Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on Wednesday, tracking a bearish trend in Asian markets, as the conflict in West Asia widened, driving oil prices higher.
Indian markets on Dalal Street rallied sharply as easing tensions in the US-Iran conflict and stable oil prices boosted sentiment. Track Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex performance and key global triggers.
Most brokerages have maintained their Sensex and Nifty targets as they believe there is little room for further re-rating in the backdrop of weak earnings.
Indian equity markets experienced a volatile trading day, with the Sensex and Nifty closing almost flat. Market sentiment was influenced by global cues, US-Iran talks, and profit-booking activities.
Fund managers and analysts believe a lot would depend on the outcome of the Reserve Bank of India's rate-setting meeting on 3rd May.
It is the country's largest issuer of bonds by default. But the government of India thinks it has enough expertise to give the private players a tip or two on how to time the equity market.
Institutional desks of many brokerages in India are in the process of selling about Rs 2,000 crore worth of equity holding of bankrupt US investment bank Lehman Brothers Inc in some Indian companies.
Indian equities on Dalal Street saw volatility as global market trends and fresh tariff concerns linked to Donald Trump impacted investor sentiment. Track Sensex, Nifty50 movement and key market drivers for Feb 24, 2026.
The same set of companies had reported 3.8 per cent annual net profit growth in the previous quarter and 7.5 per cent annual growth in the same quarter last financial year.
Demand among several pre-Budget representation by BSE Brokers' forum
Fears around artificial intelligence (AI) sparked a global selloff in information technology (IT) stocks, dragging down domestic software shares and prompting the heaviest foreign portfolio investor (FPI) outflows since the second half of July 2025.
Godrej Properties, is on the horizon as it unlocks value in its high-value Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) project.
Currency market participants do not expect the rupee to slide immediately but feel a sharp rise is unlikely because of month-end dollar demand from importers.
UBS reiterated its Nifty target of 9,200 by December as it expects growth to gather steam
The announcement made by Sebi chairman M Damodaran that new rules on Offshore Derivatives Instruments such as PNs have come into effect in-line with the proposals made last week has put to rest all the confusion over the whole issue and normalcy is set to return to the bourses, a broker said.
With markets expected to remain volatile, promoters and lenders exposed to the industrials and materials space can face brunt of the price erosion of the pledged shares.
Hindustan Unilever and pharma stocks were on buyers' radar; rate-sensitives faced jitters ahead of the credit policy.
Domestic mutual funds have infused the highest ever -- Rs 4.84 trillion -- this year amid strong inflows via SIPs.
While many are sweating in the current environment, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's portfolio has done well and seen new additions.
If Trump wants peace with Iran, Pakistan will offer to help. If Trump seeks Pakistan's aid to spy on Iran, then too Munir will not hesitate to chip in. At the same time, the ISI will not hesitate to tip off Iran now and then, points out M R Narayan Swamy.
Analysts believe the measures are forward-looking as they focus mainly on the middle class and lower middle class segments, with the central bank classifying home loans below Rs 20 lakhs (Rs 2 million) in the priority sector. "The RBI's step of reducing both repo and reverse repo rates by 100 basis points is in line with the market expectations.
The Sensex stood at 13,786.91 points at the end of 2006 and closed the year 2007 at 20,286.99 points on Monday. It crossed seven thousand-point milestones -- from 14,000 to 20,000 marks -- during the year, which is the maximum for a year.
The return from the ETF investment will be more than the 8.75 per cent the EPFO offers to subscribers now.
In ITC, LIC has invested Rs 38,358.66 crore, according to Capitaline data.
Investors want lower securities tax, tax breaks on equity investments.
FIIs pour $2 bn in January; flows into India equity funds hit 54-week high; doubts on sustainability persist.
Panaya drags Q1 profits though revenue improves on the back of large deal wins, good traction in North America.
State debt is rising because revenues are disappointingly weak. Ten states have debt ratios exceeding 30 per cent. In 2023-2024, states were borrowing simply to meet day-to-day expenses, points out Debashis Basu.
IndusInd Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging around 5 per cent, followed by Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, PowerGrid, Tata Steel and HDFC Bank.
Cumulatively, the total investors' wealth has got eroded by about Rs 2,82,000 crore so far this year.
The 30 blue-chip companies, which are part of Sensex, accounted for nearly half of Monday's gain in the overall market capitalisation as the the benchmark index settled with a gain of over 336 points. The total investor wealth, as measured by the cumulative market cap of all the listed companies in the country, rose to about Rs 50.5 trillion, up from nearly Rs 49.5 trillion at the end of last week's trading.
Oil, banks eneded the day in green while few in auto sector lost heavily.
Markets crashed due to domestic worries; bluechip stocks tanked too.
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'Only four or five original companies remain; the rest have been replaced every decade as sectors evolve or leadership shifts.' 'Companies that fail to adapt -- like many textile mills from the 1970s and shipping firms from the 1980s -- disappear.' 'Benchmark indices reward those who reinvent themselves in line with economic demands.'
The BSE benchmark Sensex opened 145 points lower on Thursday after investors' confidence was shaken by Wednesday's serial bomb blasts in the country's financial capital, amid a weakening overseas trend.
The bull market peak came in March 2015, at a Nifty intra-day value of 9,119.
Markets have gone into a tailspin, the Modi govt must revive investment sentiment.
From the Sensex pack, Power Grid, Infosys, Asian Paints, Mahindra & Mahindra, HCL Technologies, IndusInd Bank, Tech Mahindra, Bajaj Finance, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC Bank and Titan were the major gainers. Tata Steel and Bharti Airtel were the laggards.
