Market Lens

6 months of West Asia war: Market winners, losers & the road ahead

At the bourses, meanwhile, investors sought refuge in realty, pharma and the metal pack. Their respective indexes on the NSE gained up to 17 per cent thus far, ACE Equity data shows.

Balanced advantage funds' equity exposure reaches multi-year high

Fund managers lap up bluechip stocks amid a sharp decline in valuations

FPIs pump in over Rs 27k cr in Aug; highest monthly flow since Sept 2024

Despite being net buyers for the past two months, FPIs are still net sellers in Indian equities thus far in 2026 with their net sales totalling Rs 2.27 trillion ($24.31 billion) in CY26, data shows.

Block deals worth ₹10,300 cr in a day lift August tally to 14-month high

Transactions in Avenue Supermarts, Rubicon Research, Welspun Corp and other stocks pushed August block deals above ₹30,957 crore, the highest monthly tally since March 2024

Promoter borrowing against shares crosses ₹7 trillion amid expansion push

Promoters of NSE-listed companies have raised over ₹7 trillion against their shareholdings, with borrowing increasingly used to fund expansion, acquisitions and new ventures

First monthly expiry under CAS sees a minor fall in derivatives turnover

Derivatives turnover across indices and stocks stood at Rs 569 trillion, down nearly 4 per cent from the previous monthly expiry, as the new CAS mechanism settles in

Index funds gain ground as ETFs lose share of India's passive fund market

Index funds' AUM grows at a 5-year CAGR of 74.1%

Smallcap funds ride MF retail wave, SIP assets up fivefold in five years

Smallcap is the only equity category where SIP-linked assets account for more than half of total AUM

Nearly three in four Indian crypto investors are under 35: CoinSwitch study

Despite differences in trading behaviour and portfolio construction, Bitcoin and Dogecoin emerged as the most popular crypto pairing across every age group in Q2-CY26 on the CoinSwitch platform.

Active derivatives traders fall 18% in FY26 to 8.75 million: Sebi study

Individual traders' aggregate net losses declined 18 per cent to Rs 91,685 crore, but the average net loss per trader rose 2.4 per cent to Rs 1.17 lakh in FY26

ACME Solar, Balrampur, Netweb, NAM India hit record highs; rally up to 8%

Sona BLW Precision Forgings, R R Kabel, Welspun Corp, Lenskart Solutions and Leela Palaces Hotels from the BSE 500 index hitting their respective all-time highs.

Nifty makes history; fails to cross previous day's high for 12 straight sessions

While Nifty may be struggling to make new highs, history, analysts said, suggests such extended periods of failing to cross the previous day's high have often been followed by a meaningful upside.

HDFC Bank, ITC, Hindustan Unilever, Dabur India, IRFC, UPL hit 52-week lows

Analysts said, brent crude and palm oil respectively remained elevated by 47% and 13% on year-to-date (YTD) basis, which might keep margins under pressure for FMCG sector.

Bernstein shuffles India portfolio as Q1 earnings offer stock-specific bets

Bernstein has, however, held on to some of the stocks in its earlier focus list - Larsen & Toubro (L&T), NTPC Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Nuvama and HomeFirst.

Tata Sons' capital call: Listed giants find their own growth fuel

In the concluding part, Business Standard examines how listed Tata companies will fund expansion

FII ownership falls to 17-year low as domestic investors strengthen grip

FPI ownership in NSE-listed companies fell to 15.1 per cent, while domestic mutual funds raised their stake for the 12th straight quarter to a record 11.6 per cent

Portfolio rejig: Here's what top 3 mutual fund houses bought & sold in July

The top AMCs, SBI Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund and HDFC Mutual Fund, saw an increase of 2.3 per cent, 3.1 per cent and 3.5 per cent, respectively in the equity value of their funds.

Biocon and PB Fintech top MFs' SMID 'buy' list in July, shows data

MF holding grows over 100x in Diamond Power Infrastructure

Microcap 250 index hits 52-week high; Manorama, Balu Forge surge up to 15%

At 10:09 AM on Friday, the Nifty Microcap 250 index was up 0.39 per cent at 26,236.65, compared to a 0.18 per cent decline in the Nifty 50 index.

Nearly one in three MF equity folios now in smallcap, midcap funds

Folio additions by the two high-risk categories surge to 11-month high in July