558 crore in CY20 so far, with the value of their investments slipping below Rs 10,000 crore

Coronavirus pandemic burns Rs 1.9 trillion hole in LIC's investments

The value of insurer's holdings in listed companies at the end of December 2019 quarter stood at Rs 6.02 trillion

Covid-19 hit US economy already in recession: BofA; pegs job loss at 3.5 mn

US Federal Reserve urged not to restrict the quantum of stimulus measures

India's economic policy response to Covid-19 lags global peers: Edelweiss

"We think Indian policymakers must catch up and that too in a short time," analysts at the brokerage firm wrote.

Sell stocks and go! Difficult to predict when the market carnage will end

Most leading brokerages - domestic and foreign - are already sounding cautious as regards the economic impact, and see the world economy heading into a recession

All asset classes are vulnerable as things stand, says Marc Faber

The Nifty50 index hit a lower circuit on Friday as panic spread.