The Sensex has rallied 30 per cent in the past 13 months
Larsen rose 5.5 per cent to close at its highest price since August 2015
Sensex ended FY17 with a gain of 16.88% at 29,620.50
The 30-share Sensex scaled session's high of 29,442 before closing up 172 points at 29,409.5
After two sessions of climbing, Sensex gives up over 130 points
The benchmark Sensex and Nifty indices closed the truncated trading week with 2.5% gains
When the stock market hits front pages of non-biz media, contrarians say it is a negative signal
India is now the best-performing major market globally in 2017. The benchmark Sensex is up 14 per cent in dollar terms so far this year. India was the third best performing market on Friday, however, sharp gains in the stock prices and the rupee following the landslide victory of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh has catapulted it to the top slot. The index gained nearly three per cent in dollar terms on Tuesday.India's top position in global markets is followed by Brazil and Singapore which are up around 12 per cent each so far in 2017. Interestingly, the high returns posted by majority of other markets are largely due to strengthening of their local currencies against the dollar. For instance, South Korea and Taiwan are up over 10 per cent in dollar terms, however, the markets have returned only five per cent in local currency terms. Similarly, South African market is up seven per cent in dollar terms but is up less than two per cent in local currency ...
206 of these scrips have given returns in excess of 100% in the past one year
Sensex drops 98 points as investors choose to sit tight for a second day
Liquidity driven rally, no pick-up in earnings yet, caution analysts
Sensex and Nifty were near two-year highs in their early sessions
Govt pegged GDP growth at a higher-than-expected 7.1% for 2016-17 despite the cash blues
The BSE Sensex has gained 12 per cent or 3,085 points since the note ban
Bellwether index trading at P/E ratio of 22x; market cap to GDP at 81% is among highest in EMs
11 stocks from the BSE500 index have rallied more than 50% each since December 26
The index had gained 506.02 points in the previous three sessions
The index has gained 5.3% in the past four weeks
Auto, realty and pharma counters took a big hit
The 30-share benchmark index Sensex is currently trading at 28,300 level