Attractions range from start-up challenges to non-monetary perks; employee stock options also play a role.
Gold is often favoured as a hedge against economic and financial uncertainty
India's exports may have touched an all-time high of $422 billion in 2021-22 but recession in key western markets and geo-political crisis due to the Russia-Ukraine war are expected to impact the growth of the country's outbound shipments in 2023. All the global trade promoting factors like political stability, movement of goods, adequate availability of containers and shipping lines, demand, stable currency and smooth banking systems are in disarray. Adding to the woes, COVID cases have again started rising in countries like China, Japan, South Korea and the US.
Nearly half of the 20 indexes polled globally are now expected to end the year lower than where they started
Any saving on the car loan EMI can translate into major savings.
Infosys, Wipro and HUL among the top losers for the day.
The first half of 2019-20 will be under pressure, since prices are expected to go up by Rs 7,000-8,000 at a time when sentiment is poor.
Index heavyweight RIL surged 3% to end above Rs 1,000 mark while IT majors were also the top gainers.
Experts say foreign investor sentiment was bolstered by the US Federal Reserve's decision to go slow with interest rate hikes and hopes of political stability.
IT shares lost ground tracking a sell-off in tech stocks on Nasdaq on Friday
Markets ended weak tracking the expiry of April derivative contracts.
Financials were the top gainers lead by private lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank
Sensex ended up 11 points at 25,561 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points to end at 7,640.
Exposure to debt funds and gold is essential even if current returns from these asset classes are low, suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
In the broader market, BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices mirrored the gains in headline indices and rose 1% and 0.9% respectively.
The partially convertible rupee closed at 61.2350/2450 per dollar compared with 61.31/32 on Tuesday.
Sentiment was largely positive after April IIP grew at 4.9 per cent, spurred by higher growth in manufacturing and mining sectors.
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The rupee resumed slightly lower at 62.05 per dollar as against the last weekend's level of 62.04 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market. It recovered to 61.88 per dollar before quoting 61.93 at 1045 hours.
Sensex under pressure as Yellen signals rate hike; banking stock slip.
Many people struggle to claim or liquidate investments and insurance policies due to procedural issues.
Investors continue to back-up equity mutual funds in June as such schemes attracted a net inflow of Rs 15,498 crore on strong flows from systematic investment plans despite volatility in the stock market and relentless selling by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs). This also marked the 16th straight month of positive inflow in equity schemes. Inflows into equity mutual funds in June was lower compared to the net inflow of Rs 18,529 crore seen in May, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) showed on Friday.
The Sensex and the Nifty witnessed biggest one day loss in percentage terms since June 24
Total holdings of the top eight gold ETFs have risen by 3.8 million ounces so far this year
The optimism stems from benign fuel prices, adequate and well distributed rainfall and the recent measures announced by the government to boost liquidity at banks and NBFCs.
We may now be experiencing the darker side of the massive monetary stimulus of past years, said Rajan.
The top gainers on the Sensex were Cipla, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, Hero Moto & Sesa Sterlite.
The broader markets ended in line with the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended higher by 1.3% and 0.9% each.
In the metal pack, Tata Steel was up 3.7% while Vedanta was up 1.8% .
The financial and commodity markets will continue to roil, as China's growth moderates and readjustments are made.
'Rising Covid cases and localised lockdowns are being closely monitored.'
Urjit Patel as the new RBI governor whose focus is on taming inflation has lowered the probability of interest rate cut soon
The domestic currency had lost 49 paise to close at a three-month low of 60.55 on Thursday on capital outflows after the US Fed trimmed its monthly bond buying programme by another $10 billion.
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices settled the day 0.7% and 0.9% higher
Sentiments were also bearish largely in tandem with a sell-off in global markets as US Treasury yields surged to multi-year highs on robust economic data and comments from the Federal Reserve, sparking fears of accelerating inflation, brokers said.
IT and ITeS companies accounted for $28.1 billion of the total investment pie during the first nine months of 2021.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 248 points at a record closing high of 27,346.
Profit-booking by participants in view of the domestic markets' recent record-setting run fuelled the downtrend
The rupee had gained 2 paise to end at 60.93 against the greenback in Thursday's trade.
Investors have turned cautious ahead of the policy meetings of central banks in Japan and the US
In the broader markets, BSE Midcap index slipped 0.3% whereas the BSE Smallcap index inched up by 0.2%
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