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South African investment platform Satrix on Tuesday lauded the Indian equity market for exceptional growth while other emerging economies have been struggling. It has been four stellar years of growth for the Indian equity market despite a global pandemic and various regional instabilities plaguing other emerging economies during this time, Satrix said in a statement. One of the company's products is the Satrix MSCI India Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), which holds 131 large and mid-cap Indian companies representing close to 85 per cent of the Indian stock market. Satrix said this gives investors diversified access to one of the world's fastest-growing emerging market economies. The ten largest companies in which the ETF is invested are in the Financial and Technology sectors -- Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Infosys, HDFC Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, and Bajaj Finance. Others in the top ten are industrial giant Larsen and Toubro and consumer goods ...
Equity markets are rising after a soft inflation reading in the US and UK this week
Brent crude prices dipped to just below $89 per barrel on the same day
This gives little incentive to FPIs to invest in Indian equities
The biggest possible risk for Indian equities and for all asset classes globally is the possibility of delayed interest rate cuts by central banks globally, says Rahul Bhuskute, CIO, Bharti AXA Life
Exposure to too many of these funds can make it difficult to control asset allocation or have a unified strategy
The company is scheduled to announce its earnings for the March quarter on Thursday
The equity markets, after being under pressure in the last four months from December till March, saw a sharp recovery in the first half of April
CLOSING BELL: Maruti Suzuki, Kotak Bank, SBI, HDFC, Axis Bank, Titan, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Nestle India, and RIL were the top Sensex laggards, falling in the range of 1 - 1.4 per cent
How mid-cap stocks performed
Nifty50 down 1.3%; Bank Nifty slips 2.5%; FPIs withdraw Rs 2,394 cr
Here's how leading brokerages and research houses expect 2023 to play out for the equity markets, and their sector preferences
Equity markets have started the last month of 2022 at record high levels as renewed buying by FIIs, and hopes of moderation in rate hikes boosted sentiment. What factors will guide this trading week?
There's no dearth of high-quality corporate stories to keep investors interested, but a drop in valuations is likely if the international outlook worsens further
The Indian equity market is, however, a global outlier and remains firmly in the bull phase - both in local currency and in constant currency terms
On Friday, Fed chair Jerome Powell signaled the US central bank is likely to keep hiking interest rates and keep them elevated to tame inflation.
Over the past few years, the return from the stock market has been far higher amid abundant liquidity that poured in from foreign and domestic investors
Foreign funds are showing signs of a return to Indian equities as recent declines in oil prices and the dollar bring some reprieve for emerging markets
CLOSING BELL: Among sectors, the Nifty PSB index rose 1.56 per cent, while the Nifty Pharma slipped 0.4 per cent