Indian indices have hit all-time highs in the New Year and the sentiment remains strong. All valuations are also at extremely high levels, cautions Devangshu Datta
Reflecting the bearish mood, all sectoral indices, led by metal, teck and healthcare, ended in the negative zone.
In India we have to be careful not to copy any level of dependence on the financial sector and infatuation with the get-rich-quick syndrome, says Jaimini Bhagwati.
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Adani Ports, HUL and L&T gained the most, while ICICI Bank, ONGC, GAIL and Tata Steel lost the most
World Bank lowered its global economic growth outlook for 2016 to 2.9% from 3.3% earlier.
Infosys, TCS, ICICI Bank and Sun Pharma among the top losers of the hour.
India was ranked 12th among the large economies in 2008, and moved up to 10th by 2013, overtaking Canada and Spain.
Markets have witnessed a gap down opening mirroring losses in the global equities with US markets taking a hit on worries about the health of Chinese economy.
Given the relative rates of gross domestic product growth, the differential will increase.
'I am not optimistic about the global economy for the next couple of years.'
The banking, oil and metal sectors were the top sectoral losers on the BSE, while IT stocks rendered support at lower levels.
Market breadth continued to remain strong, with 1899 gainers and 674 losers on the BSEs.
The BSE Sensex spurted 130.00 points to end at 35,980.93, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 30.35 points to 10,802.15.
Bank of Baroda ended flat after sharp gains in the previous session.
The trend was visible in the early trade on Thursday as investors indulged in trimming their bets after the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's September meeting indicated a possible rate hike this year.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended down 371 points at 24,966 and the Nifty50 closed 101 points lower at 7,615.
Indian equity markets registered their highest single-day percentage gains since early October.
Amid slowing growth and low interest rates, investors will need to focus on stock-picking, suggests John Remmert.
'The macro-economic stresses -- high interest rates, rupee depreciation and capital flows -- have receded now.' 'Interest rates have come down, inflation is down and the rupee has bounced back.' 'If oil prices continue at this level, there will be no vulnerability.' 'Growth is a different story.'
The 30-share Sensex gained 321 points to end at 26,430 and the 50-share Nifty surged 100 points to end at 7,879.
While information technology companies will benefit, firms with high foreign borrowings or heavy dependence on imports will be hurt.
The Uttar Pradesh Defence corridor is estimated to attract Rs 20,000 crore investment and create 250,000 jobs.
The Nifty had hit its third successive record high of 7,922.70 today.
Markets end higher ahead of Fed outcome, China stimulus
The year 2015 may well turn out to be a watershed in global macroeconomic adjustment.
Global economy will have to grapple with few tough situations in 2015.
Determining the direction of the dollar in Trump's America will be more critical for asset allocation than getting your call on interest rates right, says Akash Prakash.
'Both Japan and China face a common challenge: How to deal with Trump.' 'The trade war with the US seems to have facilitated/hastened Abe's China visit, the first by a Japanese prime minister since 2011,' points out Dr Rajaram Panda.
The upcoming general elections will be the focus and the economy and market performance will pivot around that event. The general consensus is that the India stock market should be up around 10 per cent by the end of the year.
ITC, Sun Pharma, Cipla and Tata Steel were top gainers on BSE Sensex
Auto stocks Hero MotoCorp and Mahindra & Mahindra gained 1-2 per cent on the back of strong sales in the month of September.
BSE Realty index zoomed by almost 7% followed by counters like Metal, Oil & Gas, Auto, Banks, Auto, Healthcare and Power, all surging between 1-5%.
Markets surged in late trades to snap five-day losing streak led by bank shares.
'Experts are not ruling out further pain as global factors cannot insulate India from the aftermath.'
The Survey shows fiscal consolidation despite slowdown in growth.
The Sensex ended lower on unfavourable cues.
Sensex is under pressure due to concerns in the global market.
Broader market outperformed with the S&P BSE Midcap index adding 0.7%, while S&P BSE Smallcap index gained 0.6%.
Several Sensex stocks hits 52-week low in intra-day trade on Monday with financials leading the decline.
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