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Bond market freezes amid coronavirus scare; traders working from home

The benchmark 10-year bond saw trading volume of Rs 1,325 crore, and was the most traded one

Future group seeking buyers for insurance arm to pay off its debt

The total market capitalisation of the group's listed firms fell to Rs 10,740 crore from Rs 42,000 crore reported a year ago

Markets witness mild recovery; Sensex jumps nearly 6% after FM's package

The Sensex after climbing to 27,463 settled at 26,674, up 693 points, or 2.7 per cent. The Nifty rose 2.5 per cent, or 191 points, to end at 7,801

Centre, Sebi likely to remove tax on buybacks, LTCG to lift sentiment

Investors have already swamped the government and Sebi with such demands as stocks of several companies have taken a beating

Covid-19 impact: India VIX touches 86.63 level, breaches 2008 peaks

In year-to-date, the volatility gauge has seen a spike of 600%

Coronavirus: Brokers face hurdles after lockdown imposed by state govts

This prompted industry body Association of National Exchanges of Members of India to write the authorities.

APMCs across India worry about workers, traders health over Covid-19 curfew

Vegetable mandis complaint of lower off-take and glut, grains closed or staggered operations

Stock market needs to be deemed as an essential service

Recognising the importance of capital markets in ensuring the nation's economic stability, says Vijay Bhushan.

Market Wrap, March 24: Sensex up 693 pts, Nifty settles at 7,801

Here's all that happened in the markets today

MARKET WRAP: Indices pare gains; Sensex up 693 pts, Nifty settles at 7,801

All that happened in the markets today

Covid-19 an economic tsunami; biz failures, bankruptcies coming: Moody's

Moody's believes Asia to be past the worst of the virus, and while there is still considerable economic fallout to come, the region's economy should be able to eke out a small gain in GDP in 2020

No trading seen in bonds in first 20 minutes of the market session

While working from home, bond traders are doing bare minimum trade to cover their positions; there is also the expectation of a 50-150-bp rate cut

Growth biggest concern for banks now; keep an investment horizon of 3 yrs

Even before the outbreak of coronavirus, growth in the overall banking industry was not encouraging.

Banks in focus: IndusInd Bk hits 8-yr low, m-cap slips below Rs 20K cr-mark

The outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19) has raised fears of fresh bad loan wave as small businesses are likely to default owing to demand disruption.

IndiGo, SpiceJet hit lower circuit after govt suspends domestic flights

The move is part of the nationwide lockdown that the government has imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus. India had banned international flights for a week on March 20.

HUL zooms 10% after announcing acquisition of Vwash from Glenmark

Glenmark will manufacture VWash for HUL over the next one year after which the production arrangement would be reviewed

Indian stocks set to gain on Fed boost after logging worst single-day fall

On Monday, the blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index and the S&P BSE Sensex crashed 12.98% and 13.15%, respectively, their biggest plunges on record. The rupee hit a fresh record low against the dollar

How to identify and benefit from trends based on rising and falling volumes

While taking a bigger perspective on the trend, the daily volume chart might not perfectly depict the scenario. The weekly, monthly or year volumes chart facilitate in taking a call on the same

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

India is not one of the most attractive emerging markets right now

We expect global growth to level off to 0.7 per cent in 2020 (before corona we estimated 2.9 per cent).