Page 18 - Stock Market Crash

COVID-19: Prepare for second-order effects

Brace yourself for huge, nasty surprises and hope for lucky breaks. It may be a long, bumpy ride

Lockdown, tightening of regulatory framework hurt market volumes

Recent Sebi move, drop in securities' prices contribute to the fall

Indian stocks set to gain on Fed boost after logging worst single-day fall

On Monday, the blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index and the S&P BSE Sensex crashed 12.98% and 13.15%, respectively, their biggest plunges on record. The rupee hit a fresh record low against the dollar

India is not one of the most attractive emerging markets right now

We expect global growth to level off to 0.7 per cent in 2020 (before corona we estimated 2.9 per cent).

Lack of liquidity in the debt markets hurts MF investors in debt categories

Experts say there has been heavy selling of shorter-tenure bonds in the markets, and given the lockdown, their buying capacity has shrunk significantly

Biggest crash ever makes India worst performing market in the world

Market experts said investors were afraid of the unprecedented disruption to business activity pushing the country into a prolonged recession if the outbreak did not stem

Stock market rout: India Inc's overall m-cap declines by Rs 14.2 trillion

Several blue chips such as Axis Bank, Wipro, ONGC, Bajaj Finserv, and Titan have fallen off the list following unprecedented declines in their stocks

Selling has been overdone, market is nearing a bottom

Investors should take a heart from the fact that there are countries, such as China and South Korea, where normalcy is returning.

Even the last Bull will think twice before buying in this market

It is going to be very difficult and testing time for retail investors.

Sensex hits 10% lower circuit, trading halted for 45 minutes

The Sensex hit a low of 26,924.11, triggering temporary pause in trading across all the segments in the markets

Auto stocks skid; M&M, Maruti, Hero Moto Corp, TVS Motors plunge up to 12%

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), the country's largest carmaker, said it was suspending production at its facilities in Haryana "till further notice".

Stock market rout: Is now the time to bottom fish large-cap stocks?

Over half the CNX100 stocks still expensive; Nifty, too, in higher valuation zone compared to 2008-09

Margin calls, leverage lower than 2008 amid steep stock market crash

Market participants attribute this to regulatory tightening and standardisation of margin requirements, stringent reporting for brokers, and segregation of client funds

Nifty falls to 8468, experts say index may further slide below 8,000

According to experts, the Nifty has continued to form lower top-lower bottom formations, a trend seen in the last five weeks, and witnessed sharp selling towards 9,700 zones

The great 2020 coronavirus crash is different as market uncertainty looms

The scariest aspect of the crash is that, for once, it's about something real

Scrap LTCG, tax on buybacks, dividends: What Street wants amid market gloom

Mohandas Pai, former CEO and board member at Infosys, made a pitch for removing the tax on share buybacks

India's economic policy response to Covid-19 lags global peers: Edelweiss

"We think Indian policymakers must catch up and that too in a short time," analysts at the brokerage firm wrote.

No point in banning short sale or stock exchange shutdown

The economic fallout of Covid-19 is yet to be analysed but it will have a significant impact on India Inc's earnings in the March quarter as well as in financial year 2020-21 (FY21).

Bank Nifty crashes 7% to 3-year low over rising Coronavirus pandemic

The fall in banking stocks has a huge bearing on the overall markets as the sector has the high­est weighting in the bench­mark indices

Markets reverse all gains in closing hour; Sensex ends 811 points lower

Nifty falls below 9,000 after dropping 10% in two days