Market analysts are divided over the current fall in stock prices. While some say it is a healthy sign of a mature bull market, others feel the Indian markets may have entered a corrective phase, which can last for one to two quarters.
India Inc looks all set to grow at a slow pace in the current financial year. That is, if the financial performance of Corporate India for the first nine months of 2007-2008 is any indicator of things to come.
Analysts are of the opinion that FIIs who have sold post-Budget, will buy once the market stabilises.
Renaissance Technologies, the world's largest hedge fund firm handling assets worth $35.4 billion (Rs 1,41,600 crore), has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India to operate in the Indian stock markets as a foreign institutional investor.
Rai, who is as tall as Bhave at 5 feet 11 inches, has always been under his shadow, though he has been with NSDL since its inception 11 years ago. Only time will prove if he can grow as tall as Bhave in stature.
India is set to attract huge amount of inflows from global pension and endowment funds as the World Bank's private equity arm International Finance Corporation on Tuesday appointed Mercer, the world's largest fund adviser, to conduct an in-depth study on the Indian corporate sector.
M Damodaran took a bow as Sebi chief after many bold initiatives during his 3-year tenure.
Report sees the index at 16,000 points in the worst-case scenario.
It works like this. There is a section in the US called 144A securities, which was launched in August 15, 2007. Trading in 144A securities takes place only among qualified brokers, dealers and QIBs. Retail investors cannot participate in this segment.
The rising cost of production and interest outgo have shrunk operating margins by 53 basis points to 15.16 per cent in the quarter ended December 2007, while net profit margin has slipped 39 basis points to 9.31 per cent as compared to 9.70 per cent in the corresponding quarter a year ago.
Brokers did not allow retail investors to trade at lower levels, threatened them.
The stock market crash of January 21, when the benchmark indices dived to the maximum permissible limit of 10 per cent within minutes of opening, proved that it was not very difficult to manipulate the stock prices (however liquid they may be) and create a sense of panic among the stock investors.
Several smaller brokerages had no option but to sell their clients' shares to provide for margins. Marketmen said several bigger brokerage houses made stop-gap finance arrangement to pay the margins, in a move to retain the loyalty of high net worth clients when the market looks up.
Short covering also took place in RNRL (futures up 22 per cent, OI down by 51.48 lakh shares), Reliance Energy (futures up 18.6 per cent, OI down by 57,750 shares) and NTPC (futures up 13.3 per cent, OI down by 25.11 lakh shares).
The market wide open interest declined by 15 per cent and is 25-30 per cent below the peak levels, indicating covering of long positions. The Nifty futures OI declined further by 19.5 per cent or 74.45 lakh shares. The current Nifty January OI of 30.97 million shares is the lowest for the current month series.
The move follows the near Rs 60 crore (Rs 600 million) redemptions every month from the US-64 and ARS bonds in the last couple of years.
They have increased their holdings in Infosys Technologies, TCS and Wipro between two and four per cent, going by the shareholding data for the quarter ended December 31, 2007.
Some of the world's top hedge funds have been granted direct entry into the Indian stock markets, nearly three months after the Securities and Exchange Board of India imposed curbs on foreign investments through the participatory note (P-note) route.
In this financial year so far, insurance companies have invested around Rs 36,000 crore in the stock markets against around Rs 60,000 crore invested by the FIIs.
Tata Securities is all set to revive stock broking, given the current investor interest in equities.
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