As many as 142 stocks from the S&P BSE500 index are currently trading below their level of May 12, 2014
The S&P BSE Sensex has dipped five per cent, thus far, in CY15.
The rally in most of these stocks is partly attributed to impressive financial performance.
It is the fundamentals of companies that will drive stock performance.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Hindalco Industries, Tata Steel and Vedanta were down up to 70 per cent below their one-year highs.
Ricoh India, the largest gainer among these pack, has rallied 192 per cent from Rs 294 to Rs 859 on the BSE so far in the current calendar year.
In ITC, LIC has invested Rs 38,358.66 crore, according to Capitaline data.
Softening rural consumption and the likelihood of weak corporate earnings in the March quarter saw investors dump stocks.
Ashok Leyland, ITD Cementation India have more than doubled.
Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi is India's richest person.
Hike in planned public-sector capital expenditure will be credit-positive for infra cos
There is a lot of optimism as regards the defence, railway and manufacturing sectors.
HDFC and HUL are the latest entrants in the club
The reduction in holdings comes at a time when technology firms are facing cross currency headwinds due to volatility in the global financial markets
The fall in metal and mining stocks comes on the back of weak Chinese trade data
Rise in investor sentiment, return of risk appetite aid shares across the board
India Inc gets about Rs 67,000 crore worth of fresh orders in the Sept quarter, a rise of 45% sequentially.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs)' stake in Infosys is nearing historic highs. During the quarter ended September, they bought 6.38 million Infosys shares for Rs 2,236 crore, raising their stake 1.1 per cent, data show.
Though the markets have lost ground since the past few sessions, analysts do not seem worried.
Big bull's holdings cross Rs 7,200 crore (Rs 72 billion).
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