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Indices end at yet another peak, Sensex up 315 pts; BSE Midcap outperforms

All that happened in the markets today

Growth, value stocks are largely pricing in vaccine hope, says UBS

The vaccine may induce a serious frontloading of the rally before logistical challenges or slower growth normalisation begins to bother markets, says UBS

Samvat 2077: Key stock market triggers that investors need to watch out

Recovery from Covid 19 shall be the key driver for the markets in Samvat 2077. Besides, improving economic indicators and earnings growth are expected to drive the markets

Brokerages remain bullish on Asian equities despite US poll cliffhanger

From an Indian market perspective, the US election driven trends could imply that Indian IT stocks and Reliance Industries (RIL) could gain traction and cyclical stocks including banks might lag

Sebi doubles foreign investment limit for individual fund houses to $600 mn

The regulator has also quadrupled the quantum of investment that individual fund houses can make in overseas exchange traded funds to $200 million from $50 million at present

Markets spooked as the two US poll scenarios investors feared play out

The main worry around divided government: Markets have been hoping for a large fiscal stimulus package that will be less likely if the two parties need to work together

Volatility grips US stock futures as election heads down to the wire

US stock index futures were up but off earlier highs in choppy trading, with Nasdaq futures outperforming

Biden good for emerging markets; dollar to gain from Trump win: Analysts

Aside from which candidate ultimately wins, analysts believe what is even more important for the markets is whether the elections will see a clear 'sweep'

US Presidential election: What's in store for the Indian stock markets?

The Indian stock market ended over one per cent higher on Tuesday on the back of favourable global cues

Three policy interventions could add billions of dollars to GDP: McKinsey

They could help key manufacturing value chains more than double their GDP contribution to $500 billion over the next seven years, says Oct 30 note

India is odd one out in a favourable view of Emerging Asia: Cameron Brandt

With growth in developed markets under pressure from the rising Covid-19 caseload, investors will keep paying more attention to emerging markets, says Brandt

Wall Street drops at open as tech stocks slide, Covid-19 cases jump

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 86.84 points, or 0.33%, at the open to 26,572.27.

Twitter beats revenue expectations but misses on user growth; stock falls

The San Francisco-based social media company said it had 187 million monetizable daily active users (mDAU) during the third quarter

Facebook quarterly revenue beats estimates, rises to $21.47 billion

Net income came in at $7.85 billion, or $2.71 per share, compared with $6.09 billion, or $2.12 per share, a year earlier

Rising Covid cases, US elections jolt global markets for 2nd time this week

Sensex slips 600 pts amid global sell-off; Dow slides 700 pts as uncertainty fuels investor anxiety

Wall Street slumps as rise in coronavirus cases dims economic outlook

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 361.05 points, or 1.31%, at the open to 27,102.14.

Asian shares struggle to shake off US selloff amid coronavirus comeback

Australia's ASX 200 opened down about 0.6%, while Japan's Nikkei 225 futures were up 0.04%

Concerns over US fiscal stimulus, Covid-19 surge roil global markets

Sensex drops 540 points; Wall Street's indices deep in the red

Oil prices fall on rising Covid-19 cases, Libya's fast growing production

On the supply side, Libya's National Oil Corp (NOC) said it had lifted force majeure on the El-Feel oilfield.

Prediction-addiction, despite being in a fog

We are usually wrong in our predictions about the economy and market, especially since we bring in our own biases to fill the vast gaps in our information. And yet, we cannot help but predict