For developed nations with virus-containment measures and business continuity plans in place, market shutdowns are not necessary, he added
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Last week, the finance ministry hauled up the market regulator, seeking immediate action to curb the free fall in the market, sources said
Are the markets overreacting? On Friday, the Indian markets were locked in the lower circuit on opening and leading to a mandatory halt in trading for 45 minutes
Global financial market stress driving market volatility; economic impact of coronavirus and drop in oil prices remain uncertain
Globally, economic policy could soon be in uncharted territory
Nifty hit lower circuit in opening session, halting trade for 45 minutes. Indices see sharpest recovery; Sensex rebounds 5,000 pts from day's low.
The entire panic has been initiated by fears that the system to curtail the Coronavirus (COVID-19), across the globe, is misplaced.
Sensex tumbles 2,919 points, biggest-ever in absolute terms. Over Rs 11 trillion worth of investor wealth wiped out. Global stock rout deepens amid growth concerns
All these stocks' fortunes are linked to domestic consumption, rather than global growth.
Indian equity markets suffering their worst single-day losses and stock indices slipping into bear territory also hit the rupee sentiment
Snapping their six-month buying streak, FPIs pulled out a net Rs 13,157 crore from the Indian capital markets in the first five trading sessions of March as the coronavirus outbreak spooked investors
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 286.22 points, or 1.20 per cent, at 24,137.24, and the S&P 500 was up 40.30 points
As confidence on equities declines, large oil producers may hesitate to loosen their purse strings, thereby impacting valuations too
The broader market remains expensive on a historical basis. The Sensex 10-year median price-to-earnings multiple is around 20.4 times, nearly 10 per cent lower than the index's current valuation
Dow Jones down 1,424.47 points, or 5.51%, at 24,440.31, while the S&P 500 was down 160.27 points, or 5.39%, at 2,812.10
In its biggest-ever single-day drop in absolute terms, the BSE Sensex crashed over 1,941 points and the NSE Nifty tumbled 538 points