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GIFT City route to international equities promises greater security

Only sophisticated investors should take this route; most retail investors should stick to the mutual fund route for international investing

Asian shares rise after consumer confidence boosts Nasdaq to record high

Asian shares rose and a gauge of global equities hovered near record highs on Wednesday after rising consumer confidence in economic recovery boosted the Nasdaq index to its highest-ever closing level

Global stocks nearly grasp all-time record, dollar drops after US jobs data

A stronger-than-expected jobs report would have heightened worries that the Fed might contemplate paring back its bond-buying program and raising interest rates

Global equities near record high as 'meme stocks' lift Wall Street at open

U.S. equities inched higher at the open as some high valuations, including of so-called "meme stocks", fed into investor sentiment.

UBS bets on emerging markets; India among most preferred destination

Over the next three - six months, UBS believes earnings will be the main driver for EM equities outperformance

Global equities rise as US bond yield fears ease

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of global equity markets rose on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said interest rates will remain low, calming market jitters sparked by a jump in U.S. Treasury yields on fears that a robust recovery would drive inflation higher.

One vaccine side effect: The risk of leaving behind developing economies

As Covid inoculations begin, the economic downturn stands to be reversed, but developing countries are at risk of being left behind

Stock bulls find validation in reflation signals across commodity markets

Progress toward vaccines and easing US political uncertainty helped lift an MSCI index of world stocks to its best month ever in November while driving down the dollar

Global equities offer generous risk premium than others: Unmesh Kulkarni

FPI flows into Indian equities are likely to stay positive, says Kulkarni

Global equities to be volatile before US Presidential polls: Mustafa Sagun

The CIO of Principal Global Equities says more than 20 per cent of companies and industries represented in international indices face significant long-term structural risks

Markets have factored in the worst-ever quarterly numbers: Sunil Singhania

Global central banks have used the balance-sheet expansion mode to tide over the near-term economic stress because of the Covid-19 pandemic

Chinese firms take record 50% of global equity raised in first half of 2020

China-based companies sold shares worth $32.1 billion in January-June including multi-billion-dollar secondary listings in Hong Kong

Top headlines: Indian economy in trouble, Pompeo on India China row

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Lockdown 3.0, global tension rattle markets; Sensex, Nifty crash nearly 6%

The Sensex closed at 31,715, down 2,002 points, or 5.94 per cent - its biggest single-day loss since March 16.

Shares, bond yields slip globally on trade deal concerns, Hong Kong unrest

The dollar was stable after a rise in US consumer prices was greater than expected

Oil prices drop as US-China trade war concerns hit demand outlook

The US-China trade dispute rocked global equity markets last week, while a surprise build in US crude stocks added downward pressure to oil prices

Big axe falls as Deutsche Bank to lay off 18,000 in $8.3 billion overhaul

Germany's largest lender said on Sunday it will scrap its global equities unit and cut some fixed-income operations in a retreat from a long-held ambition to make its struggling investment bank

Global equity issuance up from 2016 slump

Companies raised $780.2 billion in equity in 2017, up 19 per cent from $656.4 billion last year

Bankers cautious on outlook for global equity deals after 2016 slide

Money raised from IPOs was down by almost a third at $130.6 billion