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Relaxed capital-raising norms will help companies stay in survival mode

Sebi's moves towards relaxing capital-raising norms will help companies stay in survival mode and should be the start of many more adjustments

A sustained bull market?

For many stocks to go up at the same time, the most important parts of the economy - construction, auto, finance, basic materials, consumer products - have to enjoy tailwinds

Indices reach 4-month high on Covid-19 vaccine hopes; Sensex up 429 points

Experts said the markets also cheered signs of recovery in jobs and manufacturing after the economy reopened in June after a prolonged lockdown

Wild swings in stock markets this year match 2008 financial crisis levels

27 sessions in H1CY20 saw over 3% swing

The huge disconnect

Gloomy economic narrative does not justify stock market highs

Sensex races past developed markets in last one month, rises 14.2%

The benchmark BSE Sensex is up 14.2 per cent in the past one month against a 3 per cent appreciation in the Dow Jones during the period.

Delisting spree: Investors in India betting on which companies will be next

In the last two months, the majority owners of Vedanta, Adani Power, and Hexaware Technologies have proposed buying out all publicly traded shares amid the coronavirus-induced sell-off in stocks

Sensex falls 561 points on weak global cues as Covid-19 worries mount

The index dropped as much as 911 points from the day's high

Eight of top 10 firms add Rs 1.76 trillion in m-cap; Reliance leads rally

Top losers were ITC, HUL

Participatory notes investments rise to over Rs 60,000 cr till May

P-notes are issued by registered foreign portfolio investors to overseas investors who wish to be part of the Indian stock market without registering themselves directly

Banking stocks help indices log biggest single-day gain in three weeks

Sensex rises 2.1%, Bankex surges 3.8% after SC directions in AGR case

Interesting nudge from Sebi with takeovers

The thinking is, enabling infusion of funds into the company would be better than purchasing shares in the market

Reliance Industries' partly paid share price more than doubles on debut

Close at Rs 698 against the issue price of Rs 314.25 and 73% premium to intrinsic value

Second wave of Covid-19 fears weigh on markets; Sensex falls 552 points

Poor factory output data from China also dampened investor sentiment

After jolt, investors still see stocks as long-term bet amid Covid-19 risks

Stocks opened sharply higher on Friday, but then lost those gains by mid-afternoon

Sensex sees 1,500-point swing on gains in European and US futures market

Gains in European, US futures help index stage a comeback

Markets retesting March 2020 low is within the realms of possibility

As markets realise that it will take a long time for the economy to revive and things coming back to normal, they will drift lower.

Indices tumble as worries over second wave of infections cloud sentiment

Fed's assessment of a long-lasting damage to US economy dented risk appetite

Financial sector drags down Nifty's P/B value below historical average

Index trading at price-to-book ratio of 2.9x, compared to 20-year average of 3.5x

Sensex, Nifty give up gains after strong start; still end in the green

After climbing to 34,928 in intra-day trade, the Sensex settled at 34,371 - 557 off the day's high but 83 points more than the previous close