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Largecap, midcap cutoff surges over 26% in latest Amfi classification

PSUs dominate list of upgrades, 5 PSBs upgraded to largecaps in last 1 year

IT stocks decline amidst growth concerns pulls Indian equity benchmarks

Brokerages have been advising their clients to tread cautiously while taking positions in IT stocks, citing weakness in discretionary demand

Delightful year for IPO investors as 54 of 59 issues return 45% on average

In a year when the key equity benchmarks scaled new highs and rallied nearly 20 per cent making investors richer by close to Rs 82 lakh crore, IPO investors laughed all the way to the bank as 55 of the 59 issues gave them handsome returns of 45 per cent on average. In fact, 2023 turned out to be an outlier for primary market investors when 59 companies hit the street, raising Rs 54,000 crore, and returned over 45 per cent more than the issue prices on average, according to exchange data. This means that more than two-thirds of companies outperformed benchmark indices which rallied close to 20 per cent in the year. The average listing gain for all the 59 IPOs is 26.3 per cent and their average gain as of December 29 is 45 per cent and only four of the 59 main-board IPOs are traded below the issue price on the trading session of the year on December 29. As much as 23 of the 59 issues rallied more than 50 per cent since listing and of them, nine gave more than two-fold gains over the

Inside the record year for India's $585 billion mutual funds industry

Equity funds have seen inflows for 33 straight months through November, with monthly recurring plans emerging as the most popular product among retail investors

Market holiday: BSE and NSE to remain closed today on account of Christmas

Indian exchanges like NSE, BSE, MCX, and the bond market will remain shut on the account of Christmas, this is the last market holiday on a trading day in this calendar year

FPIs pour Rs 57,300-cr in equities in Dec on account of political stability

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have injected over Rs 57,300 crore into the Indian equity markets this month so far owing to political stability, robust economic growth, and a steady decline in the US bond yields. With this, total investment by FPIs surpassed Rs 1.62 lakh crore this year. Going forward, the New Year is expected to witness declines in U.S. interest rates, and FPIs are likely to increase their purchases in 2024, V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said. According to the data, FPIs made a net investment of Rs 57,313 crore in Indian equities in this month (till December 22). This was the highest monthly inflow by them in a year. This came following a net investment of Rs 9,000 crore in October. Before this overseas investors withdrew 39,300 crore in August and September, data with the depositories showed. The robust inflow from FPIs into the Indian stock markets can be attributed to various factors. Primary among these are .

Mutual funds bounce back in 2023 with Rs 9 trillion surge in asset base

The mutual fund industry has bounced back strongly this year after a lacklustre 2022 with a remarkable Rs 9 lakh crore surge in the asset base, propelled by a buoyant equity market, stable interest rates and robust economic expansion. Experts believe that the positive momentum should continue into the near year as well. With a substantial increase, the overall inflow this year has reached Rs 3.15 lakh crore, accompanied by a growth of over 2 crore in the investor count. This was supported by the increasing popularity of Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs), which drew in Rs 1.66 lakh crore, according to the data shared by the Association of Mutual Fund Industry (Amfi). The inflow has pushed the assets under management (AUM) of the mutual fund industry by 23 per cent or Rs 9 lakh crore in 2023, the data showed. This was way higher than the 7 per cent growth and Rs 2.65 lakh crore increase in AUM observed throughout 2022, as well as the nearly 22 per cent growth and close to Rs 7 lakh .

Markets pause after posting their longest winning streak in three years

Investors on Monday were mostly chasing stocks which offer some value vis-a-vis their peers

Commercials back rupee-denominated borrowing: HSBC India's Amitabh Malhotra

"Given cross-currency hedging rates, the borrowing cost in dollar terms would be significantly more for companies that do not have a natural hedge"

Financial sector stocks, new listings take centerstage in November for MFs

The equity market witnessed a sharp rally last month. The benchmark Nifty50 rose by 5.5 per cent, the most since July 2022

Rs 20 trillion & rising: AUM of active equity mutual funds surges

The industry's overall AUM rose 5 per cent to Rs 49 trillion, largely owing to the value appreciation of equity holdings

UBS is underweight on Indian equities within EM/Asia: Sunil Tirumalai

Valuations in India, he said in this interview, are pricing a lot more 'sentiment' premium than what fundamentals of the stocks can explain

What is sustaining the flow of IPOs, defying equity market turbulence?

IPO investors withdraw from the market when large hyped-up issues fail to give the desired returns. That makes fundraising difficult, say experts

Betting on domestic-driven sectors amid global headwinds: Manish Gunwani

The quarterly results have been mixed until now, with information technology (IT) and consumer sectors being a bit weak while financial has been quite healthy, said Gunwani

NSE equity cash, derivatives segment turnover sees first fall in 12 months

During the month, the benchmark Nifty came off by as much as 5 per cent as FPIs accelerated their selloff with the 10-year US Treasury yields breaching 5 per cent

Geopolitical risks

Domestic drivers will support equity markets

Indices snap two-day gain; settle lower; Nifty declines over 61 points

Titan, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Asian Paints, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, NTPC, Nestle and Power Grid were the major gainers

Invest in multiple single-factor funds with a 7 to 10-year horizon

Timing entry and exit in a single-factor fund is impossible

Mkts slump, oil prices rise on West Asia turmoil; Sensex, Nifty drop 0.7%

The Sensex ended the session at 65,512, a decline of 483 points or 0.7 per cent. The Nifty closed the session at 19,512, a drop of 141 points or 0.7 per cent

Over 3 million demat accounts opened in Sept for second consecutive month

The country's two depository firms, Central Depository Services and the National Securities Depository, added about 3.1 million new accounts