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Stock Market Highlights: Sensex drops 241 pts, Nifty at 23,431; broader mkts sink 2%; TCS rallies 6%

Stock Market Highlights: Indian markets declined for the second consecutive session, ending the week on a negative note on Friday. The 30-share Sensex slipped 241.30 points or 0.31 per cent

Stock Market Close Highlights: Sensex recoups 650 pts from low, ends flat; RIL, ITC, TCS rally 2%

Stock Market Highlights, January 8, 2025: The benchmark equity indices showed great resistance on Wednesday as the BSE Sensex reovered around 650 points from its day's low to settle at 78,141.06, down

Equities may deliver 8-12% in 2025: Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund

Fund house expects similar returns from gold, debt

Stock Market Closing Highlights: Sensex adds 234 points, Nifty at 23,708; Smallcap shares outperform

Markets Today Highlights: Among the broader markets, small-cap shares outperformed others, with the Nifty Smallcap100 ending up 1.35 per cent

Stock Market Crash Highlights: Sensex sheds 1,258 pts in broad sell-off, Nifty at 23,616; VIX up 15%

Markets Today Highlights: All sectoral indices ended in the red, with Nifty PSU Bank being the worst hit, ending down by 4 per cent, dragged by Union Bank of India, and Bank of Baroda

Stock Market Close Highlights: Sensex sheds 721pts, Nifty holds 24,000; HDFC, ICICI Bank weigh

Markets Today Highlights:32 out of 50 constituent stocks of Nifty50 ended in the red, dragged by Wipro, HDFC Bank, Tech Mahindra, Adani Ports, and Cipla, with losses extending up to 2.83 per cent

Stock Market Highlights: Sensex ends at 78,139, signs-off 2024 with 8% gain; Nifty holds 23,600

Markets Today Highlights: On the last trading day of the year, Sensex ended 109 points lower amid weakness in IT and select banks. IT index slipped 1.5%, while India VIX rose over 3% on Tuesday.

FDs vs equities: How rolling returns debunk short-term performance myths

Many investors resist rolling return analysis, preferring specific-date comparisons, which are often skewed to favour certain narratives

Stock Market Highlights: Sensex ends flat at 78,472, Nifty at 23,750; Auto, pharma shares shine

Markets Today LIVE: As markets in India and around the world reopen after the Christmas holiday, investors here are looking to ride the so-called Santa Clause rally driving Wall Street higher

Rebalance your investments away from equities and gold in favour of debt

This review exercise must be undertaken to restore the portfolio's risk profile to its original level

FPIs pump Rs 33,700 cr in Indian equities in Sept amid US rate cut

Foreign investors have injected close to Rs 33,700 crore in domestic equities in this month so far primarily due to interest rate cut in the US and resilience of the Indian market. This also marks the second highest inflow in a month in this year so far, the last one being in March, when Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) infused Rs 35,100 crore, data with the depositories showed. Going ahead, the trend of FPIs buying is likely to continue in the coming days, V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services, said. According to the data with the depositories, Foreign Portfolio Investors put in a net investment of Rs 33,691 crore into equities this month (till September 20). With this, FPIs investment in equities reached Rs 76,572 crore so far this year. Since June, FPIs have been consistently buying equities. Before that, they pulled out funds to the tune of Rs 34,252 crore in April-May. In September, FPIs remained bullish, purchasing Indian equities on ...

Post-Covid: Households shift to equities amid attractive returns

This trend is being amplified by strong returns in the equity markets in recent years, said Kotak Institutional Equities in a report

India to top China among emerging markets, equities rally: Morgan Stanley

In the context of India being underweight in the average emerging markets portfolio, this is even better for foreign portfolio flows

India's move to buy back bonds runs into RBI's need to keep tight stance

Last week, the monetary authority accepted bids for about a quarter of the 400 billion rupees ($4.8 billion) of bonds the government offered to repurchase

FPIs make remarkable comeback; infuse Rs 2 trillion in equities in FY24

Foreign investors made a strong return by injecting more than Rs 2 lakh crore into Indian equities in 2023-24, driven by optimism surrounding the country's robust economic fundamentals amidst a challenging global environment. Looking forward to 2025, Bharat Dhawan, Managing Partner at Mazars in India, said that the outlook is cautiously optimistic and anticipates sustained FPI inflows supported by progressive policy reforms, economic stability, and attractive investment avenues. "However, we remain mindful of global geopolitical influences that may introduce intermittent volatility, emphasising the importance of strategic planning and agility in navigating market fluctuations," he added. The outlook for FY25 from an FPI perspective, continues to remain strong, Naveen KR, smallcase Manager and Senior Director at Windmill Capital, said. In the current fiscal 2023-34, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have made a net investment of around Rs 2.08 lakh crore in the Indian equity marke

Singapore GIC's domestic equity holdings rises 32% to Rs 2.14 trn in a year

According to NSDL data, SWFs account for about 7 per cent of the overall foreign portfolio investor-assets under custody (FPI-AUC)

Markets log biggest decline in a month; Small, midcaps crash nearly 2%

Nervousness ahead of key data release

Voda Idea likely to bring in new equity partners; board meeting on Tuesday

The company's board of directors is meeting this Tuesday to decide on the amount of the fundraise

Goldman raises global equities to 'overweight' on economic growth prospects

"We expect growth to become a more important driver of risk appetite and equity/bond correlations should be more negative this year," Goldman said in a note dated Feb 16

In an election year, markets typically flourish, says Arbind Maheswari

Historically, the markets tend to perform well during election years as governments aim to increase spending and call attention to growth, he said