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A year after Covid crash, pandemic losers are the new stock market winners

Travel firms and store operators rally on re-opening optimism; Zoom among stay-home winners to decline from peak valuations

Bulls take a break: Sensex, Nifty fall for fourth day amid yield surge

Sensex down 2.4% in four sessions

Market mayhem: How were more than 100% of Gamestop shares be shorted?

Short sellers borrow shares from brokers and then sell them into the market, with the agreement that they will buy the shares back and return them to the lender at an agreed upon time.

Sensex slips for 3rd day, drops 379 pts, Nifty defends 15,100; ONGC up 8%

Sectorally, the Nifty PSU Bank index jumped another 5.6 per cent today, while the Nifty CPSE and Energy indices settled up to 4 per cent higher

Investors bet big on cyclicals as economic recovery gathers pace

Going ahead, given the sharper-than-expected economic recovery back home, analysts say, can fuel a further rally in domestic cyclicals, industrials, and financials

Bears tighten grip; Sensex slips 400 pts, Nifty holds 15,200; PSBs rally

In the intra-day session, the Sensex and the Nifty indices touched a low of 51,586 and 15,171, respectively.

Global stock markets set for the longest winning streak since 2003

But Indian indices slip from record highs in volatile session

Sensex ends flat after volatile trade, holds 52k; IT stks dip, metals shine

The broader markets ended higher today with the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices settling 0.2 per cent and 0.43 per cent up, respectively

Sebi increasingly trying to spot global links in many of its investigations

Information sought from foreign counterparts at a multi-year high

D-Street party continues; Sensex ends 610 pts higher at 52,154; banks rally

The Nifty Bank index stole the show and hit a new peak of 37,309 levels, up 1,200 points in the intra-day trade. The index closed 1,197 points, or 3.3 per cent, higher at 37,306 levels

India Inc's profit contribution to GDP likely to jump three times

The Centre's move in 2019 to cut base corporate tax from 30 per cent to 22 per cent, too, will lead to an improvement in the profit-to-GDP ratio

Street bullish on specialty chemicals industry amid robust domestic demand

Robust domestic demand, reducing dependence of global peers on China drive earnings outlook

Sensex ends volatile trade 12 pts up; RIL jumps 6% this week, ITC down 7%

On the sectoral front, the Nifty Metal index skid 1.7 per cent, followed by the Nifty FMCG index declined 1.5 per cent

Rising global crude oil prices may spoil D-Street party, say experts

Brent Crude has surged more than 60 per cent since November, crossing $61 a barrel for the first time in 13 months

Sensex ends 222 pts higher, Nifty tops 15,150; RIL gains 4%, PSB stocks dip

On the sectoral front, Nifty PSU Bank index declined over 1 per cent on the NSE, followed by losses in the Nifty Auto index (down 0.4 per cent), and the Nifty Realty index (down 0.24 per cent)

Autos, RIL set-off losses in banks; Sensex dips 20 pts, Nifty holds 15,100

The broader markets, however, bucked the trend and ended higher today. The S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices added 0.7 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively at close

Bull-run halts as auto, metal stks dip; Sensex ends flat, Nifty holds 15100

The Nifty Auto, Metal, and Pharma indices settled over 1 per cent lower each

Diverse responses to the Budget

The finance minister did very well for equity market investors. How did she fare with households?

Best of BS Opinion: Lessons from GameStop, Covid-19 vaccine, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Higher non-interest income, low rates keep lenders buoyant in Q3

Asset quality remains the key monitorable with gap between proforma and reported NPAs widening