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Statsguru: Bond market pressure is getting reflected in the stock market

Bond markets are showing signs of nervousness, and yields on the 10-year government bonds are on the rise

Pharma stocks may hold ground as volatility grips global markets

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

Markets on tenterhooks as inflation fears overtake recovery hopes

Trajectory would hinge on Street's perceived inflation forecasts

Category 3 alternative investment funds beat Nifty returns in January

Long-only funds gave average returns of -0.2 per cent for the month, while long-short funds returned 0.1 per cent, the data from PMS Bazaar showed

Market may need new catalysts to rise meaningfully, says Jigar Shah

JIGAR SHAH, chief executive officer, Kimeng Securities India, tells Puneet Wadhwa in an interview that there is a good possibility of a time-wise correction with a range-bound market

Street signs: MTAR Tech GMP at 25%, RailTel on investor radar, and more

The Nifty index gained as much as 9 per cent after the Budget and the Bank Nifty rallied 20 per cent, before giving up the bulk of the gains last week

Top listed developers sitting pretty after record bookings in Dec quarter

Experts expect further market share gains; cash flows and collections likely to improve

Nine of top 10 firms lose nearly Rs 2.2 trillion in market valuation

Reliance Industries was the only scrip to post gains in its market valuation among the top 10 valued companies

Spurred by Budget, FPIs invest Rs 25,787 cr in Indian equities in Feb

The total net FPIs in 2020 now stand at Rs 45,260 crore, as per NSDL data

'Bonds are not the place to be these days,' warns Warren Buffett

Fixed-income investors worldwide - whether pension funds, insurance companies or retirees - face a bleak future, says Berkshire Hathaway CEO

Warren Buffett won't take the Reddit bait, suggests his Berkshire letter

No mention of Bitcoin, Robinhood or WallStreetBets in Buffett's latest annual letter but plenty of homespun value-investing wisdom

Gold Bond Scheme 2020-21 to be issued at Rs 4,662 per gram from March 1-5

The new series of Sovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21 will be opened for the period March 1-5, 2021

Sensex suffers its worst single-day fall in 10 months, crashes 3.8%

The Sensex fell 1,939 points, or 3.80 per cent, to end at 49,100 -- its biggest loss since May 4 last year -- while the Nifty closed at 14,529, down 568 points, or 3.76 per cent

Market share gains in India, Europe positive for Endurance Technologies

Consistent growth in the Indian two-wheeler and European car markets is key

Oil prices decline as dollar firms up; gold hits eight-month low

Spot gold was trading at 1,729.20 an ounce, down 2.39 per cent, in international market at 9 pm IST - the lowest since June 26 at $1,755.45

IDFC First Bank: Meeting asset quality norm key to sustain re-rating drive

Proforma NPA in Q3 stood at 4.18 per cent; retail NPA of 3.88 per cent is the highest among top 7 private peers

Brokers' body asks Sebi for status quo on peak margin norms

Says there have been no reported instances of defaults under the current system

Rising bond yields, commodity prices to cap market upside, say analysts

According to a recent report by BofA Securities, 31 Nifty50 companies are exposed to commodity-related risks and cautions that the full impact of the rise in commodity prices is yet to play out

Market sell-off brings back memories of the 2013 'taper tantrum'

In 2012, India had seen foreign portfolio investor (FPI) flows of Rs 1.3 trillion ($24.5 billion) and in 2013 about Rs 1.1 trillion ($20 billion)

Higher bond yields in the US led to lower Nifty P/E, shows data

Bond yields in the US are up nearly 100 basis points from their lows in June last year, while the Nifty P/E remains close to a 25-year high of around 40x