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Street signs: SAT awaits presiding officer, Nifty showing signs of fatigue

The Securities and Appellate Tribunal (SAT) is waiting for the appointment of a new judicial member as presiding officer

The consensus bullish forecast

Markets and economies are complex, emerging, adaptive systems

Benchmarks slip, but end 2023 with up to 20% gains; SmallCap index up 47%

Closing Bell on December 29, 2023: The BSE Sensex is ending calendar year 2023 with a solid gain of 18.8 per cent, and the Nifty50 with 20.1 per cent

Markets scale fresh peaks on rate cut bets, Sensex jumps 372 points

The Sensex began the session with a new high and rose to 72,484.34, to end at 72,410, a gain of 372 points or 0.5 per cent

Sensex soars 372 pts, Nifty ends near 21,800; Azad Engineering jumps 29%

Closing Bell on December 28, 2023: The S&P BSE Sensex hit record high level of 72,484 and the NSE Nifty50 claimed 21,801 intraday

Indices at record highs! Sensex soars 702 pts, tops 72K; Nifty holds 21,650

Closing Bell on December 27, 2023: Healthy buying in HDFC Bank, Infosys, Bharti Airtel, Ultratech Cement, L&T, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, SBI, Axis Bank, and M&M lifted the benchmark indices

Managing portfolio: Stay with winners or make bets laggards in 2024

The start of a new year is also a good time to make bets on stocks that have been laggards and could potentially see a turnaround in their fortunes next year

Fundraising through rights issues sprint in 2023, but QIPs maintain lead

Year sees revival in rights issues, with 11 companies raising Rs 7,168 crore, eclipsing previous year's total of Rs 3,884 crore by 10 companies

Pramod Agrawal to take charge as BSE's new Chairman from January 17

The board of BSE had approved the appointment on December 13 while the market regulator granted its approval on Tuesday

Sebi likely to relax new disclosure norms around rumour verification

Legal experts said that as such disclosures will have a bearing on stock prices there is a need for tweaks in regulations addressing fraudulent trade practices

Markets to track global trends, trading activity of investors: Analysts

Global trends and trading activity of foreign investors would largely dictate terms in the equity markets this week amid a lack of major domestic triggers, analysts said. Markets may face near-term consolidation due to elevated valuations, they noted. "While the previous week was predominantly shaped by developments in the US Federal Reserve policy, attention will now shift to the Bank of Japan's policy decision on December 19," Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart Ltd, said. Additionally, factors such as crude oil prices and macroeconomic data from both the US and China will wield considerable influence on market dynamics, he added. Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd, said due to overbought technical conditions, the benchmarks may consolidate in the near term. However, that said, the near-term outlook for the markets continues to be in favour of the bulls, he said. A series of positive news -- September quarter GDP growth rate of 7.6 per ce

Sensex up 930 pts, Nifty tops 21,150 as Fed sounds dovish; IT, Realty soar

Closing Bell on December 14, 2023: At close, the Sensex index stood at 70,514, up 930 points or 1.34 per cent, while the Nifty50 settled 256 points, or 1.23 per cent, higher at 21,183

iPhone maker Apple's market value approaches that of French stock market

The combined market value of companies listed in Paris was about $3.2 trillion as of Wednesday's close versus the technology giant's $3.1 trillion

Private equity firm Bain Capital sells $448 million stake in Axis Bank

Societe Generale, Goldman Sachs, UBS and Morgan Stanley were among the buyers of Axis Bank shares on Wednesday as Bain sold its stake, exchange data showed

This asset has beaten others hands down in 2023 with a rise of 165%

A positive for Bitcoin over the next few months is the expectation that the BlackRock application to launch a Bitcoin spot ETF is likely to be approved soon

Goldman Sachs lifts benchmark European share index's 12-month target to 500

Goldman's target is roughly 1% above the index's January 2022 high. The U.S. Federal Reserve began raising interest rates in March of the year

Big profits for unpleasant people?

Is it feasible for terrorists and invaders to earn profits from financial markets?

Sebi to introduce fast track concept for public issuance of debt securities

To deepen the bond market, Sebi is looking to introduce the concept of 'fast track' public issuance for debt securities and further reduce the face value of debt securities, including non-convertible debentures, issued on a private placement basis to Rs 10,000 from Rs 1 lakh at present. If implemented, the move would also promote ease of doing business. "The main intention of a fast track public issuance of debt securities is to facilitate frequent issuers with a consistent track record, to make public issues of debt securities with reduced time, cost and effort," Sebi said in its consultation paper. To further enhance the participation of the non-institutional investors in the corporate bond market, Sebi has "proposed to permit issuers to launch NCDs (non-convertible debentures) or NCRPS (non-convertible redeemable preference shares) with the face value of Rs 10,000". However, in such cases, the issuer should appoint a merchant banker who would carry out due diligence for issuance

India moving towards T+0 for market settlement before end-FY24: Sebi

Currently trades in India are settled in "T+1" or one day after the trades are initiated. T+0 would mean settlements in the same day and instant settlement would ensure trades are settled immediately

Investors' wealth rises by Rs 2.17 trn in deals as markets scale new peaks

Investors turned wealthier by Rs 2.17 lakh crore on Wednesday, as benchmark indices raced to scale new peaks, lifted by gains in blue chip stocks on the back of strong institutional inflows. Benchmark sensitive indices Sensex and Nifty touched record highs in initial trade on Wednesday, with Nifty nearing the psychologically-important level of 21,000. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 303.25 points, or 0.44 per cent, to a new record high of 69,599.39 in the morning trade. The broader index Nifty also climbed 100.05 points, or 0.48 per cent to hit its fresh lifetime high of 20,955.15. The market rally added Rs 2.17 lakh crore wealth to investors' kitty. The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies surged to Rs 348.64 lakh crore in initial deals on Wednesday, from Rs 346.47 lakh crore in the previous trading session. Analysts said foreign institutional investors have reversed their selling strategy and have been consistent buyers during the last seven days. This momentum is a ...