Smallcap and midcap scheme categories have raked in over Rs 60,000 crore of investor flows in the past one year
Stock markets would be driven by global trends and foreign investors' trading activity in the holiday-shortened week, analysts said adding that key equity indices may face volatile trends amid the monthly derivatives expiry on Thursday. This week markets will have just three trading sessions. Equity markets will remain closed on Monday for Holi and on Friday for Good Friday. "This week will be shorter due to market closure on both Monday for Holi and Friday for Good Friday. As a result, trading volumes may be lower with limited market cues. However, volatility remains a possibility as we approach the March F&O expiry and the financial year-end," Santosh Meena, Head of Research at Swastika Investmart Ltd, said. Last week, the BSE benchmark climbed 188.51 points or 0.25 per cent, and the Nifty went up by 73.4 points or 0.33 per cent. "This week being a truncated week and the derivatives' monthly expiry, we might see some volatility while Nifty is likely to consolidate at higher ...
Stock market highlights on March 22: In the broader markets, too, positive sentiment lifted the BSE MidCap index 0.38 per cent and the BSE SmallCap index 1.06 per cent
The Nifty finished at 22,012, with a gain of 173 points, or 0.8 per cent
Stock market highlights on March 21: In the broader markets, the rebound was steeper with the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices closing 2.3 per cent and 2 per cent higher, respectively
Stock market highlights on March 20: In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices ended mixed. The former added 0.05 per cent, but the latter shed 0.14 per cent
The Sensex fell 736 points, or 1.01 per cent, to close at 72,012
FMCG growth is tied to semi-urban and rural demand. Metro and large city demand is almost saturated. Growth comes from smaller places
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Stock market highlights on March 18: Choppiness continued in the broader markets, too, with the BSE MidCap and Smallcap indices settling flat after see-sawing between gains and losses
The Nifty midcap 100 rose 2 per cent, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 gained 3.5 per cent. Both indicies had plunged about 5 per cent each a day earlier in what was their worst performance in two years
Market wrap on March 14, 2024: Beaten down BSE PSU and CPSE indices surged up to 3 per cent led by gains in rail stocks; Adani Group shares surged up to 11%
Nervousness ahead of crucial data pull indices down
The long-term trend may suggest a reversal if Nifty50 falls below 20,000
Among sectoral indices, IT fell by 1.61 per cent, FMCG dipped 1.02 per cent, technology by 0.89 per cent, capital goods by 0.37 per cent and consumer durables by 0.36 per cent
The move follows a long dispute between the two bourses over exiting the JV, which is responsible for compiling and maintaining popular Sensex and Bankex indices
Stock market highlights on March 5, 2024: Tata Motors advanced 3.58 per cent, Bharti Airtel added 3 per cent, and SBI 1.6 per cent
Nifty sees 6th new high in 2 months
The S&P BSE Sensex hit a record high of 73,819, while the Nifty50 touched 22,353 intraday
Overseas funds seen favouring less expensive Korea, Taiwan markets