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Market plunges over sell-off in banking stocks, investors lose Rs 3.28 trn

Shares of Yes Bank came under intense selling pressure on Friday and plunged nearly 85 per cent during the day after the lender was placed under a 30-day moratorium

Bulls quarantined by coronavirus spread, Sensex ends below 40K-mark

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth Rs 3,337 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DII) tried to offset some selling by pumping in Rs 2,786 crore into stocks

Benchmark indices snap four-session losing streak on China fillip

Gains in index heavyweights such as Reliance Industries and HDFC helped domestic indices post their biggest jump in two weeks

Indices fall for fourth day as investors fret over impact of coronavirus

The Sensex fell as much as 445 points before closing at 40,895 - a decline of 161 points or 0.4 per cent

Benchmark indices rise on PMI, breakthrough in coronavirus vaccine

Sensex rallies 1,407 pts in three sessions amid breakthrough on Coronavirus front

Delivery volumes at 10-yr low even as benchmark indices hit new highs

Investors wary of taking long-term positions to avoid large losses

Valuation disparity broadens even as Sensex, Nifty hit all-time highs

Median P/E multiple of top 100 companies by market value is nearly 30 times their trailing 12-month earnings

Slide in banking stocks drags indices; Sensex closes 229 points lower

Of the 19 sectoral indices of the BSE, 16 ended with losses, with metal and realty indices declining the most

Jhunjhunwala to Kedia, superstar investors end Samvat 2075 with tepid gains

The total disclosed value of five key investors' portfolios was Rs 12,694 crore

Indices end winning run as global tensions, profit-booking take toll

The Sensex ended 504 points, or 1.3 per cent, lower at 38,594, while the Nifty declined 148 points, or 1.3 per cent, to close at 11,440

Value and contra funds disappoint investors, fail to beat benchmark returns

Market observers also attribute the underperformance of value and contra funds to the polarised market conditions

Sensex, Nifty fall as RBI and govt measures fail to cheer investors

Most global markets, too, were down as investors digested the likelihood of more Federal Reserve interest-rate increases stretching into next year

TCS, Infy, HDFC help Sensex, Nifty end higher after three losing sessions

Stock prices have been under pressure due to a global rout and the Rs 114 billion fraud in the Indian banking sector

Markets buoyant on global optimism

Sensex, Nifty about 5% shy of all-time highs

Equity-linked saving schemes outperform benchmark indices

The S&P Indices Versus Active Funds scorecard, which tracks performance of actively managed mutual funds against their benchmarks, showed majority of large-cap equity funds lagged BSE 100 Index over the same period