Page 18 - Stocks

Number of illiquid stocks down 20% since lockdown as pandemic squeeze eases

Investors looking to a quick buck in these stocks are unlikely to, as most companies' fundamentals are rarely tracked, says market expert. Think twice before investing here without adequate research

How Sebi's warning system curbs GameStop-like gains in Indian stock markets

The so-called graded surveillance measure, which was introduced in 2017, is unique and helps prevent GameStop-like surges in small caps

Nifty outlook and stock picks by Sameet Chavan: Buy ITC, Sell ICICI Bank

We have witnessed a good base building in the ITC stock and finally, it has managed to come out of its slumber

Future Retail shares decline 5%; other group stocks also tumble

Shares of Future Retail on Wednesday declined 5 per cent amid concerns related to the deal with Reliance Retail.

Mindtree gains 6% on healthy Q3 results; here's what brokerages say

The management said the company was witnessing strong business momentum across all verticals with a significant demand for cloud, data and analytics capabilities

Trading recommendations by Nilesh Jain of Anand Rathi: Buy HPCL, UPL

The stock of HPCL has witnessed a built-up of long positions with the addition of 10 per cent open interest

YONO, earnings recovery key triggers for SBI: Goldman Sachs, Macquarie

State Bank of India stock was the top performing stock on the Nifty bank index today, and supported the index to claim a fresh record high of 32,683.5 on the NSE. The index is up 100% from March lows

Top 5 Nifty50 stocks contribute 42.4%, against 42.66% in November

Market pundits believe that the market rally this year is likely to be less concentrated and that polarisation - where a handful of stocks outperform the index - will become less pronounced in 2021

Two trading ideas by Vaishali Parekh of Prabhudas Lilladher

Technical charts indicate a trend reversal in Can Fin Homes and Schneider Electric stocks with potential to rise further in the coming days

Move over bonds. It is stocks' turn in spotlight of emerging markets

Bonds have been the most profitable asset class in emerging markets over the past decade, beating stocks in volatility-adjusted returns almost every year except 2017

Over 90% BSE 200 components posted gains; 116 jumped over 10% in November

Market players said several stocks in the boarder markets were trading at attractive valuations

Vehicle financing stocks: Rally doesn't price in flattening business growth

Some of the critical customer (bus services) segments, such as tourism, education institutions and offices, and state transport may take time to recover

Siemens India: Hopes hinge on sustained manufacturing sector revival

Riding on improved profitability, stock rose 12 per cent on Thursday

JP Morgan sees possible $300 billion rebalancing flow from stocks

If the stock market rallies into December, there could be an additional $150 billion of equity selling into the end of the month pension funds that tend to rebalance on a quarterly basis

Pace of recovery, execution key to Motherson achieving 2025 targets

Sharp gains in stock prices leave little upsides in the near term

Negative real rates could drive investors towards high-yield stocks

The list of stocks with high yield is dominated by PSEs: Coal India currently offers a maximum yield of 9.8%, Hindustan Zinc 7.4%, ONGC 6.9% and GAIL India 6.8%

Sensex touches 43,000-mark for first time; NSE Nifty tops 12,600

Extending its winning streak for the seventh straight session, equity benchmark Sensex soared 680 points to scale another lifetime high on Tuesday, tracking a global market rally driven by Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine trials data. After touching its lifetime peak of 43,316.44 during the day, the 30-share BSE index ended 680.22 points or 1.60 per cent higher at 43,277.65. The broader NSE Nifty too touched a fresh intra-day high of 12,643.90. It ended at 12,631.10, up 170.05 points or 1.36 per cent. Bajaj Finance was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging around 9 per cent, followed by IndusInd Bank, L&T, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC, SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, ONGC and Axis Bank. On the other hand, Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, Infosys, Nestle India, Sun Pharma and TCS closed in the red. "Announcements by BioNTech and Pfizer about successful phase 3 trial of COVID-19 vaccine instilled confidence among investors and possibility of sustained economic recovery led sharp buying in beaten down ...

Regaining investors confidence remains an uphill task for YES Bank

Asset quality still an unconvincing weak patch; quality of deposit growth also needs monitoring

Time to invest in cyclicals as economic recovery gathers steam: Analysts

Despite the large economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the markets have recovered sharply even though the performance among individual stocks has been quite polarised

Wipro: Investors should await growth outperformance, margin gains

Wipro was lagging its peers in the past on the back of muted revenue growth, falling margins, loss of market share in deal renewals and pricing pressures