Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today
Investors need to be cautious and look beyond market highs
3.5% jump in RIL lifts indices; Nifty crosses 2021 intra-day high
Overall PMS assets have been on the rise amid buoyant markets
Market volatility and lacklustre 1-yr returns weigh on activity
CLOSING BELL: Reliance Industries, Wipro, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, Tech M, Tata Steel, Maruti Suzuki, and M&M were the top Sensex gainers, rising between 0.5 per cent and 1.2 per cent
US Fed minutes indicate slower pace of rate hikes, investors cheer
Global stock markets jumped on Thursday after minutes of the US Federal Reserve's November policy meeting hinted at a possible moderation in the pace of interest rate hikes
CLOSING BELL: A surprise dovish tone by the US Federal Reserve, where it said that the central bank is looking to slow the pace of rate hike, cheered market bulls
Says India's 'superior' earnings growth appears to be priced in, sees 'modest' contraction in P/E multiples going ahead; stay overweight on banks, insurers, and investment cyclicals
CLOSING BELL: Shares of Paytm hit an intra-day low of Rs 474 apiece, and ended at Rs 475.
Sensex, Nifty drop for third straight session; rupee weakens
CLOSING BELL: Over 35 stocks fell on the Nifty50 index, led by Adani Ports, Hindalco, TCS, HDFC, Tech M, Reliance Industries, Hero MotoCorp, Infosys, Grasim, JSW Steel, and Bajaj Finance
Shares of logistics firm Delhivery and micro lender Five Star Business Finance are likely to be in focus on Monday
Active mutual funds on average (and net of fees) underperform the index because they have less inside information than promoters of companies
CLOSING BELL: The S&P BSE Sensex ended with a marginal loss of 88 points, while the Nifty held the 18,300-level on Friday.
Stocks to watch today: Tata Motors bagged order for 1,000 buses from Haryana Roadways; ABFRL inked pact with Galeries Lafayette to open luxury department stores in India
Amid moderation in inflation, markets seem to have moved past fears of interest rate hikes and investors are now anticipating strong foreign inflows into domestic equities, analysts said
CLOSING BELL: Among the Sensex 30 shares, Titan, M&M, Maruti, HDFC and Bajaj Finserv were the major per centage losers.
Stocks to watch today: Aurobindo Pharma received EIR from USFDA for its manufacturing facility in Andhra Pradesh; Softbank plans to offload around 29 million shares of Paytm via block deals