Shilpa Rangarajan

Markets tumble to 18-month low as US-Iran tensions lift crude oil

Nifty slides 1.64% as rising crude prices, higher US Treasury yields and geopolitical tensions trigger broad-based selling

September demat additions fall 11.5% to 2.89 million after August's surge

New demat accounts fell to 2.89 million in September, but quarterly additions hit a high since October-December 2024, supported by strong primary market activity

Trent emerges Nifty superstar with 12% gain after strong Q2 update

Trent shares jumped 12.4 per cent after Q2FY27 standalone revenue rose 22.5 per cent, beating estimates, while analysts remained largely bullish on the Tata group retailer

SME IPOs sink, while mainboard listings deliver stronger returns

Of 151 SME IPOs listed this year, 70 trade below their issue price and 21 have lost at least half their value, while mainboard issues have delivered stronger returns

HDFC Bank slips despite Nifty Bank recovery, analysts retain buy ratings

HDFC Bank fell 2.16 per cent even as banking indices gained, with analysts retaining positive ratings while investors assess the lender's transition under new CEO Anup Bagchi

Street signs: AMC bets on peers, Nifty eyes near 22,200 support level

Quant MF builds sizable positions in ICICI Prudential AMC and Nippon Life India AMC across multiple schemes

Cheaper, fresh-issue IPOs deliver stronger gains for investors who hold on

Low-P/E IPOs delivered strong post-listing gains, while expensive issues saw returns front-loaded at listing

September IPO fundraising highest so far in CY26 amid Nifty's big fall

September's listings were at a median of 31 times. However, ESDS Software Solution (155 times), Hero Motors (143 times), and Prasol Chemicals (114 times) stood out. The NSE traded at 49 times

Nifty's eight-week slide puts 2001 low back in sight amid oil spike

Rising crude prices, firm US yields, global risk aversion weigh on Indian equities

Tata stocks drop amid concerns over listing; Titan and TCS lead decline

Titan and TCS led declines in Tata Group stocks as investor sentiment weakened amid broader market volatility and uncertainty over Tata Sons' listing

Only 62 million invest in MFs despite 500-550 million UPI users: EY report

Investable household assets rose to nearly $5.2 trillion in FY25, while individual investors' share of the Indian equity market reached a two-decade high of 18.7%

Nifty IPO index up 19.5% in 2026 as broad market slips, shows data

SME Emerge has risen 4.34% this month, 5.55% in CY26

Nifty logs longest weekly losing streak since Covid-19 crash in 2020

Brent crude's 11% weekly plunge and a hardening 10-year bond yield weighed on insurance stocks; PB Fintech craters 33% on IRDAI reform fears

'Brace for more correction': Mkt outlook cautious after 7 weeks of decline

Nifty 50 matches its seven-week losing streak during the 2020 Covid crash as elevated crude prices, rising US Treasury yields and weak foreign flows weigh on equities

Corporate India sheds zombie firms as debt-servicing capacity improves: D&B

Dun & Bradstreet study shows the share of zombie firms fell to 5.5% in 2025 from 8.1% in 2017, signalling stronger corporate debt-servicing capacity

Street signs: Slump in domestic flows adds to largecap woes, and more

Active largecap funds see outflows as Nifty 50 approaches oversold territory; IPO launches continue this week, though issue sizes are set to shrink

Nifty plunges 1.6% to five-month low; Sensex ends 1,248 points lower

PB Fintech was down 36 per cent on the NSE. HDFC Mutual Fund bought 2.5 million shares of PB Fintech worth ₹320.6 crore through a block deal at ₹1,282.3 per share

Meesho shares worth ₹900 cr change hands in block deal; stock falls 1.6%

Nifty 50 hits two-week high as crude softens on US-Iran diplomacy hopes

Big IPOs offer bigger exits to private equity backers and promoters

Secondary share sales provide founding owners and private equity backers an orderly exit mechanism without diluting a company's equity base or expanding its share float

Street signs: FPI flows stay diverse, Nifty may break weekly losing streak

FPIs sell ₹23,676 crore in the secondary market, analysts see scope for a Nifty recovery, and grey-market premiums signal divergent IPO prospects this week